How is life in Sweden/Stockholm?

Is life in stockholm, sweden better then life in USA?

• Answer:

  It depends what part of US you mean. I have lived in Stockholm for 3 years. I don't live in downtown, but in a villa area 30 min by bike. Right, bikes are everywhere here. Although it's a capital, you often don't feel like you're in the city, rather a countryside. It's very green, literally you live close to nature - one day I saw a deer jumping between the gardens in my neighbourhood. Everybody speak English, but people are rather cold. They ALWAYS go with the law, even when the law is against logic or agains human compassion. Neighbours often don't say hello to each other. In winter they all walk depressed. As soon as they see the first sun they go nuts, you see a lot of people just sitting on the stairs with their faces towards the sun.. Life seems slower here. Generally Swedes haven't understood that life isn't about gaining more and more wealth. But they don't kill themselves for success like in US..