[mildtrepidation]

Would be interesting to see a quality of life comparison (if such a thing can be reliably quantified)

The fact that it can't be reliably (more specifically, objectively) quantified is why we see so many nearly-worthless income comparisons instead: The content mill has to run, and less responsible journalists are often happy to print arbitrary crap masquerading as information rather than tackling hard topics with hard work (or just accepting that some things can't be accurately compared and moving on to things they can actually address in a meaningful way).

[netcan]

The absolute comparisons of "inflation adjusted, PPP adjusted, after tax" income is hairy. But the directions of change should be still useful.

The US is still flatter.