Consuming less, what a thought!

I feel I need to consume less in general whenever I’m outside the U.S. It might be the lack of stress that pervades everything in the U.S.

I don’t need material things to comfort me when my spiritual needs are taken care of.

Of course, the one having to do hour long commutes in personal tin can has it worse.

Yeah, I get that people have different thoughts and priorities on what is luxurious to them. That makes sense. I'm not really a car person since I grew up needing one for 30 years in LA finding parking multiple times a day. I just wouldn't make too many assumptions about how things work over here. Not sure why there is an assumption that I live in a small apartment. Big houses are also cheap in the suburbs over here :) You should visit sometime!

Consuming less is pretty much a moral imperative in the climate crisis.

small apartment + not driving anywhere is much better

You are right about the quality of life being different between the two.

You’re probably not right about which one is actually better.

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/cities-depression-lower-rate...

And this is in the U.S. which has among the worst cities but the best suburbs in the developed world.