I didn't know gun ownership in Germany was that high, anecdotically, the only people I know with a gun over there keep it in the hunting/shooting club and not at home (It's more of a gun used for sport than for protection).
In term of cultural homogeneity, I don't actually think there's much less cultural homogeneity in Europe compared to US. We do have a lot of immigrants from different cultures actually...
I do agree in term of poverty factor, for a country that is seen externally as being rather powerful and rich, there's a lot of inequality in the US with a very sizable underclass and a seemingly low upward mobility. This is the one thing I rather appreciate in Europe, education is almost free and opens a lot of opportunities that I probably wouldn't have had if I were american (even my tuition when I was an exchange student in the US was free thanks to that).
In term of cultural homogeneity, I don't actually think there's much less cultural homogeneity in Europe compared to US. We do have a lot of immigrants from different cultures actually...
I do agree in term of poverty factor, for a country that is seen externally as being rather powerful and rich, there's a lot of inequality in the US with a very sizable underclass and a seemingly low upward mobility. This is the one thing I rather appreciate in Europe, education is almost free and opens a lot of opportunities that I probably wouldn't have had if I were american (even my tuition when I was an exchange student in the US was free thanks to that).