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As the cost of living is quite high, I think it's quite natural.
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Originally Posted by ulta
Come on, just because the cost of living is high, you don't have to talk about money and the price of things ALL THE TIME!
Well I think there is another important factor more than cost of living, which is "cost of living vs salaries" I mean, in Thailand cost of living is low but how are the incomes there? that happens in Spain, people say it is everything cheap (not anymore) but in comparison with some salaries cost of living is high.
I agree with some things but believe me there are still many people here that don't care about expensive things -fashion, luxury cars, business class etc.
In the end i believe there are more U.S. lovers than haters in the Netherlands.
I drive a 2nd hand Opel Corsa OPC from 2008 or 2009 (not even sure lol), don't care about brands (do care about quality tho), always fly economy class and still use the same Blackberry i bought 5 years ago.
The average Dutchmen is stingy and kinda paranoid, likes to save up money for future security, the complete opposite as you described.
That sounds like every family member, and neighbor that I've known. Sure people laugh at how stingy we can be, but I don't know to many people that are in to much debt most everything was paid in cash. My parents never had a mortgage, and neither did my grand parents. They never splurged on anything, but when they had to buy something big they would buy the higher end item, and it would last until it fell apart.
Now we know why so many Americans think they are the number 1 country in the world...
They think the average person in Mississippi is richer than the average mainland Northwest European (Dutch/Belgian/German/French).
We do? oh wow.
You people and your national stereotypes are so cute, just the same bickering over and over again...
What do you guys even accomplish with these threads?
"Why do Dutch people talk so much about money"
"We don't"
"Yes you guys do!!"
"No we don't"
*random post about USA*
"YES YOU DO!!"
"NOOO!!! WE!! DON'T!!!!"
Every time I have a conversation with Dutch, Flemish or Nordic people all they do is talk about their garden, the salary they have, the job they have, the house they have, the bag they bought, you look at them and they all look like a fashion advertisement....
Versace glasses, prada shirt, hermes pants, gucci shoes.... then you gotta have an Audi and pretend you're sophisticated and classy while acting like a big cliche!
Recently I went out for a drive around those suburban areas in one of the countries mentioned above, and it's all the same.... pretty gardens, clean houses with big windows and no curtains, and an audi/mercedes/BMW/volvo parked next to the house. One house after the other!
Very quick to dismiss Americans as inferior and not classy and dumb, but themselves are very sterile people.... almost 0 personalities, very introverted in their own little worlds with little to nothing to offer to third parties other than yap about mainstream stuff (pseudo-intellectual subjective topics filled with tired cliche PC views, which countries u went to, how much money you make in your job) and other depressing stuff like that.
I am not generalizing, but this is a variable I've found a LOT when dealing with Dutch and Escandinavians in general.
I found the Germans to be much more humble and with much more substance as people!
I went out on dates with two dutch men so far and they both told me exactly the same (they only fly Qatar Airways Business class)... are you serious? SO YOU HAVE MONEY, WHO CARES! I DON'T FOR SURE!
Scandinavian guys are also quite similar, I met a Swedish one who is pretty obsessed with his body and forgets the world exists when real madrid is playing.... also another iphone, Audi, gucci, prada, hermes victim!
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