So the USA is not behind on maternal mortality rate [1], minimum wages [2], time off [3], walkable cities [4] and public transport?
These things are quite apparent as a visitor: the "greatest city on earth", NYC, has a comically dirty and outdated metro system, and walking from a hotel to the nearest supermarket is basically impossible in most large cities - which are already the most walkable places.
Well, I'm confused then. You said 'every one of these is a boring example' as if they don't matter, when they have massive impact on quality of life especially for the least privileged.
I said they're boring because they're overused. The only complaints anyone ever comes up with is that America isn't European enough. I'd be fascinated by a discussion of how we can solve America's problems without mentioning other nations or cultures we should simply emulate instead.
These things are quite apparent as a visitor: the "greatest city on earth", NYC, has a comically dirty and outdated metro system, and walking from a hotel to the nearest supermarket is basically impossible in most large cities - which are already the most walkable places.
[1] https://tcf.org/content/commentary/worsening-u-s-maternal-he...
[2] https://hellopebl.com/resources/blog/minimum-wage-by-country...
[3] https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/19/why-us-vacation-policies-are...
[4] https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/03/why-walkable-urban-a...