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It's questionable the amount of fun. Norway has fairly high depression rates and doing almost anything is very expensive. Even fully employed Norwegians on average go out to eat only a couple of times a year. They also travel less and have comparatively fewer recreational activities. I'm pretty sure that anyone living almost entirely on government assistance isn't doing much else but existing.


Norway is middle of the list of countries by rate of depression: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/depressio...

It's not that surprising people spend less time eating out and travelling since it's a very cold country.


>isn't doing much else but existing

The nerve of some people.

Seriously though, why isn't existing enough?




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