Best Place in the world to live?

[Matthew Kane 1,307]

It used to be European Cities....now that trend has moved on. Right now the best places in the world to live in is either Australia, Canada or New Zealand.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_most_livable_cities

 

The world is a changing...

 

Cheers

[Simmo W 24]

Thanks for posting Matt. Ha, I think the world is just slow to realise :-) plus our Baristas have improved markedly these last few yrs..

 

 

[Matthew Kane 1,307]

Thanks for posting Matt. Ha, I think the world is just slow to realise :-) plus our Baristas have improved markedly these last few yrs..

 

LOL...Wellington, New Zealand was the first city in the entire world where Starbuck's could not post a profit...LOL

 

Wellington, New Zealand is the Cafe Capital of the world (our little secret) Starbuck's never stood a chance.......Muhahahaha (evil laugh)

[xplanery 250]

Hah, I can never understand how Finland / its cities are always so high on this list, Helsinki on high places... Sure we have good healthcare, education, low pollution etc, however also high depression and even suicide rates, long cold & dark winter, and more random violence than in most other European countries no matter what statistics say although organized crime isn't really a problem here.

 

Sure its pretty practical and clean city to live in, but other than that it is boring and bland place.

[LeeL 272]

Theyve obviously never spent a winter in a northern Canadian city...close to -50 for a week ain't fun. And only 5 hours of sunlight. And it's not like I even live way up in the arctic :( I live north compared to most I guess but it's not like we're in the Yukon lol.

 

It does seem these studies usually find the Scandinavian countries to be happy, FSCamp, even though you have what I just described above too. But if the people are happy that's all the study sees I guess.

 

New Zealand and Australia make sense :)

 

Lee

 

 

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Theyve obviously never spent a winter in a northern Canadian city...close to -50 for a week ain't fun. And only 5 hours of sunlight. And it's not like I even live way up in the arctic :( I live north compared to most I guess but it's not like we're in the Yukon lol.

 

It does seem these studies usually find the Scandinavian countries to be happy, FScamp, even though you have what I just described above too. But if most of the people are happy that's all the study sees I guess.

 

New Zealand and Australia make sense :)

 

Lee

 

 

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[Glynn 405]

Hello

England for me, great place to live

[Matthew Kane 1,307]

Theyve obviously never spent a winter in a northern Canadian city...New Zealand and Australia make sense :)

 

Grass always seems greener on the otherside....Move to New Zealand or Australia and you will see how quickly you get homesick....

 

Cheers

[LeeL 272]

Yeah your probably right

 

Might only be one way to fun out...

 

Lee

 

 

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[Fielder 3,335]

Whenever any other place can give you Monterey bay (rarely but sometimes called the most scenic place in the world), yosemite (ditto), big sur (ditto), Mount Shasta, Death Valley, the Southern California surfing beaches, the high Sierras with their giant sequoias, and the other 3 national parks in this State, the then I will move away from California.

[Matthew Kane 1,307]

Whenever any other place can give you Monterey bay (rarely but sometimes called the most scenic place in the world), yosemite (ditto), big sur (ditto), Mount Shasta, Death Valley, the Southern California surfing beaches, the high Sierras with their giant sequoias, and the other 3 national parks in this State, the then I will move away from California.

 

True Dat....Always a place in my heart for the USA as I do love it there. Unfortunately for the USA it is spreading itself out way too thin at the moment that it doesn't appear in the top ten (or anywhere close).

 

In the USA their are absolutely some very best places in the world to be (that are very far and few between).....however for the most part it doesn't average out. I wouldn't want to live in Detroit or Baltimore right now...

 

USA is far from a complete package.

 

Cheers

[xplanery 250]

It does seem these studies usually find the Scandinavian countries to be happy, FSCamp, even though you have what I just described above too. But if the people are happy that's all the study sees I guess.

Yeah, Sweden, Norway and Denmark seem to have a lot lower depression rates compared to Finland, I have no idea why is that as at least Norway and Sweden mostly have just as cold winters and all.

[Matthew Kane 1,307]

Yeah, Sweden, Norway and Denmark seem to have a lot lower depression rates compared to Finland, I have no idea why is that as at least Norway and Sweden mostly have just as cold winters and all.

 

I did do a CouchSurfing.Com with a girl from Finland not long ago for what was supposed to be a few days.....Turned out to be a few weeks.

 

Nothing sexual at all, only because our converstions just continued on.

 

I won't bring it up at the moment but just suggest to others the current education standards are not what it used to be around the world. Primary Education is up and coming in some countries and failing in other places...

 

 

Cheers

[Fielder 3,335]

" Unfortunately for the USA it is spreading itself out way too thin at the moment that it doesn't appear in the top ten (or anywhere close). "

 

Yes, we don't make the political correct lists. But we have to build walls to keep other folks out, and almost nobody ever emigrates out of here. Europe is nice to visit. But their laws are too restrictive and way too many social programs. We prefer to keep government off our backs and out of our hair.

[Simmo W 24]

Each country has its strengths. Esp if u call it home. Yes Matt, Welly has some amazing cafes. Welly is like a smaller, hipper Melbourne, I could live there very easily. We too caused quite a few Starchucks to close.

 

Fielder- govt off your backs? CIA, rendition, wars. I don't call that little government! And those crazy gun laws. Id love to visit the US, but I wouldn't feel safe.

[Phillip Gallagher 101]

SF is pretty great...the country is burning up this year and it's 64 degees here everyday. But I can drive 20 minutes to the East Bay and be in 95 degree weather for the day! Problem is a studio apartment here is $400,000...rent control allows me to spend that extra $$$ every month on FSX!