Official. US better than UK but not as good as Oz (1005 hits)
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Submitted by Scotsman (View user info) at 2004-07-15 08:28:10 EDT
The top ten places to live in the world as compiled by UN's Human Development Report 2004. Ratings are compiled with factors such as life expectancy and education.
I am surprised in some ways to see it but yeah the US is better than the UK. well done wee bro!!
1 - Norway
2 - Sweden
3 - Australia
4 - Canada
5 - Netherlands
6 - Belgium
7 - Iceland
8 - US
9 - Japan
10 - Ireland
On a more serious not however, in Norway, a child born between 2000 and 2005 will have an average life expectancy of 78.9 years, whereas a child born in Zambia in the same period can expect to live just 32.4 years - a figure lower than that in 1960. This has been put down to the Aids epidemic sweeping across Africa. This to me is scary. A whole nation is being sent back to the dark ages. It can only make you think that eventually it will be the West's turn again.
Bottom of table. I bet there is no-one on here from these countries.
167 - Chad
168 - DR Congo
169 - Central African Republic
170 - Ethiopia
171 - Mozambique
172 - Guinea-Bissau
173 - Burundi
174 - Mali
175 - Burkina Faso
176 - Niger
177 - Sierra Leone
Anyway a little disjointed for a post but boss keeps looking this way.
Oh and the UK came 12th.
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Submitted by Random Joe at 2004-07-16 04:24:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2004-07-15 19:43:29 EDT (#)
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Despiadado, this has been going on for years - it's tied with Vancouver this year. There was a hooha about it a few months ago because it out ranked Sydney because Sydney is too hot and humid, on an international scale, Melbourne's weather is perceived better.
I chose to live in Melbourne becasue it kicks ass.
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/06/1075854028808.html
1= Melbourne
1= Vancouver
1= Vienna
4 Perth
5 Geneva
6= Adelaide
6= Brisbane
6= Copenhagen
6= Montreal
6= Oslo
6= Sydney
6= Zurich
13= Helsinki
13= Stockholm
13= Toronto
Others:
19= Auckland
19= Honolulu
28= Paris
45= London
51= Dublin
51= New York
57= Washington
64= Athens
75= Beijing
130 Port Moresby
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2004-07-15 12:21:33 EDT (#)
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I am not suprised Norway is doing good, it is using all it's natural resources to give Norwegians an easier life instead of keeping its people living like sand people from starwars while the top people in the country become insanely rich(like the middle east). I am not sure about other industries but I know in oilfield work they get five weeks off for every four weeks they work, that is like having 55% of your days as vacation, that is unheard of in any other country for oil work. And the chicks are hot, those bastards.
Submitted by dudette (user info) at 2004-07-15 10:52:15 EDT (#)
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Australia is number 3.
WOOOOooooOOOOOoooOOOOOoooOOOOOoo
Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-07-15 10:38:02 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:12:41 (#)
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"Oh and the UK came 12th."
Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:38:25 (#)
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What number was the UK?
Ah, the brilliant lojope.
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Ah... God Damn It!!! No one is brilliant that early in the morning!!!
Submitted by tuesdaydelay (user info) at 2004-07-15 10:35:50 EDT (#)
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Yes and in Wales, legend has it, they only eat leeks!
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-07-15 10:28:59 EDT (#)
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tuesday...your probably right. I imagine Glasgow's heart attack rate drags the average lifespan down a bit :)
WOOOHOOO!!! Go deep fried everything!
Submitted by tuesdaydelay (user info) at 2004-07-15 10:23:16 EDT (#)
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We'd be up there at the top if we weren't stuck onto Wales and Scotland. ONLY kidding.
Submitted by riggyrow (user info) at 2004-07-15 10:21:05 EDT (#)
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I was afraid someone was going to bust out the vacation days statistics...
Submitted by Despiadado (user info) at 2004-07-15 10:14:46 EDT (#)
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Hey Hair, what makes you so sure Melbourne is the world's most livable city? The sign on your way into Brisbane says we're Australian's most livable city.
What the fuck does livable mean anyway?
Thanks for the update. Now when somebody asks were is it best to live, I can quote the UN. +2.
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-07-15 10:04:15 EDT (#)
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I am seeing a girl from Perth at the moment. She is an amazing girl. You never know i might make it for those tinnies :)
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2004-07-15 10:02:30 EDT (#)
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Funny - I just posted "Why I am a proud Australian", but it wasn't for the reasons herewith. http://www.ubersite.com/m/38145
Visit us. We are really nice and speak English pretty well. If you come to Melbourne, the world's most livable city, I will buy you a beer. Or 12.
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:53:00 EDT (#)
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That is probably why the US is the richest country in the world....All work and no play!!
Submitted by CaptainStach (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:51:45 EDT (#)
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Damn loki, I have to work for 20 years before I get up to four weeks vacation. Those bastards across the pond are having all the fun.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:36:37 EDT (#)
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Average Vacation time by country: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/US/vacation_030625.html
Sweden 25-35 days
Austria 30
Denmark 30
Germany 30
Italy 30
Norway 30
Spain 30
France 25-30
Switzerland 25-30
Ireland 28
Australia 25
Finland 25
Netherlands 25
Portugal 25
United Kingdom 25
Belgium 24
Greece 23
Japan 17.5
China 15
US 10.2
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:33:55 EDT (#)
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Submitted by CountNoCount (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:30:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by cheesedick (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:14:48 (#)
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Just Kidding i think yanks are all shit and deserve to die
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Agreed. They raped and pillaged the honorable land that is the American South.
Damn Lincoln. "Great Emancipator," my ass. How about "World's Most Highly Revered Mass Murderer?" He killed 600,000 people just because a few states decided to reclaim their rightful place among the sovereign nations of the world.
Submitted by Lord_Of_The_Strings (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:27:22 EDT (#)
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Oh yeah Ireland in the top 10, that is quite funny, seriously cant believe it beat UK
Submitted by smokymtcsw (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:26:27 EDT (#)
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Yay for Franz Ferdinand! I also like Travis and BDB a good bit, but F.F. is awesome.
Submitted by AlahAckbar (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:20:48 EDT (#)
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Submitted by cheesedick (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:14:48 (#)
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Just Kidding i think yanks are all shit and deserve to die
Oh you are so cool! I wish I could be non-american so I could...um...ah...so I could....
So I could get my ass kicked in wars! yeah! That would be the roxxor! lol omg !!!!!one!!!7se7en.
Douche.
Submitted by theshrew (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:14:53 EDT (#)
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scotland is a big ginger mass of pubic hair and crap football. they werent on the list cause it isnt classed as a country. its classed as a 'growth' on the fine land that is england HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH haggis
Submitted by cheesedick (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:14:48 EDT (#)
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Just Kidding i think yanks are all shit and deserve to die
Submitted by Acarnis (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:12:41 EDT (#)
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"Oh and the UK came 12th."
Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:38:25 (#)
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What number was the UK?
Ah, the brilliant lojope.
Submitted by theshrew (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:10:02 EDT (#)
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your from niger cheesedick what would you know? go bum an ape
Submitted by cheesedick (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:07:32 EDT (#)
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tommy you have got it all wrong. US RULES. fucking british cocksucker
USA
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Submitted by theshrew (user info) at 2004-07-15 09:04:40 EDT (#)
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1 - Norway : Fuck off norway (gazza quote)
2 - Sweden : ikea, abba, volvo. nothing more nothing less
3 - Australia : basically english criminals
4 - Canada : fair play canada i like them
5 - Netherlands : dope and whores, keep up the good work
6 - Belgium : chocolate, my birds fat cause of you lot
7 - Iceland : ice.......vanilla ice? he was a twat which must mean you are
8 - US : endless list of insults
9 - Japan : nintendo, sega, sony and they are all ninjas
10 - Ireland : guinness and leprachauns. badly tarmacked drives and buck toothed gypsies
11 - unknown : bet it was the fucking germans though
12 - England : this table is clearly upside down
Submitted by theshrew (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:58:46 EDT (#)
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dont be silly "This to me is scary. A whole nation is being sent back to the dark ages. It can only make you think that eventually it will be the West's turn again" if they go round bumming monkeys what do they expect?
Submitted by cheesedick (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:52:31 EDT (#)
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ghurrrr ghurrrr he said niger
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:50:35 EDT (#)
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No worries. Quite cool to think that people regard us as an independant nation!
Neither I am afraid. There are a lot more teams in Scotland than Rangers or Celtic. Funny I was asked the same question when I visited Sweden.
Submitted by smokymtcsw (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:48:27 EDT (#)
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doh! I knew that...but thanks to Sean Connery (not really but James Bond should get as much of the credit as possible) Scotland has some limited rights of self governance. I want to see Britain lose Wales and Scotland.
Celtic or Rangers fan?
Submitted by negative2man (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:43:39 EDT (#)
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Norway RULEZ!!!LOL!!! This post doesn't.
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:42:06 EDT (#)
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Lojope....read the post :) UK was twelfth.
Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:38:25 EDT (#)
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What number was the UK?
Submitted by Scotsman (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:38:00 EDT (#)
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Scotland is part of UK for now.
What is Norway going to do when oil runs out? I work in O&G though and you guys have plenty left just now.
Submitted by smokymtcsw (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:35:51 EDT (#)
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Where was Scotland? I am over 15/16 Norwegian and Scottish with one french ancestor filling me with self loathing. Norway has shot up the charts because despite a socialized economy that is cradle to the grave their economy is doing pretty well because of massive oil and natural reserves off the coast. They are also a homogenous body of fairly crimeless people which makes for high education and long life expectancy.
Submitted by AlahAckbar (user info) at 2004-07-15 08:33:21 EDT (#)
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Now can we have all the people shut up about how much "america sucks" Jesus christ.