Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

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Oct 6th 2009, 11:52 am

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Re: Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

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I think the intelligence is in ignoring these surveys and not even considering looking at the sources

That`s why I didn`t bother to check these sources myself. Most surveys though, tend to put France as the no.1 country in the world to live in.

Oct 6th 2009, 11:52 am

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Re: Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

Surveys, schmurveys - I'd rather set up home in Beirut, than go back and live Oz!!

Oct 6th 2009, 11:53 am

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Re: Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

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That`s why I didn`t bother to check these sources myself. Most surveys though, tend to put France as the no.1 country in the world to live in.

Wonderful place to live.

Oct 6th 2009, 11:54 am

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Re: Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

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Surveys, schmurveys - I'd rather set up home in Beirut, than go back and live Oz!!

Now we know you`re being just silly. Unless of course you happen to be an arms dealer.

Oct 6th 2009, 11:57 am

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Re: Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

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That`s why I didn`t bother to check these sources myself. Most surveys though, tend to put France as the no.1 country in the world to live in.

France

not with all those frogs legs.

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Surveys, schmurveys - I'd rather set up home in Beirut, than go back and live Oz!!

Hahaha...

But why do those who are very happy in OZ spend their time looking for surveys to prove they chose the best place to live, weirdo's

Shouldn't they be on the beach or summat, showing their hairy bits.

Oct 6th 2009, 12:01 pm

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Re: Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

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Wonderful place to live.

Anybody that has an appreciation of culture, history, geographic diversity would`t argue with that.

Oct 6th 2009, 12:01 pm

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Re: Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

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France

not with all those frogs legs.

Hahaha...

But why do those who are very happy in OZ spend their time looking for surveys to prove they chose the best place to live, weirdo's

Shouldn't they be on the beach or summat, showing their hairy bits.

Exactly!!! Who needs culture, history and a sense of belonging when you can sit on a windy beach in 40 degree heat getting skin cancer!!

Hope all is well with you and yours Rach xx

Oct 6th 2009, 12:06 pm

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Re: Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

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Anybody that has an appreciation of culture, history, geographic diversity would`t argue with that.

That would have been my first choice but my French isn't up to it. Midi-pyrenees , markets and Cathar country. I miss that more than the land of my birth...

Oct 6th 2009, 12:12 pm

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That would have been my first choice but my French isn't up to it. Midi-pyrenees , markets and Cathar country. I miss that more than the land of my birth...

I don`t know that part of France as well as I would like, but I know it has a reputation of great beauty and people fall in love with it.

A Scot missing France more than bonny Scotland, now I`ve heard it all

Oct 6th 2009, 12:17 pm

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It does trouble me a bit

Oct 6th 2009, 12:33 pm

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That would have been my first choice but my French isn't up to it. Midi-pyrenees , markets and Cathar country. I miss that more than the land of my birth...

Have to agree France would be my no.1 choice - joint with Italy - unfortunately my French too is a little lacking and my Italian even worse - 'en France' I would choose La Rochelle or the Aquitaine coast - Italy would have to be Rome or Florence - hubbie and I have promised ourselves a second home in France one day.

Oct 6th 2009, 12:41 pm

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It has a sense of wellbeing and rightness I have never encountered anywhere else... I am happy in Oz though, and where ever you are that's all that counts

Oct 6th 2009, 12:49 pm

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Re: Australia voted 2nd best in world for quality of life

Question: why do all the countries that rank higher than the UK for "quality of life" have higher suicide rates (in some cases much higher) than the UK?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_rates

Oct 6th 2009, 12:53 pm

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Question: why do all the countries that rank higher than the UK for "quality of life" have higher suicide rates (in some cases much higher) than the UK?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_rates

That means a lot of depressed folk with no bottle in the UK. Brings the rest down.