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.

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

Iceland is good for women apparently.

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

sidewinder · 11-05-2010, 11:08 AM

No clear list in article. Fail. I don't want to read paragraphs.

loveissucide · 11-07-2010, 03:10 PM

Ireland was really really high at one point, although I think the inspectors caught sight of the dole queues when they were drawing up this one.

roosterbread · 11-08-2010, 11:31 PM

Quote:

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.

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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: 8,723	Nice to see the UK in 26th place...just ahead of Singapore, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Andorra and Slovakia.

11-04-2010, 06:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
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.

11-05-2010, 09:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
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