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.
Lmao. “Splendor” is certainly a word that only a conservative-owned paper like WSJ would use to describe the suburbs.
yeah, been to both the US and Europe. I know where I’d prefer to be.
That’s noted in the article as well though
As a European who has visited US suburbs, “splendor” is certainly not a word I’d use for them.