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queenrileyTo my Icelandic friends:
You may not like living there, but here's something I found VERY interesting... which just goes to show I'm not completely insane for wanting to live there.
The 2003 U.N. Human Development Report, which lists the quality of life (including per capita income, education levels, health care, and life expectancy) of the nations of the world, came out Tuesday. The top 20 are as follows:
1. Norway
2. Iceland
3. Sweden
4. Australia
5. Netherlands
6. Belgium
7. United States
8. Canada
9. Japan
10. Switzerland
11. Denmark
12. Ireland
13. Britain
14. Finland
15. Luxembourg
16. Austria
17. France
18. Germany
19. Spain
20. New Zealand.
Myself, I think Canada and the US need to switch places, seeing as health care is FREE there, meaning NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON is without health care, which also happens to be of rather good quality. Unlike the US which has the best health care money can buy... and oh boy do you need a fortune to get it. A few million of us are living without health care, which makes quality of life and life expectancy go down quite a bit... so erm... I'm firm in the belief that US and Canada need to switch places. Yup.
So I'm not nutters for wanting to live in Iceland. It ranked number 2! That's pretty impressive, since it's 2 out of 175 countries.
So, my dear Icelandic friends... Hildi, Halla, Ulfar, Elin, and all those whom I know of in passing but don't talk to much, or who might know of me thanks to those lovely 4, be proud of where you live. Be excessively proud that you live in Iceland.
And to all the Canadians reading this: Not every American thinks the survey was entirely correct, and not every American thinks we are better than you... because I sure as heck think you've got the idea much better than we have.
Editorial comment: This was not meant in any way to anger American citizens. I happen to be one myself. I know all my friends are well aware of the fact that I would like to live elsewhere, and they are also well aware that when I can, I will be moving... though that may be 20 years from now, I just don't know. No need to get angry, no need to yell and tell me to leave if I hate it so much. Rest assured, I will. For now, I'm mostly happy to live in the US, where at least I have a chance at some things I wouldn't have elsewhere.
You may not like living there, but here's something I found VERY interesting... which just goes to show I'm not completely insane for wanting to live there.
The 2003 U.N. Human Development Report, which lists the quality of life (including per capita income, education levels, health care, and life expectancy) of the nations of the world, came out Tuesday. The top 20 are as follows:
1. Norway
2. Iceland
3. Sweden
4. Australia
5. Netherlands
6. Belgium
7. United States
8. Canada
9. Japan
10. Switzerland
11. Denmark
12. Ireland
13. Britain
14. Finland
15. Luxembourg
16. Austria
17. France
18. Germany
19. Spain
20. New Zealand.
Myself, I think Canada and the US need to switch places, seeing as health care is FREE there, meaning NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON is without health care, which also happens to be of rather good quality. Unlike the US which has the best health care money can buy... and oh boy do you need a fortune to get it. A few million of us are living without health care, which makes quality of life and life expectancy go down quite a bit... so erm... I'm firm in the belief that US and Canada need to switch places. Yup.
So I'm not nutters for wanting to live in Iceland. It ranked number 2! That's pretty impressive, since it's 2 out of 175 countries.
So, my dear Icelandic friends... Hildi, Halla, Ulfar, Elin, and all those whom I know of in passing but don't talk to much, or who might know of me thanks to those lovely 4, be proud of where you live. Be excessively proud that you live in Iceland.
And to all the Canadians reading this: Not every American thinks the survey was entirely correct, and not every American thinks we are better than you... because I sure as heck think you've got the idea much better than we have.
Editorial comment: This was not meant in any way to anger American citizens. I happen to be one myself. I know all my friends are well aware of the fact that I would like to live elsewhere, and they are also well aware that when I can, I will be moving... though that may be 20 years from now, I just don't know. No need to get angry, no need to yell and tell me to leave if I hate it so much. Rest assured, I will. For now, I'm mostly happy to live in the US, where at least I have a chance at some things I wouldn't have elsewhere.
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Date: 2003-07-09 03:54 pm (UTC)There is a reason I'm not likely to ever move to the US.
Singaporian children, I think it was, learn a whole lot more in their schools than Icelandic children do over the same period of time.
Um, also, I could read the full text of your post as I get non-html emails. So, er ::coughs::
As for health care, I tip my hat to the US. How royally they've screwed up... well to my almost-commie mind.
But, yeah.
Don't try Norway either, people there are exceptionally cheap and the cost of living is very high. My sister lives over there and is married to a local so it can't be too bad, though.
Hmmm.