[new2628]

Having lived all over Europe and US for varying amounts of time, this is true. Yet, the subjective quality of life is higher in most of Europe than in most of the US.

Funnily, this is true within Europe as well. Most of Northern Europe is richer than most of Southern Europe. Yet, the subjective quality of life is by and large higher in the south. (This last part is my opinion, take it with a grain of salt.)

[abnry]

And if you read the comments here, you'd think the subjective quality of life in the US is lower than in Europe.

[benjohnson]

I think it really depends on what you appreciate in your life.

Europe is better for a stroll down to the pub to grab a pint with friends and then going to a museum .

America is better for using some snow-mobiles with friends and driving around in a fancy car.

As an American, there's some things that I just couldn't do in Europe: I'm making my own aluminum plane and learning to fly it. That's basically impossible in Europe.

[new2628]

More so in Eastern Europe -- the other day there was an article about an entire bootleg helicopter factory in Moldova.