Pack Your Bags and Move to Iceland
 

I've got a vague feeling that we had one of tese polls a couple of years ago or something (and that I might've even started it). Anyway, did a search and came up with bugger all so...

According to the latest UN Rankings the following countries come top when it comes to general standard of living (which the calculate in relation to factors such as life expectancy, adult literacy, school enrollment, educational attainment, and adjusted real income). Any road, here's their top ten:

Iceland
Norway
Australia
Canada
Ireland
Sweden
Switzerland
Japan
Netherlands
France

Personally, I don't care how good the schools are or if I'm expected to live till I'm 137, I'm not in any hurry to move to any of these countries.

skin cancer and alcohol poisoning ensures that nobody living in australia lives too long.

so you don't have to worry about that.

i could see myself living in sydney... it would be pretty nice i think.

i do want to live in japan someday.... maybe some part of france.

'no' to the other places... canada is ok to visit.

I'll take Florence any day. I'm too small and wiry for Iceland or any other Nordic countries.

Allegro 3/4/09
Duct tape on ears. Plastic bag over head, under baseball cap. (Picture of a baseball).
Sleazy foreign guy; should be wearing a scarf.
Polisci undergrads with macbooks. earbuds. "liberal discoursee."
Being called "miss" -or- "ms." by construction workers.
Pretentious.
"Migrant farm workers."
Mustache march in full effect.
Degrees are worthless.
Life is worthless but hilarious.
Degrees are not hilarious.
Chrome bags and Cosby sweaters.
Needs more songs about boats in here.
"Soccer is a kick in the grass."
HARD DRUGS.
LIBERAL DISCOURSE. BUZZWORDS. PRETENTIOUS. LOOK AT ME. COFFEE.
-RIDES A FIXIE, GUARANTEED

I do want to go and live in France
oh wait...

I'd like to live in Japan. Also somewhere in Europe, possibly Germany. But I'd like to learn the language before moving somewhere.

I'd rather stay in Australia but if I had to I'd probably go to Canada or Alaska.

canada.

my country seems to be ranked a little higher than it should be.

If I had to choose another country Iceland would be okay. mmm auroras. Not sure I could deal with the absolute freezing temperatures though.

those pics make me cream my panties. so sad. :( The ice would make me cramp up and get so angry irl.

Maybe I could have some kind of super insulated glass roofed hot house...

sydney is vile, expensive, and dirty.. in the bad way.. Breathless and SAX are the only real reason I'm bothering to go in a month or so. Not sure that I'll leave enmore the entire week.

Yeah, I got a thing for Iceland. The night sky is amazing (as shown above).

Every year when we have the Melbourne International Film Festival - I always check out any Icelandic films.

But last year I saw some murder mystery film (I think it was called "Jar City") and in one of the scenes the peckish protagonist cop goes into a drive-thru and orders sheep brains which he then proceeds to eat.

Huh?

is iceland's ranking at the top of the chart not affected by their recent bankruptcy?

So I guess you aussies are too far north to get the aurora australis?

Don't move too soon--we are at a solar low--very little aurora going on anywhere right about now. Sorry, can't find the explanatory link right now.

Yes. the list is from last year, just before the crash. I'm not sure how much that affects Iceland's, or any other nation's, standing.

For the sake of contrast, the 2007 Forbes list of the most dangerous countries (based on instances of crime and civil unrest, overall security risks, specific terrorism risks and travel risks) consists of the following:

Somalia
Iraq
Afghanistan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ivory Coast
Pakistan
Burundi
Sri Lanka
Haiti
Chad

Maybe not the best idea to ask a Somali local if you can have a photo taken with him:

I would like to live in Haiti because goat sacrifice isn't as looked down upon as it is in other places (like Iceland).

I think I could make a good living for myself selling fruit juice and zombie powder on the streets.

after everything is settled, I plan to change my first name to Papa.

ah, you silly silly man...

i'd go to iceland in the summer only, but they are broke as fuck and they won't keep their old standard of living. norway: lots of good looking women, summer is said to be nice, sounds boring as fuck though. i'd move to canada, provided it's a decent town like toronto or vancouver. sweden: summer only and for a quick visit-- good herring. switzerland: only to the frech-speaking parts, but sounds dull as fuck. japan: holy fuck YES. the "nether" lands.. maybe... gotta try amsterdam first. france: HELL THE FUCK YES. i'd move to france in a split second. fucking awesome country, beautiful women, awesome food, lots of bookstores, 2 hour lunches, and a population that loves and appreciates the arts (sure there are illiterate oafs everywhere but there are more here than there). if i had the means i'd move there today.

for me, my length of stay would depend upon how easy it would be to hook-up with the swedish MTV VJ that was on No Reservations.

I could suffer a lot of cold winters making sweet reindeer love.

I've been to Sweden. Very clean, very expensive, and all the men look and dress like Rutgar Hauer in The Hitcher.