Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderThis is so outdated. GDP figures seem to be from 2012. A lot has changed since then. E.g. USA GDP PPP is $63k in 2020 by World Bank, but this websites claims it is $53k. I see similar data points, were figures are decade old. Some countries improved a lot in the last 10 years.
This is like comparing whether you would like Diane Krall or Bob Marley based on beats-per-minute. Why do people have such a struggle separating qualitative from quantitative? I'm American but I've lived in six countries: the richest was easily Switzerland, the most frustrating was easily France, but for me, the best was easily the Czech Republic. Hands down; no competition. But that's me. And the only way you can ever know which one you'll like best is to live there…
"The lottery of birth is responsible for much of who we are. If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be the same person?" No. So it's not random (not a lottery).
This is pretty insightful. Also, sad to see the prison stat for pretty much any country vs the USA.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 381
- Total comments
- 219
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-19 | Website calculates how your life might be like in another country.First breakout | ck2 | 142 | 106 |
| 2015-12-29 | IfItWereMyHome.com: Your Life in a Different Country | somecoder | 9 | 2 |
| 2017-02-22 | If It Were My Home | activatedgeek | 2 | 1 |
| 2022-01-30 | If it were my homeBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | kkwteh | 228 | 110 |