How are countries like Norway and Switzerland not so densely populated considering the fact that they are portrayed as nearly heaven in all aspects?
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They are both very mountainous, reducing the available land for settlement. Their effective population density is a lot higher. And the population density of Switzerland isn’t that low to start with.
Norway is very cold. You wouldn’t want to live in the north, and even the south isn’t very nice.
They aren’t “nearly heavenly”. High taxes, high cost of living.
Norway subsidises their country on oil and gas exports. Like how Dubai works, but colder and with less human rights abuses. Switzerland is more sustainable, with banking and precision manufacturing as exports, but that took a bit of a hit lately. They have very strict immigration laws, because, unlike most economies which benefit from immigration providing more workers, all immigration will do is dilute the benefits of their exports.
They are both very mountainous, reducing the available land for settlement. Their effective population density is a lot higher. And the population density of Switzerland isn’t that low to start with.
Norway is very cold. You wouldn’t want to live in the north, and even the south isn’t very nice.
They aren’t “nearly heavenly”. High taxes, high cost of living.
Norway subsidises their country on oil and gas exports. Like how Dubai works, but colder and with less human rights abuses. Switzerland is more sustainable, with banking and precision manufacturing as exports, but that took a bit of a hit lately. They have very strict immigration laws, because, unlike most economies which benefit from immigration providing more workers, all immigration will do is dilute the benefits of their exports.
In addition to the other answers, I think you may have some confusion about cause and effect here: places that are very densely populated usually aren’t “nearly heaven in all aspects”. High population density causes all kinds of problems by itself.
In addition to the other answers, I think you may have some confusion about cause and effect here: places that are very densely populated usually aren’t “nearly heaven in all aspects”. High population density causes all kinds of problems by itself.
They’re doing so well because they have very strict regulations regarding who crosses their border. Also, since the population is better educated on finances, birth control, etc. they tend to have less kids.
They’re doing so well because they have very strict regulations regarding who crosses their border. Also, since the population is better educated on finances, birth control, etc. they tend to have less kids.
In addition to the other answers, I think you may have some confusion about cause and effect here: places that are very densely populated usually aren’t “nearly heaven in all aspects”. High population density causes all kinds of problems by itself.
As others have said they aren’t exactly “heaven”. When compared to countries similar to the USA, the Scandinavian countries are heaven.
However, they do have extraordinarily strict immigration laws, IIRC you have to be able to speak their language passably (please correct me if I’m wrong), prove you have a job and place to live lined up, prove you can support yourself financially, prove you can provide value for their economies. Not to mention you have to pass several health/medical checks (Norway is or used to be particularly strict about that)
Scandinavian countries don’t give immigrants free rides, you have to work to get in.
Then there’s the high taxes, high cost of living, long term cold, and just strict laws in general.
All that being said however I’d love to move to one of those countries but the amount of time and effort to do so is a turn off.
As others have said they aren’t exactly “heaven”. When compared to countries similar to the USA, the Scandinavian countries are heaven.
However, they do have extraordinarily strict immigration laws, IIRC you have to be able to speak their language passably (please correct me if I’m wrong), prove you have a job and place to live lined up, prove you can support yourself financially, prove you can provide value for their economies. Not to mention you have to pass several health/medical checks (Norway is or used to be particularly strict about that)
Scandinavian countries don’t give immigrants free rides, you have to work to get in.
Then there’s the high taxes, high cost of living, long term cold, and just strict laws in general.
All that being said however I’d love to move to one of those countries but the amount of time and effort to do so is a turn off.
Have you seen the winter in Norway? They have a lot of wealth and everything, but you get like 6 hours of daylight in the winter or worse…
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