My sister is an exchange student in Sweden. Living expenses are higher in Sweden (look at the cost of Vodka - it's like $40 a bottle), and she gets paid about $3 an hour to work in a university restaurant.
Sweden has high taxes on alcohol! That's not the same thing as high living costs.
It was my impression that other living costs were high as well. I realize though that my post was inaccurate.
I wasn't actually trying to paint Sweden as a miserable place, just disputing Opedo's idea that it's a paradise. Sweden's socialism doesn't really bother me, it seems to work fine for them.
