Where would you rather live the US or Sweden

Jason P

cutz

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?    

Annafalk

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Spiritual_Chaos

Canada

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

I do believe the largest part of that is from other nordic countries though.

JPPJ84

Sweden

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

I do believe the largest part of that is from other nordic countries though.

My sister studied in Umeå for a semester... her house mates‘ best friends were two Iranian brothers whose dad had migrated to Sweden before they were born. They did/do like it there, they were just constantly complaining that he should have chosen Spain instead
I loved Umeå in summer and winter though!

Spiritual_Chaos

Canada

JPPJ84 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

I do believe the largest part of that is from other nordic countries though.

My sister studied in Umeå for a semester... her house mates‘ best friends were two Iranian brothers whose dad had migrated to Sweden before they were born. They did/do like it there, they were just constantly complaining that he should have chosen Spain instead
I loved Umeå in summer and winter though!

As I tried to tell you in Dusseldorf - it is the "city of the birches". 



(And you do know who happens to be from that city....)

Annafalk

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

I do believe the largest part of that is from other nordic countries though.

I don’t think that’s the case for the last couple of years, 
if someone’s interested.

cincybearcat

U.S.A.

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

Spiritual_Chaos

Canada

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

mrussel1

U.S.A.

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Spiritual_Chaos

Canada

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Norway is not even in the top 10, according to Annafalks graph.

JPPJ84

Sweden

Spiritual_Chaos said:

JPPJ84 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

I do believe the largest part of that is from other nordic countries though.

My sister studied in Umeå for a semester... her house mates‘ best friends were two Iranian brothers whose dad had migrated to Sweden before they were born. They did/do like it there, they were just constantly complaining that he should have chosen Spain instead
I loved Umeå in summer and winter though!

As I tried to tell you in Dusseldorf - it is the "city of the birches". 



(And you do know who happens to be from that city....)

Damn I know you told me... ok Wikipedia says... wow that‘s a whole lot of famous people! Stieg Larsson

mrussel1

U.S.A.

Spiritual_Chaos said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Norway is not even in the top 10, according to Annafalks graph.

You're the one that said most of it was from Nordic countries.  Norway was random, as was TN/PA analogy.  

JPPJ84

Sweden

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Sounds funny. Why? North and South or what’s the reason?

mrussel1

U.S.A.

JPPJ84 said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Sounds funny. Why? North and South or what’s the reason?

The US is not homogeneous by any means.  We're a country of 300 million that stretches from ocean to ocean, melting in cultures at different times of history.  For example, if you go to Cleveland, Chicago, Pitts, you run into people who are 2nd or 3rd generation from eastern and southern Europe.  If you go to Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Iowa, St. Louis (basically up the Mississippi and through tributaries), that's where the Germans came during the mid 19th century so those areas have very distinct cultures based on that heritage.  The South, historically, has not been as hospitable to immigrants, so the culture is not nearly as diverse, particularly in what is considered the old South.  And to compare California coast to Alabama is just night and day. 
Compare that to Sweden, whose population is less than a million more than just the FIVE boroughs of NYC.  It's a completely different animal culturally and politically.  Sometimes that's difficult for people to understand.  

Spiritual_Chaos

Canada

mrussel1 said:

JPPJ84 said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Sounds funny. Why? North and South or what’s the reason?

The US is not homogeneous by any means.  We're a country of 300 million that stretches from ocean to ocean, melting in cultures at different times of history.  For example, if you go to Cleveland, Chicago, Pitts, you run into people who are 2nd or 3rd generation from eastern and southern Europe.  If you go to Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Iowa, St. Louis (basically up the Mississippi and through tributaries), that's where the Germans came during the mid 19th century so those areas have very distinct cultures based on that heritage.  The South, historically, has not been as hospitable to immigrants, so the culture is not nearly as diverse, particularly in what is considered the old South.  And to compare California coast to Alabama is just night and day. 
Compare that to Sweden, whose population is less than a million more than just the FIVE boroughs of NYC.  It's a completely different animal culturally and politically.  Sometimes that's difficult for people to understand.  

But our 10 million are spread out on a landmass that is the fifth largest in Europe, and is as tall as from Sweden to the south of Italy in size. 

Isolation creates differences - just see how mutations work (if you believe in evolution).

Obviously our strong social democratic values have hold us together somewhat. But still.

And why would we be similar to Norway? They club seals to death over there and won't share their oil-money with us.:P

JPPJ84

Sweden

mrussel1 said:

JPPJ84 said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Sounds funny. Why? North and South or what’s the reason?

The US is not homogeneous by any means.  We're a country of 300 million that stretches from ocean to ocean, melting in cultures at different times of history.  For example, if you go to Cleveland, Chicago, Pitts, you run into people who are 2nd or 3rd generation from eastern and southern Europe.  If you go to Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Iowa, St. Louis (basically up the Mississippi and through tributaries), that's where the Germans came during the mid 19th century so those areas have very distinct cultures based on that heritage.  The South, historically, has not been as hospitable to immigrants, so the culture is not nearly as diverse, particularly in what is considered the old South.  And to compare California coast to Alabama is just night and day. 
Compare that to Sweden, whose population is less than a million more than just the FIVE boroughs of NYC.  It's a completely different animal culturally and politically.  Sometimes that's difficult for people to understand.  

Makes total sense actually, thanks for your answer. I thought there was something specific about these two states, then I read the „random“ post after I had posted mine.
US history is certainly unique!

mrussel1

U.S.A.

Spiritual_Chaos said:

mrussel1 said:

JPPJ84 said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Sounds funny. Why? North and South or what’s the reason?

The US is not homogeneous by any means.  We're a country of 300 million that stretches from ocean to ocean, melting in cultures at different times of history.  For example, if you go to Cleveland, Chicago, Pitts, you run into people who are 2nd or 3rd generation from eastern and southern Europe.  If you go to Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Iowa, St. Louis (basically up the Mississippi and through tributaries), that's where the Germans came during the mid 19th century so those areas have very distinct cultures based on that heritage.  The South, historically, has not been as hospitable to immigrants, so the culture is not nearly as diverse, particularly in what is considered the old South.  And to compare California coast to Alabama is just night and day. 
Compare that to Sweden, whose population is less than a million more than just the FIVE boroughs of NYC.  It's a completely different animal culturally and politically.  Sometimes that's difficult for people to understand.  

But our 10 million are spread out on a landmass that is the fifth largest in Europe, and is as tall as from Sweden to the south of Italy in size. 

Isolation creates differences - just see how mutations work (if you believe in evolution).

Obviously our strong social democratic values have hold us together somewhat. But still.

And why would we be similar to Norway? They club seals to death over there and won't share their oil-money with us.:P

1, You both descended from violent, raping, pillaging, slaveholding Viking culture
2. Both speak a dialect of old Nordic
3. Neither of you look Chinese

mrussel1

U.S.A.

Spiritual_Chaos said:

mrussel1 said:

JPPJ84 said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Sounds funny. Why? North and South or what’s the reason?

The US is not homogeneous by any means.  We're a country of 300 million that stretches from ocean to ocean, melting in cultures at different times of history.  For example, if you go to Cleveland, Chicago, Pitts, you run into people who are 2nd or 3rd generation from eastern and southern Europe.  If you go to Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Iowa, St. Louis (basically up the Mississippi and through tributaries), that's where the Germans came during the mid 19th century so those areas have very distinct cultures based on that heritage.  The South, historically, has not been as hospitable to immigrants, so the culture is not nearly as diverse, particularly in what is considered the old South.  And to compare California coast to Alabama is just night and day. 
Compare that to Sweden, whose population is less than a million more than just the FIVE boroughs of NYC.  It's a completely different animal culturally and politically.  Sometimes that's difficult for people to understand.  

But our 10 million are spread out on a landmass that is the fifth largest in Europe, and is as tall as from Sweden to the south of Italy in size. 

Isolation creates differences - just see how mutations work (if you believe in evolution).

Obviously our strong social democratic values have hold us together somewhat. But still.

And why would we be similar to Norway? They club seals to death over there and won't share their oil-money with us.:P

Also, you're a 100,000 square miles smaller than Texas alone, and have about 35% of their population.  I think we can find political hegemony in Texas.  

JPPJ84

Sweden

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

mrussel1 said:

JPPJ84 said:

mrussel1 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

cincybearcat said:

Annafalk said:

cincybearcat said:

Sweden's population is what 1-2% people of color?  Not sure I'd like the diversity there.  

It’s about 24 % of the population that has an immigrant background.

Right. Kinda like someone from Tennessee immigrating to Pennsylvania 

?

Culturally, there's probably more of a difference between TN and PA than Sweden and Norway.  

Sounds funny. Why? North and South or what’s the reason?

The US is not homogeneous by any means.  We're a country of 300 million that stretches from ocean to ocean, melting in cultures at different times of history.  For example, if you go to Cleveland, Chicago, Pitts, you run into people who are 2nd or 3rd generation from eastern and southern Europe.  If you go to Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Iowa, St. Louis (basically up the Mississippi and through tributaries), that's where the Germans came during the mid 19th century so those areas have very distinct cultures based on that heritage.  The South, historically, has not been as hospitable to immigrants, so the culture is not nearly as diverse, particularly in what is considered the old South.  And to compare California coast to Alabama is just night and day. 
Compare that to Sweden, whose population is less than a million more than just the FIVE boroughs of NYC.  It's a completely different animal culturally and politically.  Sometimes that's difficult for people to understand.  

But our 10 million are spread out on a landmass that is the fifth largest in Europe, and is as tall as from Sweden to the south of Italy in size. 

Isolation creates differences - just see how mutations work (if you believe in evolution).

Obviously our strong social democratic values have hold us together somewhat. But still.

And why would we be similar to Norway? They club seals to death over there and won't share their oil-money with us.:P

1, You both descended from violent, raping, pillaging, slaveholding Viking culture
2. Both speak a dialect of old Nordic
3. Neither of you look Chinese

Now you’re just inviting snarky comebacks... :P
I‘ll enjoy that over breakfast tomorrow morning... good night from good old Europe ;-)