Why don’t most other countries have suburban McMansions and big SUVs. Why is it mostly an American thing
Why don’t most other countries have suburban McMansions and big SUVs. Why is it mostly an American thing
Justin Richardson
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John Sanchez
Our houses are reflective of the traditional house building methods used for centuries that in turn reflect the material and space available.
Our cars are also reflective of the smaller streets that used to be for horse and carriage transport.
Kevin Clark
We never had so much space to begin with. Houses build today are bigger than ever but don't come close to half a mcmansion.
Nicholas Harris
Our urban planning is a literal carbon copy of yours aside from the better public transit
Julian Murphy
it's unironically too expensive anywhere else in the world, only americans have so much disposable income and are able to afford these luxuries
Christian Taylor
Most other cultures have an aversion to such wasteful behavior.
Dominic White
this wastefulness trope is some of the biggest cope i've ever seen
Parker Williams
>Most other cultures have an aversion to such wasteful behavior.
as if. euros would be delighted to have huge comfy houses. I know because I've actually lived in europe. it's too expensive.
Oliver Flores
mcmansions would never pass inspections here, though we too do have some cookiecutter prefabs. nissan quashqais, bmw x-series etc are very common here, so I wouldnt say the EU is exempt from the SUV meme.
Aiden Hill
AYO HOL UP
>throws all of his trash into one bin to be dumped into the ground or shipped to china
YOUS BE SAYIN
>drives a 20 year old truck that gets 5km/l
WE BE WASTEFUL N SHIEET?
>eats nothing but beef shipped from another continent and raised in the ashes of rainforests
Jason Williams
you have cheap land and cheap fuel and you are rich
Josiah Walker
Nissan Qashqai is literally the most popular new car in Finland in 2018:
1. Nissan Qashqai
2. Skoda Octavia
3. Toyota Yaris
4. Volkswagen Golf
5. Toyota Auris
6. Ford Fiesta
7. Volvo XC60
8. Ford Focus
9. Volkswagen Polo
10. Toyota Avensis
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Jordan Nguyen
nobody gives a shit about wastefulness, they are limited by their income.
Christian Foster
minimalism (and functionalis) is an actual thing in the nordics, not so much the wastefulness as the swede is interpreting it. both produce minimal things though, so it's easy to confuse the two.
Matthew Hernandez
>some goblin is calling scandis poor
lol they could buy your shithole you fucking retard
Blake James
minimalism is also popular in California, because rent and housing is so ridiculously expensive that people no longer buy things.
we make more money than Swedes
Jayden Sanchez
and spend it instantly on schooling and healthcare
Dominic Bailey
Everything in America is much, much cheaper than in the rest of the world
Ryder Thompson
damn 49 cents for milk, god I wish that were me.
I have to pay $3.50 for a gallon
Ayden Cook
no. If I get paid $60,000 /year and I pay 25% taxes then I have $45,000 left. Swedes make $50,000/year but pay ~40% tax, so they have $30,000 left. The swede doesn't have to pay for healthcare or schooling because he's already paid for it in taxes, and I have not, so you can take another $10,000 from me. in the end I have $5,000 more than the Swede does.
>Why did i give myself more income than the Swede
because it reflects reality
Josiah Morgan
minimalism and functionalism have always been the very core of nordic design, regardless of wealth. finland, like other nordics, has abundance of space to build on, yet people still prefer to build functional rather than excessive. flashy overstated and obnoxious has never been part of the nordic mentality. we never had the same kind of urge to sugarcoat and overdo stuff as you do, rather we're more focused on executing the basic principles in a meaningful way and prefer to invest in quality and longetivity over flashiness and quantity. i know it's hard to grasp that people from elsewhere might have different mindsets about things, but that's jsut how it is. pic is another of our prefab cookiecutter houses.
Liam Russell
That's a decently large house though, and it has a nice garage in the back.
Dominic Sanchez
but it's still very minimalistic, especially in comparison to tacky mcmansions.
Anthony Jones
you're talking about aesthetics, not wastefulness
Christopher Reed
McMansions look like shit
Jack Sanchez
i already said it has little to do with wastefulness, but it's a natural byproduct of the typical designs used here.
Jeremiah Allen
well i dont disagree
Wyatt Scott
And we know how healthy the standard American diet is
Christian Foster
modesty is a virtue and your wastefulness goes against our notion of efficiency.
>Why is it mostly an American thing
American consumerism implemented by the likes of Edward Bernays
but it's also true that germans are envious people
David Perez
LOL
Nathaniel Collins
because America has huge amounts of income inequality, the average swede is still wealthier than the average american.
Cooper Thompson
no. the average swede is much poorer than the average america. but the wealthy americans are incredibly wealthy and far outpace other countries, and the very poor in america get shit on. you'll understand why america uses that system once you import enough of the 3rd world.
Ayden Roberts
Europeans can’t handle the Americhad way
Austin Stewart
fine, the -median- swede is much wealther than the average american you troublesome leaf
Daniel Adams
We kinda do.
Sebastian Cooper
guess again. median wealth in sweden is far lower than america. it's true that mean wealth is much, much higher. but median wealth is 50% higher in the US than sweden. mean wealth is nearly double.
Angel Kelly
You have more space. A house here cost a million many people prefer to spend that money in other ways. SUV are pointless
Cameron Murphy
Kek the cope is real
Parker Fisher
Rest of the world isn't as fat as you.
Jason Collins
Our neighboorhoods are more varied with trees and forest. Mcmansions only have a plot of lawn in front in the middle of a desert.
Tyler Ramirez
McMansion is the McDonald's of architecture.
Rest of the world moved on long ago.
Connor Bennett
Imagine just walking over that roof
Isaac Roberts
Seems like it would be really dark inside.
Carson Cox
We have strong tenant rights and rent controls, it's basically impossible to evict someone as long as he pays the rent. All rental contracts are indefinite and have no expiration. This makes taking on a mortgage and owning property (with its liabilities) less appealing.
Kevin Gomez
we aren't called europoors for no reason
Kayden Campbell
It's in Greece, that means over 40° during summer.
Juan Fisher
I’ve seen these in Canada
Kayden Jenkins
that’s up to the person though. You can choose to be healthy or not
Bentley Cruz
based af