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[โ€“] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 83 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Wow, one of the few times I get to be proud of lil ol' Belgium.

I often joke with family that we live in the best country in the world by default. Not because it's a paradise by any stretch of the imagination but because the rest of the world went to shit faster than we did.

So far...

[โ€“] blubton@lemmy.world 43 points 9 months ago (1 children)

In the Netherlands we always outperform you stupid Belgians. As you can see, we are higher than you on this map too!

[โ€“] tostiman@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

Ha, that'll teach em!

[โ€“] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, surprised it's that much lower - wonder why? Maybe 1% in .be hide wealth in .lu , and fgov is not good at tracing it. Also chateaux in the south of belgium seem relatively cheap (wrt elsewhere).

[โ€“] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Probably because of the indexing system that automatically raises everyone's wages.

[โ€“] gentooer@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

Luckily we Flemings are definitely trying to fix it every election.

[โ€“] nikt@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

Also Portugal! Iโ€™m consistently pleasantly surprised every time i read or hear something about that country. And Iโ€™ve still never been.