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Originally Posted by davephan
Have you ever visited New Zealand and Australia? I have. The standard of living is drastically lower in New Zealand than Australia, and the standard of living in Australia is drastically lower than in the US.
Gasoline is about $9 to $10 a gallon in New Zealand. A shirt in New Zealand costs about $100. The same shirt in the US is $16. An electric food mixer that costs about $280 in the US, costs $1,500 in New Zealand. All those are prices converted to USD and the gallon. As a result of the extremely high prices in New Zealand, the standard of living is drastically lower than in the US.
New Zealand and Australia are places to visit. I’d never ever want to live there. The governments in both countries are extremely liberal too. If you drive a car, minor violations get you “points”. Only a few points, and you can’t drive for two years!
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Standard of living : The US ranks around 30th in the world in the World list of the standard of living. There are separate categories for "infant mortality", which tells you about Health care. There are many other categories, but its PURPOSE is to provide a yardstick to measure or compare various countries. It is very informative. The Scandinavian countries are at the top. I believe that Canada is about # 11. Not sure where New Zealand is - I have not looked at that list in about 6 months. Had no reason to.
Liberals and car accident : If New Zealand is a liberal country, then I would LOVE to live there. So smart! As to they take away a person's driver's license for 2 years because they were caught driving badly, I would also LOVE that mentality towards driver safety. A teenager in the US that CAUSED a traffic accident SHOULD have their license taken away for 2 years. Then, they would NEVER forget it - which may stop them from driving drunk in their future life and KILLING someone. I would NOT like to be killed by a bad driver, would you? A liberal, country of GOOD drivers - what's NOT to like? Go New Zealand, you rule!