mohogony

Europes better then OZ ?. you don't see unemployed people rioting on the streets in OZ like in Greece. Europe is on the verge of bankruptcy and in deep recession while the OZ economy is booming , try getting a job in Spain or Greece or one of those European countries with 20% 25% unemployment, in OZ its only around 5%. OZ is better then Europe. We speak English and drive on the correct side of the road.

bcworld

Yet again, no it isn't.

mohogony

If you don't mind living like an Eskimo half the year covered in ice and snow in -40c degrees.

mohogony

Yes the Greek economy is going great

bcworld

So Greece = Europe?

mohogony

Spain 20% unemployment, Uk 8% almost twice OZ . Portugal economy in trouble, Ireland and iceland economies a mess, Europe is an economc basket case compared to OZ.
OZ has the western worlds best performing economy.

ozzieeagle

Proof is in the pudding, if it's better than here, then it really is good is all I can say


I wonder if you can get Stella or Becks on tap in Vancouver, I'm genuinely curious about that.

Shellfish

Melbourne usually ranks in the top 5 for this survey - it's sad to see it plummet so far down, not surprising, just sad.
Thanks Krudd

canadaeh

Yes we know all that, but still out of all the family and friends I have across Europe, not one is without a job, not one is struggling and not one is unhappy.

I know plenty of people here without a job, who struggle and who are very unhappy.

And to top it off, even with its “deep recession” as you call it, its cities still come out on top of Australia for quality of life. Mad isn’t it!

The study still puts European cities in the top

ABCDiamond

It depends how you look at it...

10 Sydney Australia 106.3
18 Melbourne Australia 104.8
21 Perth Australia 104.2
26 Canberra Australia 103.6
32 Adelaide Australia 103
36 Brisbane Australia 102.4
38 Lyon France 101.9
39 London United Kingdom 101.6
41 Milan Italy 100.8
44 Barcelona Spain 100.6
45 Lisbon Portugal 100.3
48 Madrid Spain 100.2

Robw4

Wow. How stereotypical. It depends where you live in regards to temperatures. Vancouver, for example has wet and mild temperatures like the UK whereas the prairies do have cold and long winters. Don't stereotype a country that is a LOT bigger than Australia in terms of climate- it varies a lot.

Ista

This sort of anecdotal 'evidence' is pointless - just because you, personally, happen to know people in either country that do or don't have jobs really doesn't say anything about the overall employment situation of either country.

These kinds of rankings are just useful for informing your opinion but the rest is up to the individual to like what he/she likes! Saying a city is 'better' or 'worse' will depend on your own experiences.

ABCDiamond

So does Australia, but so often people only talk about the excessive heat...

commonwealth

Austria, Germany & Switzerland - all Deutsch speaking. Hmmm.

commonwealth

Wow, a few clustered Deutsch-speaking countries representing a whole continent of 27 member nations!

And did you realize EU has 500 million people compared to AU's 22 million? Apparently AU didn't do bad on a per-capita basis.

May I just add as well, that according to the UN Human Development Index, Australia is only beaten by Norway in the rankings. Norway is by the way just a small portion of Europe.

http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/
1 Norway
2 Australia
3 Iceland
4 Canada
5 Ireland
6 Netherlands
7 Sweden
8 France
9 Switzerland
10 Japan
11 Luxembourg
12 Finland
13 United States
14 Austria
15 Spain
16 Denmark
17 Belgium
18 Italy
19 Liechtenstein
20 New Zealand
21 United Kingdom
22 Germany
23 Singapore
24 Hong Kong, China (SAR)
25 Greece
26 Korea (Republic of)
27 Israel
28 Andorra
29 Slovenia
30 Brunei Darussalam
31 Kuwait
32 Cyprus
33 Qatar
34 Portugal
35 United Arab Emirates
36 Czech Republic
37 Barbados
38 Malta