You're talking about a select few countries in Europe, if that. Notice the recent protests in France, notice how Spain is going down the neoliberal hell-hole even more, damn the protesting public health workers [1], notice how a literal peasants' party got lots of votes in very urban The Netherlands because of the political elites ignoring a great chunk of the country's electorate.
And that's just Western Europe and ignoring Britain, over here in Eastern Europe things are even more complicated, let's put it that way.
Later edit: To make it clear, I still think that the average European has got it better compared to the average US resident when it comes to basic stuff like housing and healthcare, just wanted to point out that the direction that we're all going isn't one that gives me hope.
And that's just Western Europe and ignoring Britain, over here in Eastern Europe things are even more complicated, let's put it that way.
Later edit: To make it clear, I still think that the average European has got it better compared to the average US resident when it comes to basic stuff like housing and healthcare, just wanted to point out that the direction that we're all going isn't one that gives me hope.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...