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Interesting read on the approach Sweden is taking (and apparently the
chilango
3/28/20 7:52am
Easy when the population is a fraction of the U.S.
ordinary tri guy
3/28/20 7:57am
And we have States much less densely populated
Plato
3/28/20 7:58am
And the reason some states are dealing with this much better.
ordinary tri guy
3/28/20 8:06am
Sweden is very sparsely populated.
Food Snob
3/28/20 8:12am
Twice as dense as Utah Not to mention every mountain west state
Plato
3/28/20 8:16am
No, Utah has 35 people per sq kilometer and Sweden has 20
Food Snob
3/28/20 8:18am
I'll m seeing 64/mi in Sweden and 33 in Utah
Plato
3/28/20 8:20am
The only density that matters is the Wasatch Front.
ReyOso
3/28/20 8:20am
10 million people in Stockholm
Plato
3/28/20 8:22am
Stockholm isn’t that big.
chilango
3/28/20 8:23am
Correct. 1.6m metro. 10m Sweden.
Plato
3/28/20 8:26am
Sweden = 87.43% urban. Utah = 90.6% urban.
ReyOso
3/28/20 8:24am
Do you mean Sweden? Stockholm's population is less than a tenth of that.
IceCreamButt
3/28/20 8:25am
Population of Stockholm = 947,000. Metro area 2.3M. You just made that number up
ReyOso
3/28/20 8:25am
It is odd that our business community seems to take advantage of society
OU Cougar
3/28/20 7:58am
Sweden - high social cooperation; US = not so much
NewMexiCoug
3/28/20 8:00am
It's also odd that our society seems to take advantage of our society.
boogers
3/28/20 8:27am
What? Amazon made its money because it's an awesome service.
Mises
3/28/20 10:07am
The article said the service works
OU Cougar
3/28/20 10:30am
True, but they use the PO because it's there.
Mises
3/28/20 10:57am
Amazon hasn't taken advantage of the USPS, but if they have, it's entirely the
delbert
3/28/20 4:10pm
Seems like other European tried that
I'mBatman
3/28/20 8:06am
We don't know how those states would be different
Plato
3/28/20 8:19am
Swedes are far more socially responsible than we are.
Everyman
3/28/20 8:09am
How so?
Plato
3/28/20 8:17am
How would you measure social responsibility? Low crime rates? Adherence to
vagabonder
3/28/20 8:27am
How is Sweden more socially responsible than, say... Utah?
Plato
3/28/20 8:29am
Not sure, Utah and a few other states are generally good. What about the other
vagabonder
3/28/20 8:34am
Some are worse, I'm wondering what the guy meant in
Plato
3/28/20 8:40am
Scandinavians have the reputation of being very trusting to the point of being
Food Snob
3/28/20 8:39am
So I should expand my MLM company to nordics? GTK
bruincoug
3/28/20 8:51am
"Sweden’s approach appeals to the public’s self-restraint and sense of
boogers
3/28/20 8:23am
RE: "Sweden’s approach appeals to the public’s self-restraint and
chilango
3/28/20 8:26am
I thought you were going to point out how they restrain from
Y05
3/28/20 8:54am
Netherlands are at 37 deaths per million and growing.
bluesloth
3/28/20 8:14am
Yes, the Dutch seem to be in trouble. I wouldn’t be surprised if it plays out
chilango
3/28/20 8:22am
Sweden is highly homogeneous, which like it or not, plays into public trust
Scooter
3/28/20 8:21am
This^^^ also why socialistic principles work better there
Big Daddy D
3/28/20 8:45am
Becoming less so, as a result Malmo and areas of Stockholm are struggling
bruincoug
3/28/20 8:50am
Sweden isn’t very homogenous any more. About 20% of the population is foreign-
chilango
3/28/20 8:52am
that is still highly homogeneous compared to US
Scooter
3/28/20 9:55am
If so, because the US is more like a continent than a country. Sweden has 10 M
chilango
3/28/20 10:06am
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kiyoshige
3/28/20 9:48am
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