The Denmark secret: how it became the most trusting country
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The Denmark secret: how it became the most trusting country
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Re: The Denmark secret: how it became the most trusting country
#2American in Denmark here: Yes, this is exactly right. The article covers a lot of topics but does a good job for the most part. The only thing not mentioned from HN point of view is that for tech workers, salaries are MUCH lower than in the US. My family's quality of life quotient though is very high. My kids (12, 14) have basically free reign of the city and we don't worry about them at all.
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Denmark is one of the few countries that actually has targets for integration, not just immigration. It's extremely draconian and I'm surprised (actually, not surprised) the article doesn't mention it.
See, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerable_residential_area_(D...
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Denmark is one of the few countries that actually has targets for integration, not just immigration. It's extremely draconian and I'm surprised (actually, not surprised) the article doesn't mention it. See, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerable_residential_area_(D...
The article does discuss these.
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Denmark has about the harshest asylum law west of the Oder. Practically zero pull factors, and the total immigration stats reflect that.
If Germany copied the relevant Danish law (and the copy survived a subsequent challenge at the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe), the European migration crisis would be mostly over.
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There might be a bit of synergy between immigration and the surge in international trade they've had of late.
https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/emner/oekonomi/betalingsbala...
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#9The common factor in all high trust societies seems to be that they are culturally homogenous.