[Chevalier]

Orrr among people who wear vision correction, the US population has a higher median income that can afford contact lenses.

Without condemning anyone, the US has a very stratified class system. Those lower on the socio-economic ladder may not invest in vision care, which is a more complicated and expensive proposition in the US than it is in Europe. Among those that do, the US population probably has more disposable income than their European counterparts.

I love Europe, but saying that Americans hate nerds and Europeans are intellectual is just lazy. Many European policies, especially in terms of monetary policy and immigration policy, are not what I would call thoughtful or logical.

[sitharus]

Or Europeans simply don't mind wearing obvious corrective lenses? There are a huge number of societal factors in play here.

[bitwize]

Yeah, America is stridently anti-intellectual, and glasses make you look like a nerd.