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the_lonely_road
on Aug 5, 2021
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Wealthy people are renouncing American citizenship
New Zealand it seems. An island country of 5 million with some of the most expensive real estate and highest suicide rates of the developed world.
mkl
on Aug 5, 2021
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Where did you get that statistic? According to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_r...
, the USA's suicide rate is ~40% higher than NZ's.
sumedh
on Aug 5, 2021
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> highest suicide rates of the developed world.
If I am not mistaken most of those suicides are among the Maori people not the white people of NZ.
richwater
on Aug 5, 2021
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Yea thanks for clearing that up. The native people don't count.
sumedh
on Aug 7, 2021
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No you should first understand the cause of the suicides before lumping them with the rest of the developed world.
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