Molson Hart

Interesting thread on what it's like to live in Sweden.https://twitter.com/moldbugman/status/1167485563231965184 …

That's a load of crap. It was either b/c of winter (which probably sucks) or the dude's aversion of what he perceives as "socialism". I visited Sweden twice. First as a student from Hungary, so obviously i had no money. I spent 10 days there. it was expensive but manageable.

Second while living in NY. I had food, coffee, trains. I found it normal (except for taxis but that's the same in most of Europe because no local gas). Btw a monthly public transport ticket is 90 euros which is less than the MTA.

If you take economic opportunity and taxes out of the equation, I've never been to a city in Europe that wasn't world's better than every city in the US (perhaps with the exception of NY) in every single way. I even prefer living in most Chinese cities.

I mean landscape/walkability wise yes (and i think you're right that's mostly bc US cities were built after/for cars). But I also prefer the people in the US in some ways, waaay easier to make friends here (getting jobs too once you're over the legal status barrier).

Easier to make friends or buddies/acquaintances? Depends a lot on the state imho. People in Texas are pretty insular I find, generally.

Both. E.g. in Munich 90% of my friends were non-Germans, in the NY it's 50/50 (and NY has a much higher share of immigrants i think). My better German speaker friends had similar experiences. You could be right, i only know NY (and SF/Seattle to a lesser extent).