uncle_bagel

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

That won't even cover the epidural for the delivery in the US

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's pretty much everywhere at this point. Minimum can't attain the average cost of an apartment in any state in the country, since it hasn't been rosen in over a decade. That was true before the pandemic and is doubly so now that rampant inflation has kicked in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Midwest states are essentially the top of the bell curve when it comes to quality of life stats. Maybe life isn't as flashy as the coasts, but there isnt the absolutely ramoant poverty like you find in Appalachia or the deep South.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Typically what happens when you rank 51st in most quality of life stats (which usually include DC alongside all 50 states).

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Doesnt have to be Eastern Europe. Plenty of examples of rich people finding ways for their kids to avaoid the draft during Vietnam and WWII in the US.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Crippling public schools with meaningless busu work is a happy side affect for the people that came up with these laws. There has been a GOP led war on oublic education for the past 30 years