European Soccer Fans Marvel at the Splendor of America’s Suburbs

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Lmao. “Splendor” is certainly a word that only a conservative-owned paper like WSJ would use to describe the suburbs.

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yeah, been to both the US and Europe. I know where I’d prefer to be.

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That’s noted in the article as well though

When Ron Visser and his American wife were weighing where to settle down—the U.S. or the Netherlands—they calculated that though Visser made about $40,000 less in the Netherlands than his wife did in the U.S., the difference in salaries was erased by an equivalent gap in standard of living.

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As a European who has visited US suburbs, “splendor” is certainly not a word I’d use for them.

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One 2024 study showed that American portion sizes are 42% larger than those in France

Hilarious article, but not something you should be proud of.

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Vast and bountiful

Is a wild way to completely miss the tone that was almost certainly attached to a Dutch guy saying

Everything is three times the size

Which I’m guessing is kinda the slightly bemused bewilderment tone you get when remarking on something ridiculous

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Vast and bountiful? What bounty are you seeing? Wal-Mart?

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They’re dutch, so I’m guessing just land

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Carbrain recognise carbrain.

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Of course a dude from Europe’s very own protestant hellscape is impressed by the Protestant Hellscape Prime that is the US

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