[Kaslin]

Sorry Bill, but Newsweak is not relative liberal publication, it is a very left wing publication

[ilovesarah2012]

Good for Finland. Let the muslims move there.

[Personal Responsibility]

So a country with a basically homogeneous society in terms of race and religion with a relatively low population is the best place to live? Color me unsurprised.

[billorites]

No-tax New Hampshire.

No income tax, so sales tax...

No bottle/can deposit.

Cheap liquor and smokes.

Live free or die dammit.

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

My time in Helsinki was pleasant but boring.

Kind of like my time watching Bill O'Reilly.

[ecomcon]

Newsweek is a relatively liberal publication, and I was struck by the magazine's choice because there is little "diversity" in Finland and the left loves diversity. Ninety-four percent of citizens are of Finnish extraction, and the rest are Swedes or Russians. That means blacks, Asians and other ethnic groups are in short supply. In fact, about the only time Finns get to see them is on videotape.

Borders, language, culture. The only hope for an ethnically diverse society is one in which the national culture is held above ones ethnic culture. By splitting us into victim groups, the leftists have destroyed this country.

When an ethnic group rises above about 7%, it is an indicator of trouble coming.

[FormerACLUmember]

2 OF THE MOST BORING AND EXPENSIVE COUNTRIES ON EARTH. 20+ HOURS OF DARKNESS IN THE WINTER. ULTIMATE ANNOYING SOCIALIST NANNY SOFT TOTALITARIAN STATES. NO THANKS.

[Vincent Jappi]

Tietenkin, teidän pitäisi oppia suomea jos haluaisitte muuttaa sinne.

[maine-iac7]

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticlenew.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures/2007/september/todaysfeatures_september15.xml&section=todaysfeatures&col

Sunshine hours in winter in New England are short enough - I doubt I could take those long dark months of the Netherlands - or even Alaska.

WE need vit D to LIVE.

[ladyvet]

Hmmm....I thought I read that Finland had the highest suicide rate and alcoholism was a big problem too.

[TexasM1A]

I think I will stay in Texas thank you very much, you can have Finland.

[Moose4]

One thing I’ll say about the Finns I’ve met, they have a fierce national pride that’s missing from a lot of people in America today. The Soviets found that out the hard way in 1939-40 and again in 1941-44. Yes, the Reds won, but at a staggering human cost.

However, they’re also a country that recently enshrined broadband Internet access as a human right. Well, what else are you going to do in Finland when it’s winter and your wife has a headache?

}:-)4

[The Comedian]

But, but, there is no Finland branch of La Raza, no National Association for the Advancement of Colored Finnish People.

They don't even publish voting instructions in Spanish!

How could a place with such a lack of diversity be a nice place to live?

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Desparado]

I happened to meet a few young people from Finland last year in Israel. They were working with my daughter on a film project. Their favorite one liner was “Finland is Finished!” They were all trying to get jobs and move out of Finland because they said the economy there was awful. There was no work, everyone was living on subsistence money from the Govt. And the health care was non-existent. I think I’d rather take their word than anything Newsweek Has to say on the subject.