[Leeman4Gilmour]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Except Canada's consumer landscape and food options are pretty similar to the US's, yet we have a significantly longer life expectancy.

The US's low life expectancy is rooted more in the average person having a lower quality of life than they do in most other developed nations. Education, health care access, exposure to violent crime, hours worked, etc. are all generally poorer in the US than in peer nations.

The average person nominally making more money than the average person in comparable countries is more or less meaningless when it doesn't result in an improved quality of life, and that's why you see a lot of discontent in the US despite generally positive economic metrics. Obviously higher earners in the US have a fantastic quality of life. But the social stratification means that the average person doesn't really.

It's our ketchup

https://www.distractify.com/p/canadian-vs-us-ketchup