• UK's quality of life worse than those of Ex-Soviet Bloc countries.
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[quote]Our poor climate, soaring unemployment and congested roads means we are now ranked behind countries such as the Czech Republic and Lithuania. It means even former Communist countries where unemployment is still rife are considered better places to live. The new ranking puts Britain five places lower than a year ago, when we stood in 20th position, according to The Quality of Life Index, produced by International Living Magazine. The index has ranked countries in 10 categories - Cost of Living, Culture and Leisure, Economy, Environment, Freedom, Health, Infrastructure, Safety and Risk, and Climate. For the fifth year in a row France beat 200 countries in the annual three-decades-old International Living magazine Quality of Life Index. The rankings are: 1 France; 2 Australia; 3 Switzerland; 4 Germany; 5 New Zealand; 6 Luxembourg; 7 USA; 8 Belgium; 9 Canada; 10 Italy; 11 Netherlands; 12 Norway; 13 Austria; 14 Liechtenstein; 15 Malta; 16 Denmark; 17 Spain; 18 Finland; 19 Uruguay; 20 Hungary; 21 Portugal; 22 Lithuania; 23 Andorra; 24 Czech Rep; 25 UK. [/quote] [url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/6943343/Britains-quality-of-life-worse-than-former-Communist-countries.html"]Source[/url] Now will Nick Griffin please shut up? I'm not going to sugar coat it, the UK isn't anything special.
I consider having heating, electricity, food that doesn't taste like pig shit and generally being happy to be damn fine quality of life, thank you very much. In short: Fuck your rankings.
Not surprised really, fucking country is full of shit, I once lived in a nice apartment, real clean and all, too bad the stars that lead me to my door were filled with piss. Pollution in Hackney is high too, couldn't open a single window. And then there are fucking cunts roaming the streets. [editline]11:50PM[/editline] But the UK is still a fantastic place.
Why is Germany ranked number four?
Germany's quality of life should be broken down into east and west, as there are significant differences socially and economically between the two. East germans have much higher unemployment and are usually having more problems then their western counter parts.
[QUOTE=XSarcYX;19515420]I consider having heating, electricity, food that doesn't taste like pig shit and generally being happy to be damn fine quality of life, thank you very much. In short: Fuck your rankings.[/QUOTE] So if that's being provided through you losing rights and liberties you're totally fine with that.
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;19515553]So if that's being provided through you losing rights and liberties you're totally fine with that.[/QUOTE] Sure.
yay Canada's in the single digits! :D [QUOTE=Fables;19515456]Why is Germany ranked number four?[/QUOTE] The 4th Reich is coming. :ohdear:
Haha, fuck all of you asshole British saying America is shit. Your country is ranked 25th. Although to any Brits that were nice, godspeed to you.
[QUOTE=XSarcYX;19515565]Sure.[/QUOTE] Ignorance is bliss, you're a prime example.
[QUOTE=Triumph Forks;19515592]yay Canada's in the single digits! :D The 4th Reich is coming. :ohdear:[/QUOTE] :hitler:
According to the UN that list is wrong. [url]http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/[/url]
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;19515685]Ignorance is bliss, you're a prime example.[/QUOTE] Indeed.
Woooooo, we're 2nd :c00l:
[QUOTE=Incognito;19515784]According to the UN that list is wrong. [url]http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/[/url][/QUOTE] This is another study.
Last I heard, Norway was on top. It's 12th on that list.
USA represent. Clearly we suck compared to the UK, isn't it obvious?
OH i see now, the one in the OP is by some magazine while the one I posted is by the [b][b]UN[/b][/b].
[QUOTE=Incognito;19516001]OH i see now, the one in the OP is by some magazine while the one I posted is by the [b][b]UN[/b][/b].[/QUOTE] pffff, the UN is America's designated cock sucker. also how did Australia get in second? they have huge fucking spiders there :ohdear:
A friend told me he used to work at minimum wage at a bakers and wear tagged clothing which fires you if you leave the workplace a certain number of times. fuck.
Obviously the study asked the wrong people because I've got a brilliant quality of life.
Some random ranking? This changes everything! Britain sucks!
hmm, yeah, when i think about it. my quality of life is shit. having a job, a nice house, good friends, good family, nice amounts of disposible income, universal health care, living in a low crime area, living in a beautiful, scenic area. yeah, sucks to be me.
Wait, this list puts Russia on par with some African countries. Fuck this list.
[QUOTE=Bad)-(and;19516343]hmm, yeah, when i think about it. my quality of life is shit. having a job, a nice house, good friends, good family, nice amounts of disposible income, universal health care, living in a low crime area, living in a beautiful, scenic area. yeah, sucks to be me.[/QUOTE] But according to OP we're giving up [highlight]ALL OUR FREEDOMZ N LIBERTIEZ[/highlight] for that. :v:
I visited Germany this summer for 2 weeks. its so much nicer than the UK anyways. ive lived in England for 2 years and France and Germany well deserve being higher rank than the UK. sad really. lol
Germany 4th, USA 7th? I call bullshit unless "freedom" and cost of living make up 80% of the total.
[QUOTE=Bad)-(and;19516343]hmm, yeah, when i think about it. my quality of life is shit. having a job, a nice house, good friends, good family, nice amounts of disposible income, universal health care, living in a low crime area, living in a beautiful, scenic area. yeah, sucks to be me.[/QUOTE] You must be completely oblivious to the shitty parts of the UK
[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;19516441]You must be completely oblivious to the shitty parts of the UK[/QUOTE] there are shit areas in every country. why would i take notice of them, when i live in a great one?
[QUOTE=Hamsterman;19516434]Germany 4th, USA 7th? I call bullshit unless "freedom" and cost of living make up 80% of the total.[/QUOTE] That's why I went and found the UN version, the one the OP posted seemed off, and that's before I noticed it was done by some magazine.
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