I finally got a haircut today. Probably the most expensive haircut I will get in my life which cost about 40 US dollars. Apparently that is cheap and they are usually about 50 US dollars. I pay 12 in Boulder during there happy hour special.
I have been playing a lot of soccer now that the weather is above freezing which is nice. The other day we had 10 people and 6 countries were represented which was kind of cool.
Couple random swedish facts I have learned in my geography class.
- Families with higher incomes pay just about 60% on income tax. Middle to lower class pay 40%.
This results in a lot of companies and affluent people leaving the country like Volvo and yes, even IKEA.
- 80% of swedes live in "urban" areas
- 45% of the citizens in Uppsala work for the government in some way. Population is about 150,000.
- 75% of jobs in Sweden are services
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