Since there's always has been and will be the America vs UK, America vs Canada, America vs world, et cetera debates, what really is the best country to live in in this day and age? Take the financial responsibilities and other factors into account, such as if you get "free" healthcare and schooling.

If you want to look at it in another light: if you could live anywhere in the world for the rest of your life, where?

norway. a hut next to the fjordss

the best country to live in is the one where theres a spot you can forget about the rest of the world in.

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/united nations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index

Basically any Nordic or northwest European country, or Australia / NZ, or Canada.

Hm, which country has been number one the most? .

The HDI is generally a good indicator of what country is the 'best' to live in.

Other factors are obviously present -- if you've lived in Hawaii or some hot tropical place your whole life, you probably wouldn't enjoy Norway or Iceland much...

Canada/Norway.

you don't REALLY get to see canada till you travel about 200 miles north of the us/canada border.

...No.

you've never travelled north.

Switzerland. Iceland. Greece. My options .. probably far from perfect but ..

I have.

you're an ingrate then.

If that's what you call someone who objects to buying $10 cartons of milk, then yes, I am an ingrate.

I'm gonna go for Iraq. Who doesn't love stoning people to death?

What are you talking about? All the big cities are within 200 km of the border, something like 90%+ of the population. Probably more. Are you talking about the wilderness and nature and all that? If that's the case, the good shit still is pretty close to the border. Culturally (lolwut culture) everything 'Canadian' is very close to the border. To summarize: Canada is far more win in all aspects of the word when you're within, say, 500 km of the border. Though the Yukon and far northwestern BC seems appealing.

United states/canada


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Sweden and Norway seem pretty choice.

I remember reading that Norway, Sweden and Finland have the highest standards of living.

Reason being this thread was made, I heard a very promising argument today about how Cuba (iknorite?) was better than the America, in terms of living standards. Albeit lacking technology...they get shit done.

greenland or canadia

Ireland would be perfect but for the rain

1. there's no such thing as "milk in cartons" in canada. canada uses bags.
2. yes. that makes you an ingrate.

lol n00b

canada has milk bags 1l each they come in bags of 3

milk cartons 1 and 2 litres and milk jugs that are 4l or 1 gallon.

i've never seen a milk carton in my 49 years in canada.

FYI: Alaska isn't part of canada.

the more you know

where the fuck did alaska come from, you dolt?

You need to get beaten down. I have bags and cartons of milk in my fridge. Perhaps your fucking retarded. Go live in america.

Theres a grip of Carribean nations with little to no crime, no stop lights, and carribean living and shit. I'd live there if I could.

Australia is pretty good, the living standards are fairly decent. I'd love to tour europe and see what places have to offer over there. I'm keen to go to swtizerland to see a friend.

what province are you from faggit

I couldn't deal with crocodile dundee on a daily basis, everything is a big fucking desert, Australias whole population: ex-convicts.

Australia sucks dick.


Switzerland: Closet Nazis, cold, germans, gold thieving assholes.

Canada- Switzerland- Norway - Greece best countries to live in you get freedom good atmosphere friendly people and no know one is living in fear of being bombed to shit cause those countries are all liked pretty much not like the trash Americans who's country is going down the shit tubes.

Honduras.

But it's a lot harder to get disgustingly rich.

Japan / Osaka or Tokyo
Reason:
Totally rocks the hell out of me, in my opinion it's way more open minded, cultured, technologically advanced . . . etc
plus the food there is what I like most. Add some anime and its beautiful locations and you will see what I mean. I'd rather live in an apartment in Nippon than a house with a pool in Beverly hills . . .

< My subjective opinion > take it or leave it

north cornwall UK.

weather is amazing, surf, hot surfer girls.

plus free healthcare free housing, free money, free edu, cheap drugs, cheap flights to europe.

safe, crime free.

or maybe somerset UK, perfect mix betwean city and countryside, if you live near bristol great clubs, good food, restaurants. best weather in the UK, good festivals in the summer, CIDER, hippy central.

basically england.

Everyone wants to kill the Americans these days. Bomb 'em out, smoke 'em out, starve 'em out... whatever it takes. But they're tough. You gotta remember, these are the same rugged and bold pioneers that figured out how to abuse and take complete advantage of an entire culture for decades, forcing them to pick cotton for free, in exchange for the offerings of watermelon and chicken alone... and liking it. These are the same dashing darlings that live by the gun, all the while exonerating its use by issuing more decorations of peace. Yes, a nation that turns on its own kind in a second, butchering thousands of its own friendlies just to pull the wool over the eyes of the next guy, in order to get what's his for themselves. An economic-driven society, bloated and pampered beyond all measure, laying there like a naked 800-pound man in a bachelor-apartment bed. Many would jump at the chance to knock a leg out on any one of these fakers, and even now Russia, China, Germany and the entire Arab Emirate Republic sit with gleaming eyes and dripping drool, only waiting for someone to clap their hands before springing onto their true target of hatred. Not that I'm personally prejudiced or anything.

Is knowing Japanese an absolute must to get anywhere in Japan, or can you get away with just English?

So...you made up your mind about a country from only seeing a fraction from it, probably not really interacting with the locals and seeing as it was a resort in cancun, I'm quite sure that it looks very different to the "real" mexico.

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