Norway has the best standards of life as a nation.
And I wasn't talking about average but about differences - there are far more poor people in the US then there are in 'my area' (western germany in the area of the netherlands and belgium) but certainly the average income and the average life style in "the US" is much higher.
There are german regions in the east that you can only compare to africa though. Certainly the same is true for some Detroit Areas.
Not at all. Norway average individual income is similar to that of average individual income in the US around $ 40,000 and both nations are ranked second in the world in average individual income after the tiny little state of Luxemburg. However, in Norway and in Luxemburg for that matter, the taxes are higher than in the US and almost everything is more expansive than the US, so the purchasing power in the US is higher and hence this gives the US the “best standards of living” in the world.
PS: There are 4.6 million people who live in Norway and another 465000 people who live in Luxemburg, in the US there are 7.5 million individuals who are "Millionaires". :)