Damn son, the UK at 12. That is a hell of a lot higher than I was expecting.
And that's before Brexit
Damn son, the UK at 12. That is a hell of a lot higher than I was expecting.
Just been to Stockholm for a week and I can believe that Sweden ranking. Incredible public hospitals, reliable and modern public transport, spotless streets, polite and respectful people, beautiful environment, massive push on recycling. I genuinely felt quite depressed at the thought of returning to London at the end of my trip, it felt like everything a well-funded, fully functioning modern city should be and I didn't even just go to the rich/touristy areas either. And that's without even getting into their world-class social security systems.
It was very expensive though. Alcohol prices were ridiculous (about £15 for a cocktail or £10 for a glass of wine) and restaurant prices weren't much better. You'd struggle to find a decent main course alone for less than £15-20 even in the cheaper places.
Whether I would want to live there in the middle of a dark, cold winter is another matter entirely though.
germany is on the same longitude as canada and the rest is even more in the north. the exception being australia and new zealand.Canada is nice, but the winter months are brutal. No sun for half the year.
It's not that good.
many of us enjoy seasons. i'd be miserable if i didn't get to experience them.I'll take living in sunny California over most of those countries in the top 10.
Climate matters a lot.
Damn son, the UK at 12. That is a hell of a lot higher than I was expecting.
Australia says hi! :)I'll take living in sunny California over most of those countries in the top 10.
Climate matters a lot.
These things are really dumb. No one in their right mind would want to live in China over Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, Ireland, or South Korea yet it's somehow a "better country" than those 6.
We are not a socialist country.Let's not learn something from those nordic democratic socialist countries about how they do things to perhaps improve our quality of life, we're America...the land of no we cant because our corporate overlords said so, so let's just get the media and the politicians to parrot that until people believe it.
:( Bringing up lists like this is always such a sad gutpunch
Ok... We are still not a socialist country. Higher taxes does not equal socialism. Our markets are free and determined by supply and demand, we are pure capitalist.If your going to respond to me, actually post something worth responding to next time
Yeah it's fine. We have parties that are racist like everywhere else in the world, but not some gruesome nazis one in parliament. People are very open and caring. Can't speak so much for Sweden though, I have only been there a few times in regards to vacation... but they are the also the weirdos in Scandinavian. ;)
Well according to Breitbart, RT and the like Sweden is turning in to a Muslim nation with sharia laws incoming. So I guess the answer is yes.
There is always an excuse isn't there? To much people, to sparsely populated, to diverse a population or what have you. The real reason is lack of political will to change the system. (This is of course not directed at you personally but the American politicians and electorate as a whole.)I'm not surprised in the least that most countries here have a population of less than 10 million. Australia and Canada being higher and Germany being the most populated. It's just so much easy to provide a good and stable life to a smaller, more homogeneous population compared to a diverse country of several hundred million or billion.
And what is a manageable problem for a nation of 6 million may be a complete and utter clusterfuck for a nation of 400 million.
Except the cost of rent and other goods in the US is 3X higher, so elevating the income tax rate to lets say 50% marginal over everyone making over $60,000 to pay for every "free" amenity Nordic countries have will lead to disastrous results.
I just think if you look at the top 10 most populated countries they all have significant and large problems compared to a place like Norway or Denmark. Maybe it's all just a big coincidence, but I doubt it.Well according to Breitbart, RT and the like Sweden is turning in to a Muslim nation with sharia laws incoming. So I guess the answer is yes.
There is always an excuse isn't there? To much people, to sparsely populated, to diverse a population or what have you. The real reason is lack of political will to change the system. (This is of course not directed at you personally but the American politicians and electorate as a whole.)
Scared to put Austria on the list, eh? Cowards.
...no really, odd to leave us out.
The 80 countries in the 2019 Best Countries rankings had to meet four criteria within the most recent year for which data are available specific to each benchmark to be included in the study:
- Top 100 countries in terms of gross domestic product in 2016, based on World Bank data
- Top 100 countries in terms of foreign direct investment inflows in 2016, based on World Bank data
- Top 100 countries in terms of international tourism receipts in 2016, based on World Bank data
- Top 150 countries in the U.N.'s Human Development Index, based on the 2016 report
people have a lot of negativity and doom and gloom about the UK's currently political climate, but it's not a bad place to live at all. people acting like it's some shithole.
Yup, that's really an odd list and I wonder how they selected the contries to be on it. It's obviously not based on population size, and they completely disregard the fact that Vienna now has a 10 year streak as the most livable city on earth. I'd definitely rather live here than in Iraq which made the list..
The 80 countries in the 2019 Best Countries rankings had to meet four criteria within the most recent year for which data are available specific to each benchmark to be included in the study:
Those that did not reach all four of these benchmarks and those that did not report these statistics were not included.
- Top 100 countries in terms of gross domestic product in 2016, based on World Bank data
- Top 100 countries in terms of foreign direct investment inflows in 2016, based on World Bank data
- Top 100 countries in terms of international tourism receipts in 2016, based on World Bank data
- Top 150 countries in the U.N.'s Human Development Index, based on the 2016 report
...
Similarly, five countries failed to meet all four benchmarks this year and have dropped out of the rankings: Algeria, Austria, Bahrain, Bolivia and Kenya.
I just think if you look at the top 10 most populated countries they all have significant and large problems compared to a place like Norway or Denmark. Maybe it's all just a big coincidence, but I doubt it.
You've got China, India, US, Pakistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, and Mexico for the most populated. Out of that list, I'd say the US is by far and away the most preferable place to live. But those countries are hardly the A-listers when it comes to quality of life, etc.
I'm not really disagreeing about political will though. More people will usually mean more disagreements and differing ideas of how to run a country. And you will need a strong will to break through and make meaningful change.
Clearly paid off by our rival countries. Whoever they are.Yup, that's really an odd list and I wonder how they selected the contries to be on it. It's obviously not based on population size, and they completely disregard the fact that Vienna now has a 10 year streak as the most livable city on earth. I'd definitely rather live here than in Iraq which made the list..
Edit: This were their selection criteria:
Austria is present on all of these lists and in a much higher position than 80. So what's going on here?
Sweden is the most welcoming out of the bunch. Denmark also got a left leaning government recently but their immigration policy is still shit.
Or societal dysfunction. Uk has no place being in top 20.
We just elect a conservative government for a third term after 6 years of destroying the environment and welfare system we should honestly be lower
We'll get you next time, Sweden! Next time!
Hm. True, but what would the ranking, for, say, black people look like?For white people*. I don't know about the situation in Canada or New Zealand, but rest have major problems with racism and xenophobia.
Bullshit. Besides a couple on that list USAs GDP per capita is over most of theirs.. Canada's is 42k USD for GDP per capita and USA's is close to 60k per person. So nah. We have more than enough money to adopt many of these same systems. The population argument is nothing but grade A bullshit.I'm not surprised in the least that most countries here have a population of less than 10 million. Australia and Canada being higher and Germany being the most populated. It's just so much easy to provide a good and stable life to a smaller, more homogeneous population compared to a diverse country of several hundred million or billion.
And what is a manageable problem for a nation of 6 million may be a complete and utter clusterfuck for a nation of 400 million.
The Australian government keeps implementing Neo-Liberal policies and has driven the country into recession. Give it a bit of time and we'll drop out of the top 10 pretty quickly.Why is Australia #7 and NZ #9 when we dont have an entire ecosystem revolving around things that will try and kill you?
(Spiders, Snakes, Dropbears, you name it)
Being a Brit living in the Netherlands, I honestly can't imagine any country being better than the Netherlands, at least for me. Public transport is excellent (even better than Germany in my experience, which is overrated these days), and the cycling road infrastructure is amazing. It's literally completely unnecessary to own a car.
I wonder how Canada fares in that regard; I know the USA is horrible for getting around without a car, but I've never been to Canada or heard much about their transport systems.
Yeah, but that's off set by summers that rarely go past 34 celcius.Canada is nice, but the winter months are brutal. No sun for half the year.
If you're not in Vancouver or Toronto, public transportation is absolute garbage. Especially in the colder cities during winter where trains would suddenly stop running because of how cold it is.Being a Brit living in the Netherlands, I honestly can't imagine any country being better than the Netherlands, at least for me. Public transport is excellent (even better than Germany in my experience, which is overrated these days), and the cycling road infrastructure is amazing. It's literally completely unnecessary to own a car.
I wonder how Canada fares in that regard; I know the USA is horrible for getting around without a car, but I've never been to Canada or heard much about their transport systems.