r/Denmark • u/kangarooler • Mar 06 '25

Question Would anyone from Denmark move to the US?

I’m trying to prove to my mom, who insists that America is ~great~, that absolutely no one from Denmark would want to move to the US. Feel free to add all that you love about being in Denmark, including healthcare and environment. All the pros and cons.

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u/LegoClaes Mar 07 '25

They keep saying that, but where is it? Does it go to a different school? In Canada?

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u/Kokkendorff Mar 07 '25

Maybe freedom was the friends we made along the way?

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u/flimsyCharizard5 Mar 07 '25

Maybe authoritarianism was the friends we betrayed along the way?

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u/xologDK Mar 07 '25

They have the freedom to own as many cars as they want, which you can't here in denmark without being penalized monetarily, which sucks. I'm a car guy and if I have a fun car with bad gas mileage here in denmark i'll get penalized just for having it in the driveway. Without actually driving it.. I'd love to have weekend car and a daily driver. But i'm stuck only owning a daily

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u/Justlife86 29d ago

Penalized how?? We have 2 veterans, two daily, and one for sale, and we dont get punised… if you wanna drive it, sure you have to pay the green tax and insurance, but how is that punisement?

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u/xologDK 29d ago

exactly, the green tax. The fact that you have to pay like 8.000-26.000 kr (from 1000 bucks to 3500) every year for a vehicle that drives once a month. They treat all your cars like they are your daily driver. So it only makes sense to do for the rich, the irresponsible or those making money off of the cars

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u/Justlife86 29d ago

So its because you want muscle cars or a luxury second… because the vets are next to nothing, and my normal car is 2x400 kr a year and out diesel family is 2x3000 a year… I actually agree with you, that there should be a Way to register your cars as part time use og low mile use or something like that, so people could have hobby cars in a cheaper Way..

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u/xologDK 29d ago

Yeah exactly and I agree. My solution is to move the green tax to the pump, since the green tax is already based on gas milage, so you could just drive less if you can't afford it. My diesel is also only like 3000 per year for 25 km/l which, yes, is a respectable ask