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LoonylionThere's actually a list of the best countries to live in sorted from best to worst, and all the scandanavian countries are pretty near the topWhat is it based on? Economy, jobs etc?
Mark_80I mean, you have to understand, this is the nation of creationists.You're not freaking serious.
They have a friggin museum that shows you how Adam and Eve lived with (then Herbivorous) T-Rex.
msg2009 · #23Found this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1240988/France-tops-list-best-places-live-world-fifth-year-row--Britain-languishes-25th.htmlWow, that list gives somewhat different results...
UK 25th, sounds about right. Switzerland is a nightmare, I hate the place. Germany is my favourite place ive ever been to I could easily live there and Belgium is my 2nd favourite. France is ok but I wouldn't pick it No1.
US is 7th, way better than the UK.
Mark_80Yeah, i guess every country has their own problems, and their own idiots.The biggest problem I see about America's politics at the moment is that both parties are always at eachother's throats, instead of actually doing something useful, both parties just want to call out that what the other party is 'evil' and 'unconstitutional' and/or would do anything to stop what the other party is doing for some reason (usually it's money).One thing about Canada that I'm not liking is that punjab might as well be the second official language of Canada instead of french. I know when I go into the city, I hear a very, very, very small number of people speaking french and I see tons and tons of non-native Canadians. Not that I'm complaining, I just miss all the french when I leave this town. You know it's bad when Alberta has the second most highest amount of french people next to Quebec, yet there's only two french high schools in it's capital. French is a dying language around here.
Still, based on what i read over the interwebs, i think Norway or Sweden are good places to live.
And here in the American Continent,i bet Canada would take the cake.
Oteupaiecona · #25Maybe it's the HDI?
Notice the difference between the reports though.
In the Inequality Adjusted one, the US falls 8 points behind, while Sweden goes up 6.
Also, i know how cold these countries are (Canada included), but the more i learn about the subject, the more these countries seem to be the ones with better laws and management.
In all, 194 countries are surveyed on nine criteria, including the cost of living, culture and leisure, environment, safety, culture and weather.I wonder how much the cold effects the score. And if you're saying that Canada has better laws and management, no, wrong. Canada's laws are so similar to the US, the only difference is our systems, and copyright laws are different here. Our laws are as backwards as you Americans.
Oteupaiecona · #28Well, you guys have some sort of universal health care don't you?Yeah, but the provincial and federal government always want to get rid of universal health care. Once every six months Harper or Ed Stelmach comes out to say that they don't want to support the health care anymore, then people get all riled up and then they back down. Seriously, if they got rid of health care, I think Canada would be in a similar situation to the UK and the student backlash against tuition costs.The Canadian system of banks has somehow worked, yay us.
Plus i heard you did a very good job at managing your banks when we had to bail ours out.
It's stuff like this that i am referring to.
Seems like i might have a rosier picture of Canada, then what is actually true.redoperator · #29I'm a Republican, I'm not a full-fledged conservative, but I am one.It's ok, nobody's perfect.
redoperator · #29I am willing to say a good hand-full of republicans (as well as democrats) are dumb as shit and should be working together instead of trying to oust one another.Agree.
redoperator · #29I think that big business is what makes a country great, it leads to more influence and money, and money pretty much runs present-day society, but mostly machines tally numbers and not employees (in which mom/pop stores do the hiring and we need them).Yes, i am all for Capitalism.
redoperator · #29Republicans are deemed as greedy, yes, but that's the ideal of capitalism (its like Darwinism where the strongest survive) which tend to cater to the upper-class.In Darwinism, it is not the strongest who survive, it is the ones better adapted for their environment (semantics, mostly, but a lot of people get confused, like "How come we're not as strong as Gorilas?")
redoperator · #29Democrats are deemed as nurturers and are received well towards the middle-class, but have a knack for spending money they don't have (universal health-care is great, but where do we get the money if the taxpayer doesn't want to shell out the cash?).Republicans spend just as much, if not more, then Democrats.
redoperator · #29you really have to choose between the lesser of two evils now in politics.I agree, although, for different reasons, i'm sure.
nex26No, they are idiots. These are the people who voted in Bush, twice, who happens to be the epitome of stupid. I can't believe there isn't more backlash over this, it's disgusting how you, the american populous, allow the republicans to act.The populous is well blind sighted to even think of the true happenings most of the time. The majority only vote and think about what is currently changing when the previous candidate is about to leave.
Oteupaiecona · #25That's one of them.We live in a evangelical-puritan-biased-hyperactive location. The many private schools have this sort of thing based on Catholic ordeals. So people taught under this sort of thing would remain faithful to the country. The education system here brought to a stand levels all ties with the outside world completely nullified. I am not saying that most people can be properly trained by this sort of thing. It depends if the people have a lot of mid-life crises, in order to realize that laws are not always perfect.
You never heard about certain states here want creationism to be taught in their schools?
I think it's about half the population here that believe this crap.
Natewlie · #27And if you're saying that Canada has better laws and management, no, wrong. Canada's laws are so similar to the US, the only difference is our systems, and copyright laws are different here. Our laws are as backwards as you Americans.So...you people party just as much as we do--too bad for management.
redoperator · #29you really have to choose between the lesser of two evils now in politics.The only reason why we should all end this useless bickering about money and get those differences reconciled. I still remember a few years back in Bush's administration that things were ever more expensive and the livelihood of renting a house was pretty darn expensive. And as a side note many of the choices made by either side always has a consequence--the tides never cease to harmonize. Without a proper compensation each side can only give in to what they are willing to pay for or based on what they want to be seen as a message by using commercial propaganda. All this propaganda stuff is misinformation I tell you.And about the rich getting their taxes cut, it depends if they have a spouse or family. If they are single they shouldn't get one because they are able to live by themselves--I mean if that earnings was spent all on him/her alone that would just cause more monopoly. Second the national debt is only coming from the borrowed people (I think), so without furthering it how else are we going to pay for national security and all that.