"If X were your home instead of Y"

[Richard Hakluyt]

I don't know, but every country I pick says 90x% less on health care.

So I'm guessing it's not taking it into account.


But then again, Mono gets street stand prescription drugs for peanuts so maybe it's legit.

You spend more on your public healthcare system per head than the UK. It is quite amazing.

[MadImmortalMan]

Ah, so it's a cost only analysis and not an out of pocket consumer one.

[Warspite]

I always think these comparisons are a bit unfair on the US, which has a tremendous diversity within it (like the EU as a whole). It might be better to have different options so you could, say, compare Austria with a selection of individual US states.

[Archy]

If The United States were your home instead of Belgium you would...

be 6.6 times more likely to be in prison NO THANKS
be 17.05% less likely to be unemployed where's my green card?
make 39.68% more money where's my green card?
spend 88.83% more money on health care on second thoughts no
have 12.19% less free timeon second thoughts no
experience 60.71% more of a class divide don't care
be 2.1 times more likely to be murdered No THANKS
use 50.38% more electricity don't care
be 3 times more likely to have HIV/AIDS No Thanks
be 47.61% more likely to die in infancy No Thanks
consume 4.21% less oil BELGIUM! BELGIUM!BELGIUM!
die 0.36 years sooner no problem
have 34.33% more babies with the extra money I can afford that

What would be the difference If the United Kingdom of the Netherlands was reinstated

If Netherlands were your home instead of Belgium you would...

have 13.77% more free time
be 5.68% less likely to be unemployed
make 14.55% more money
be 61.11% less likely to be murdered
be 28.57% less likely to be in prison
spend 21.79% more money on health care
use 14.6% less electricity
experience 10.36% more of a class divide
be 12.44% less likely to die in infancy
live 1.2 years longer
consume 3.08% less oil
be equally likely to have HIV/AIDS
have 8.41% more babies

Strange the big differences between us, I think I'll join the greater Netherlands movement almost everything seems better their ;-)

[Richard Hakluyt]

The food and the beer Archy, think of the food and the beer 

[Ed Anger]

I always think these comparisons are a bit unfair on the US, which has a tremendous diversity within it (like the EU as a whole). It might be better to have different options so you could, say, compare Austria with a selection of individual US states.

if you lived in Ohio instead of wherever....

You'd be on smack
You'd stick your baby in a microwave
You'd hanker for some heroin
Be a shittier driver
Like ranch dressing
Really like black tar heroin
Trade your 8 year old kid for some tasty heroin

[Valmy]

If France were your home instead of The United States you would...

be 39.73% more likely to be unemployed
have 20.08% more free time Well yeah I would be unemployed
make 32.39% less money Ditto
be 85.67% less likely to be in prison This might explain that employment thing, more competition
consume 54.31% less oil
spend 47.27% less money on health care
use 42.67% less electricity Alright so maybe saving all this money on oil, electricity, and health care might make up for the lower income and unemployment.
be 68.42% less likely to be murdered Sadly no more likely to be guillotined. The French have gone soft.
experience 32% less of a class divide Fortunately the effects of the guillotine still lingers.
be 46.35% less likely to die in infancy I wonder if this evens out the 6.93% fewer babies thing.
live 2.1 years longer Because I am not dying of AIDS
be 33.33% less likely to have HIV/AIDS
have 6.93% fewer babies

I say it is a push. If only I had just stayed in France in 1998.

[Grey Fox]

After all these years of Mono making HK sound like the 7th depth of Hell, this website makes it sound like Heaven.

What to think?

[Valmy]

They don't say how many fewer square feet your living arrangements would be.

[Caliga]

Someone do Somalia PLZ

[Valmy]

Someone do Somalia PLZ

If Somalia were your home instead of The United States you would...

die 27.98 years sooner
be 16.2 times more likely to die in infancy
make 98.86% less money
spend 99.96% less money on health care
use 99.78% less electricity
consume 99.15% less oil
be 47.37% more likely to be murdered
be 16.67% less likely to have HIV/AIDS
have 3 times more babies

Well at least I would have six children to keep me company in my crushing poverty. Man we even lag behind Somalia in AIDS. Way to go America.

[Malthus]

Finally, we can put this argument to rest.

If Canada were your home instead of Hong Kong you would...

be 2.3 times more likely to be unemployed

use 2.3 times more electricity

make 18.22% less money

experience 40.22% less of a class divide

consume 38.17% more oil

be 72.53% more likely to die in infancy

be 55.56% more likely to be murdered

be 3 times more likely to have HIV/AIDS

be 3.51% more likely to be in prison

die 1.11 years sooner

have 9.7% more babies

Well, then there's that whole "having to live in a partitioned toilet" thing. 

[derspiess]

If The United States were your home instead of Spain you would...

be 72.24% less likely to be unemployed
be 5 times more likely to be in prison
be 6.3 times more likely to be murdered
make 75.42% more money
spend 3.2 times more money on health care
use 2.3 times more electricity
consume 2 times more oil
be 85.29% more likely to die in infancy
have 6.94% less free time
experience 40.63% more of a class divide
be 50% more likely to have HIV/AIDS
die 1.91 years sooner
have 35.83% more babies

Yet everything else favors Spain

Nothing wrong with baby makin'

[Caliga]

If Canada were your home instead of The United States you would...

be superior in every way
feel compelled to constantly tell Americans that

[Malthus]

If Canada were your home instead of The United States you would...

be superior in every way
feel compelled to constantly tell Americans that

Hey, you get your own back in the weather threads.