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Post by boris on Aug 20, 2010 11:03:16 GMT 1
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Post by capio on Aug 20, 2010 12:36:10 GMT 1
Stupid list... who is to say somebody living in a tree in a jungle doesn't enjoy their life more than somebody commuting and working 100 hours a week in Manhattan?
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Post by 3lions on Aug 20, 2010 13:06:00 GMT 1
yes it suggests that Finland is the best, but I don't think everyone is suddenly going to pack up their bags and emigrate there.
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Post by capio on Aug 20, 2010 13:52:16 GMT 1
I'm pretty sure Finland has one of the highest suicide rates in the world... a lot of those Northern countries with little light in winter do.
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Post by boris on Aug 21, 2010 15:23:02 GMT 1
I am still chuffed that Croatia is No. 28!!!
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Post by totalcroatia on Sept 1, 2010 8:56:30 GMT 1
Finland rates highly for a few things - best education in Europe, first country to introduce broadband as a human right (read somewhere recently), but quality of life? I did a consultancy up there one December and everyone was battered by 9pm. I always thought the Brits on a Friday night were unbeatable, but we have nothing on our Finnish neighbours.
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Post by mambo on Sept 1, 2010 11:24:29 GMT 1
The criteria for this list are purely academic and real time conditions are not taken into consideration, so I think we can safely forget about this list.
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Post by ray51 on Sept 1, 2010 16:20:15 GMT 1
Agree !
A list of total nonsense ( "stats" ) !
( You only have to meet any dozen Finns around here , going ga-ga , about how " much nicer" it it is to live hereabouts , like France , Benelux etc...gotta be something in that vodka , they so adore ? )
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Post by bear42 on Sept 7, 2010 5:42:46 GMT 1
I am still chuffed that Croatia is No. 28!!! I'm amazed it's rated so high! |
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Post by ray51 on Mar 28, 2011 13:27:26 GMT 1
IF ONLY
I were 20 ( or more ) years younger and/or healthier ,
you could safely bet , I'd make it to
Toronto , Ontario , or even Montreal , Quebec...
for good ,
by hook or by crook ,
before the coming weekend...
( Not the case anymore , in my case , sadly...)
On the 3rd thought , if I had to earn/live I recommend Cape Town , too ; unless you are lucky enough to spend a few years in Emirates , Singapore , HongKong and suchlike/s...
EU is just totally horrible nowadays , from costs to ( awful ! ) food to more costs , every meter you turn to...and such Baaad ( (non) service !!!;
anyone who willingly chooses to live there in , requires a really good psychiatriast , IMHO !
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Post by gary on Mar 29, 2011 16:37:31 GMT 1
Jadran in the summer, and halfway up a mountain on the Costa del Sol in the winter.
Neither perfect, but I've lived in much more difficult circumstances.
Like HMPUK ferinstance......
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Post by Ribaric on Mar 30, 2011 9:53:53 GMT 1
I've lived in much more difficult circumstances. Like HMPUK ferinstance...... Lepoglava is not so far away if that's your thing? All the best and brightest were "holidaying" there at some point. |
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Post by ray51 on Mar 30, 2011 14:53:49 GMT 1
Lepoglava ?
Yeah ,
I just Must remember to visit there next time I get around HR-Zagorje ( shame on you , F. , for not pointing this out to me , last time around , when all else around us was so crashing and in freefall , especially all the crooked U.K. banks , anyway ! ) ; and then there's that other one , that I always forget to visit , but hope to manage , before the grim reaper takes care of my affairs :
IVANEC !
Have you been there , yet ?
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Post by Ribaric on Mar 30, 2011 18:16:20 GMT 1
Lepoglava is currrently filled with "trusties" (a strange epithet for a felon) and Remetinec is "staffed" by those caught or awaiting trial as a result of an infection of Uskok - which a lot more people may contract before the year is out.
Ivanec is my father-in-law's home town. They have the Ivanscica mountain which is a beautiful place to visit but as far as Ivanec is concerned, we're still waiting for something to happen there.
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Post by ray51 on Mar 30, 2011 19:24:47 GMT 1
Ivanec is my father-in-law's home town. They have the Ivanscica mountain which is a beautiful place to visit but as far as Ivanec is concerned, we're still waiting for something to happen there. So , what do ya reckon : might happen in Ivanec ? ( Sorry , just preparing the the facts and figures , towards my next visit...) Cheers fro La Capitale of EU , R. |
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