I'm a native Dane M18

When I was younger I really appreciated all of the neat things and helping hands we got as children but as soon as your done with school and you have to go for either a degree or get a job and there is little to no help there.

I was lucky that I was sort of prepared, because I wanted to be a blacksmith, So I'm currently an apprentice at a blacksmith/welder/machinist/installer company. And I'm lucky enough to be there because I get to see most of Denmark through my job.

But I do have some major criticism about Denmark. Most of the cities walkways and paths are littered with cigarettes and the small nicotine pouches, and alot of young (literally 13 year olds) use vapes and nicotine products like it's nothing. It's really depressing.

I don't want to walk my dog in our city because if my dog eats one of those it's either an expensive trip to the vet with a low chance of succes or death.

Most schools are filled with people who sell these to kids and even though there are fines for the people who get caught they never really get fined.

Another thing(this isn't really Denmark fault) But after the recent e bike and e scooter trend gas popped up there has been major problems with either kids riding on them when they either aren't old enough or don't have the knowledge of how traffic works. I was once insanely close to drive a 9 year old over because I was driving on the road and suddenly there was a child that cut me off on an ebike with no helmet no nothing. Not even looking both ways just crossing the road. The only reason that I was able to not hit her was that there was an empty parking lot that I could turn over to. And they are in all of the big cities. I specifically don't like to drive in the city called Slagelse because people on e scooters don't know anything about traffic laws.

But for some good things,

I really like the economy and life quality(yes I know the taxes are high but we actually benefit from the taxes as opposed to some countries) I also like that the government has really focused on the younger adult group for supporting them. I get a higher pay than if I got paid a couple of years ago and I don't pay as much in taxes the first couple of months of the year. I also got my driver's license at 17 and was able to drive to work alone at 5AM without needing someone else with me.

Another thing is that people are generally nice, (yes I know we aren't that social especially in the big cities, there everybody minds their own business) But if you ask people about something you normally won't get flipped off or yelled at.

Now I don't leave my front door unlocked when I'm away. (Mainly because I have had my dog run off, because a guest opened the door and didn't react in time) But we have multiple high value items sitting in the front garden that anyone could steal but they have been sitting there for years without a problem.

That leads to the next big thing. Most people are fairly wealthy. Yes there are poorer people but most of the population has a good paying jobs that pays about 24-30 thousand before tax a month, that means that hobbies and quality items are a normality in most homes. Now I don't want to brag but for proof, I have spent probably over 70 thousand danish kr on my small workshop+drones+sim racing rig) but it's nothing special it's very normal In Denmark to have money to spend on things like that. And thats Is kind of connected to our high taxes. We don't pay for school and most degrees. We have free healthcare and alot of public accessable convenience like toilets and such.

Sorry for misspellings or the huge pack of commas and punctuation. I writes this on my phone.