Country with the Best Quality of Life

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 11-04-2010, 05:48 PM

Norway best for the good life: UN report - Yahoo! News

Congrats Norway!

Paedantic Basterd · 11-04-2010, 06:05 PM

I think it was Sweden before.

right-track · 11-04-2010, 06:06 PM

Nice to see the UK in 26th place...just ahead of Singapore, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Andorra and Slovakia.

Dayvan Cowboy · 11-04-2010, 06:42 PM

...another reason why I would like to move to Norway.

**** canada.

ThePhanastasio · 11-04-2010, 07:31 PM

United States made #4? How? I might just think it's worse than it actually is because I live in Appalachia, though - no one cares about Appalachia.

roosterbread · 11-08-2010, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio

United States made #4? How? I might just think it's worse than it actually is because I live in Appalachia, though - no one cares about Appalachia.

Don't knock it, everything's flat and swampy where I am. Would be nice to see some mountains, or even a hill.

I think the ratings change every year because every jackass in the world tries to move to wherever when it tops out at number 1, improving their place of origin by several degrees.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 11-04-2010, 08:31 PM

Iceland is good for women apparently.

~~Farfisa~~ · 11-10-2010, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Iceland is good for women apparently.

Iceland is just an awesome place, period. I hear they're broke as fock these days though, so buying things online from other countries might be a problem.

RVCA · 11-05-2010, 09:45 AM

aw yeah. I just had an argument with my housemate about this, actually. She stated that America has the best political system in the world, and the dialectic went:

Me - "Wow, you've studied every political system in the world?"
Her - "Well, we have the highest standard of living."
Me - "Eh, no we don't. We examined this in my Econ class last year. There's some kind of index that ranks the quality of living in countries, and although the US is up there, I distinctly remember it wasn't number one."

RVCA: 1, Housemate: 0

TheBig3 · 11-10-2010, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

aw yeah. I just had an argument with my housemate about this, actually. She stated that America has the best political system in the world, and the dialectic went:

Me - "Wow, you've studied every political system in the world?"
Her - "Well, we have the highest standard of living."
Me - "Eh, no we don't. We examined this in my Econ class last year. There's some kind of index that ranks the quality of living in countries, and although the US is up there, I distinctly remember it wasn't number one."

RVCA: 1, Housemate: 0

Not to drape myself in the flag - again - but part of what makes America great is that we're lacking a few threads in our social safety net. It certainly makes people sometimes have to struggle unnecessarily but it has its benefits.

4th is pretty damned good.

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~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,538	Country with the Best Quality of Life Norway best for the good life: UN report - Yahoo! News Congrats Norway!

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Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,775	Iceland is good for women apparently. __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

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Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I think it was Sweden before.

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,769	Nice to see the UK in 26th place...just ahead of Singapore, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Andorra and Slovakia.

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Dayvan Cowboy Basscadet Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Antarctica Posts: 1,258	...another reason why I would like to move to Norway. **** canada.

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ThePhanastasio Killed Laura Palmer Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 1,679	United States made #4? How? I might just think it's worse than it actually is because I live in Appalachia, though - no one cares about Appalachia.

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RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	aw yeah. I just had an argument with my housemate about this, actually. She stated that America has the best political system in the world, and the dialectic went: Me - "Wow, you've studied every political system in the world?" Her - "Well, we have the highest standard of living." Me - "Eh, no we don't. We examined this in my Econ class last year. There's some kind of index that ranks the quality of living in countries, and although the US is up there, I distinctly remember it wasn't number one." RVCA: 1, Housemate: 0