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Norway To Start Hiding Its Standard Of Living To Make Other Countries Feel Better About Themselves (www.theonion.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Depends on how old he was. Things were less rosy before the oil. The Norwegian-American "exodus" is still part of Norwegian cultural memory (if nothing else there are children's songs about it) and apparently there's some remnants of Norwegian-influenced culture around Minnesota or something like that.

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