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POLL: France best place to live in world; USA drops to #7
Mail Online ^ | 7 Jan 2010 | Peter Allen

Posted on 01/07/2010 6:29:34 AM PST by edpc

Britain has dropped to 25th place on a list of the best places in the world to live - behind countries such as the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Uruguay.

While France tops the poll for the fifth year running, the UK's climate, crime rate, cost of living, congested roads and overcrowded cities have pushed it even further down from last year's ranking at 20.

The Quality of Life Index, published by International Living magazine for the 30th year, says the French live life to the full, while Britons are over-worked.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; usa
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Sure, if you like worker strikes, boss kidnappings, burning cars, and menacing "youths" (young muslims) roaming the streets.
1 posted on 01/07/2010 6:29:35 AM PST by edpc
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I neglected to notate this was the Drudge headline.


2 posted on 01/07/2010 6:31:11 AM PST by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)
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The French are consuming their seed corn. You can live pretty good for a while doing that.


3 posted on 01/07/2010 6:31:45 AM PST by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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To: edpc

French food sucks.


4 posted on 01/07/2010 6:31:57 AM PST by Overtaxed Patriot (Lock and load.)
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France??? Yikes! They don’t like to take showers and they are snooty.

It you are a lefty and are planning to move there, don’t forget your gasmask.


5 posted on 01/07/2010 6:32:22 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (Markets and Marxists Don't Mix! Audit the FED NOW!)
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Theres no ice hockey in France (no NHL anyway). That automatically disqualifes.


6 posted on 01/07/2010 6:32:37 AM PST by rahbert (Bop Bop, dibidip dibidip....)
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To: edpc

LOL, that’s what I thought. Maybe they consider watching disaffected yutes torching cars to be cheap entertainment.


7 posted on 01/07/2010 6:32:37 AM PST by bereanway (Sarah get your gun)
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France? I’ll pass. I’ve talked to family members and other people who have actually been there. Based on their descriptions, I wouldn’t even visit, let alone live there.


8 posted on 01/07/2010 6:33:32 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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Can we send our illegals to France?

hh


9 posted on 01/07/2010 6:33:51 AM PST by hoosier hick (Note to RINOs: We need a choice, not an echo....Barry Goldwater)
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Germany is widely praised for its efficiency and leisure facilities, with the magazine noting that 'the Harz Mountains now has a specialist hiking trail for nudists. Germany is arguably the world's most naturist-friendly country'.
10 posted on 01/07/2010 6:34:05 AM PST by beaversmom
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How can France be number one when each night you have to worry whether your yoot neighbors will torch your car?


11 posted on 01/07/2010 6:34:14 AM PST by hal ogen
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New Years: “The number of vehicles torched was only 10 short of the record 1,147 burned this time last year, even though the Interior Ministry mobilized 45,000 police during the night”


12 posted on 01/07/2010 6:36:05 AM PST by jq2
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This report should be posted in Spanish in the Mexican papers with instructions on how to sneak into France. The Mexican government already publishes “How to sneak into the US” materials, they can just change a few words.


13 posted on 01/07/2010 6:37:20 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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Great. I suppose that's OK if you enjoy watching anteaters.

Seems to me most people choosing to be nudists should actually wear as much clothing as possible.

14 posted on 01/07/2010 6:38:49 AM PST by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)
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Seems to definitely be published in Arabic.


15 posted on 01/07/2010 6:40:24 AM PST by edpc (Those Lefties just ain't right)
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Read the Magazine sometimes.
It’s crap .... full of real estate scams ...


16 posted on 01/07/2010 6:43:44 AM PST by Wontsubmit
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I just don’t think hiking nude is a good idea.


17 posted on 01/07/2010 6:44:04 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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What were the grading criteria?

1% food
1% economic development
1% tall piles of bare metal in the middle of the capital
1% nice tree lined marching roads heading from east to west
1% nuclear power
95% ability of population to speak French?

How to write your best XXXXX in the world list:
1. Decide what country you want to win
2. Weight the measurement criteria so that country wins
3. Check for undesirable countries coming too high up the list. If that happens either change the weighting slightly or just remove them from competition.

18 posted on 01/07/2010 6:50:56 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gore is the fifth horseman of the apocalypse. He rides an icy horse bringing cold wherever he goes.)
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France, if you like bad food, bad wine, and rude people.


19 posted on 01/07/2010 6:51:36 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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“But it is the country’s bon vivant lifestyle that sets it apart.”

I can get that in southwest Louisiana without the torched cars. Has anyone eaten hot dogs roasted over car bonfires?


20 posted on 01/07/2010 6:52:06 AM PST by cajuncow
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