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by Alsium » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:29 am
The Atlantian islands wrote:Muravyets wrote:I don't believe in America, either.
Your loss. Really.
I do beleive in America and the American dream . . . with good reason. Family members of mine have lived it and really made it from nothing. It is no myth, and it re-enforces my admiration for the American way that the way these people suceeded could not have happend elsewhere.
by Virtud Tierra » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:31 am
Lacadaemon wrote:Virtud Tierra wrote:
Finland is up on that list and it is the per-capita suicide capital of the world.
Finnish people, from my experiences in Europe, are just fucking weird enough to make this fact completely solid and obvious from what I've seen with Finnish people. I dunno about Norway, but I've heard it is has the welfare-state-self destruction cycle coupled with the Scandinavian tendency for heavy alcohol consumption and long hikes through the woods in overcast skies and that sort of mental imagery.
Yah. But they killed more Russians that smallpox tho'. That has to stand in their favor.
by Czardas » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:34 am
Alsium wrote:The Atlantian islands wrote:Muravyets wrote:I don't believe in America, either.
Your loss. Really.
I do beleive in America and the American dream . . . with good reason. Family members of mine have lived it and really made it from nothing. It is no myth, and it re-enforces my admiration for the American way that the way these people suceeded could not have happend elsewhere.
The days of the American Dream are long gone. It's absoulte bullshit now.
by Callisdrun » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:49 am
Lacadaemon wrote:North Suran wrote:And yet, if a Canadian or a Mexican claimed to be "American", the same people who decry the use of the phrase "USian" - which I loathe on an aesthetic base, and prefer the term "US citizen" - would similarly jump on those people for 'insulting' their entitlement to it.
I'm going to go with no here. I can think of plenty of people who just detest USian because it is awkward and ugly yet who are quite happy for Mexicans to claim that they are also American.
by Peisandros » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:52 am
by Cabra West » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:52 am
by Cabra West » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:57 am
Peisandros wrote:Cabra how secure is your job in Ireland? I'm assuming considering you're still pretty happy with the country it must be pretty good. My Dad is from/lives in Ireland but is probably going to have to head ashore because jobs drying up, and he's in academia. With the economic recession hitting Ireland have you noticed a considerable difference?
by Barringtonia » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:13 am
by Callisdrun » Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:27 am
by Polythinia » Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:25 am
Barringtonia wrote:I just come back to Hong Kong again - it's certainly up there and it's also winning a CNN survey as 'Most Amazing City in the World' poll.
Easy to set up business, very low taxes, very high broadband penetration, mostly dual-language, 70% of land is natural park reserves, since the recession closed some 100, 000 factories in Guangzhou pollution is better - we have world class beaches, an amazing public transport system - actually, I just learned there's only 400, 000 private cars in HK, out of a population of 7 million, not bad and, genuinely testament to such a good public transport system.
Ultimately, even for HKs detractions, I'm just a big believer in city states, I just think they're very effective. So that brings me down, to be fair, to Singapore - which can be a bit Stepford Wives - Monaco - which is what it is - and Vatican City.
Ultimately I just think more of the world should be city states - the only issue is common defense.
by Cabra West » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:38 am
by The Isle of Biscay » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:46 am
Hydesland wrote:I don't really think that index denotes a good indication of best place to live, it's too generalised. The best place to live can depend heavily on your socio-economic status as well, so being poor in the USA is much worse than being poor in Sweden, but being rich in the US is far better than being rich in Sweden (speaking very generally here).
by Callisdrun » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:20 am
Cabra West wrote:Another question related to this topic : How can you determine which is the best place to live if you've only ever lived in one place?
by Cabra West » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:28 am
by Alexlantis » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:42 am
Cabra West wrote:Alexlantis wrote:I live in the USA and I'm damn well proud. I'd love to leave the country to visit, but America's my homeland. I grew up being taught all about the American revolution and Abe Lincoln. Plus, whenever I didn't eat my vegetables, my mom would give me the "starving kids in some faraway country" speech. Since I was four and had not yet developed a way for me to ship the food all the way to the faroff land I couldn't see on the family globe, I was forced to eat vegetables. Even at that age, I could tell I was well off compared to alot of people in the world. So, um, yeah. Go USA!
Not meaning to criticise or anything, but you do know that mums all over the world will use that phrase to feed their kids?
Individuality-ness wrote:You are Alex, NSG's writer and lead procrastinator. *nods* :P
by Bottle » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:43 am
Cabra West wrote:Which country do you think is the best place to live at the moment?
I recently stumbled upon this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index, and it made me wonder. Apparently, I made a very good choice by living in Ireland.
Do you agree with the ranking your place of residence received? Would you consider moving to a better country?
by Cabra West » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:46 am
Alexlantis wrote:...Plus, America has some of the best in music (with the UK coming in real close)
by Cabra West » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:47 am
Bottle wrote:I would (and have) considered living in another country, but what mainly stops me is the desire to be close to my family. I already feel like I live too far from my parents and I'm only a three hour flight from them.
Of course, I could live far closer to them if I moved to the right area of Canada...
by Alexlantis » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:51 am
Individuality-ness wrote:You are Alex, NSG's writer and lead procrastinator. *nods* :P
by Halluci Bunny » Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:53 am
by Aelosia » Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:52 am
Alexlantis wrote:Cabra West wrote:Alexlantis wrote:I live in the USA and I'm damn well proud. I'd love to leave the country to visit, but America's my homeland. I grew up being taught all about the American revolution and Abe Lincoln. Plus, whenever I didn't eat my vegetables, my mom would give me the "starving kids in some faraway country" speech. Since I was four and had not yet developed a way for me to ship the food all the way to the faroff land I couldn't see on the family globe, I was forced to eat vegetables. Even at that age, I could tell I was well off compared to alot of people in the world. So, um, yeah. Go USA!
Not meaning to criticise or anything, but you do know that mums all over the world will use that phrase to feed their kids?
Considering that my mom had to use that phrase to get me to eat them instead of me begging for any morsel of food I could get, I'm pretty happy I at least have that. Plus, America has some of the best in music (with the UK coming in real close)
by Alexlantis » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:56 pm
Aelosia wrote:In english, that is. Of course. Amirite?
Individuality-ness wrote:You are Alex, NSG's writer and lead procrastinator. *nods* :P
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