I just remember the time when I was a kid and eating at home was normal. Today is a different thing, but at least on the weekends I try to cook at home, it is a difficult process but worth it. Home-made food is better than eating out for me.

Well...

Lousy cooks should eat outside.

I like both. Restaurant food is not always lower quality than mum's meals. A good restaurant can prepare elaborate, time-consuming recipes and also save you the dishwashing afterwards.

I'd say it depends on prices in your local restaurants and your incomes, because, you know, if you spend an hour cooking at home a meal which could be obtained from restaurant for relatively small price (less than your hourly wage, for example), then you'd better go to restaurant then.

Of course, there is also such thing as a "cooking skills", if you are really good at cooking, and you know your own personal preferences very well, then eating at home will probably be more enjoyable.

To sum up, I don't think that there is general answer to your question. If people don't have an obvious choice like in aforementioned Netherlands, they should try both and decide for themselves.

Personally, I usually prefer eating out.

Going out for meals is really expensive in the Netherlands compared to cooking, so I don't have a choice :) But I like cooking if it's not too often!