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Which country in the world is the best from an objective viewpoint?

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I spend a lot of time in Finland and it really is amazing. Best country in the world. The only downpoints:

- As mentioned, no chippies, there isn't much of a pub culture either.

- Neighbours to the east are ****ing crazy and still own a huge chunk of Finland.

- MOSQUITOES arghhhh

Amazing place other than that.

Reply 21

Emaemmaemily

Original post by Luceria

I'm from Norway. And I think it's a great place to live, though again I'm Norwegian.
Norway isn't a frozen tundra (like some people seem to believe). Most Norwegians live in Southern Norway, and the North Atlantic current makes the climate temperate. I live on the west coast, which is very mild.

Except Scandinavia, I'd chose New Zealand, Canada and Australia.

I'm English, but have visited Norway lots of times. I love it... I also think it's probably one of the best places to live.
I went mountain/cliff climbing near Stavanger :smile:

Reply 22

SteveCrain

I read that Somalia was a nice place

Reply 23

areyousure?

I go for Norway. It has a great quality of life, good education, good healthcare and great people too :biggrin:

Reply 24

JamesyB

It may not be the best, but Iceland is an awesome place! Laid-back-ness to rival the Caribbean and it's a beautiful place. Only problem is they're economy probably isn't too good atm, but definitely somewhere to think about retiring too!

Oh and the lack of sunlight during the winter and occasional earthquake, they aren't too strong though and feel really weird!

Reply 25

-raisa

As a Canadian, I'm surprised at all the comments of Canada!

In my opinion, the best country in the world would be Switzerland or a Nordic country like Norway or Finland.

Reply 26

callum9999

Original post by SteveCrain

If objective means "the one with the best stats" why is this question up for discussions?

Because there is no such thing as a "best country" statistic. There are various different statistics you can use to decide and they all rank countries in a slightly different way.

Original post by Lack of Creativity

Vancouver has been consistently rated as one of the most liveable cities on the planet, so Canada, more specifically British Columbia.

How can you call a country "the best" because one of it's cities - in which a tiny fraction of the country live - is "one of the" most liveable cities on the planet? If you are basing it on that, surely the country with the most liveable city on the planet would win?

Canada is a very nice country though. Norway and Australia tend to top a lot of the rankings - and my personal favourite is Australia.

Original post by -raisa

As a Canadian, I'm surprised at all the comments of Canada!

In my opinion, the best country in the world would be Switzerland or a Nordic country like Norway or Finland.

I think it's because Canada has pretty much everything that makes the US great, but not much of all the negative stuff (lack of tolerance, healthcare, guns etc.).

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Reply 27

LaughingBro

I thought it was Japan, especially Tokyo. South Korea sounds good too.

Pakistaaan!

Original post by Luceria

That's nice. And I live very close to Stavanger!

It was great, from what I saw.
Although, I couldn't buy a sausage ANYWHERE!!! (they always gave my hot-dogs instead).
Everyone speaks brilliant English there anyway.

Reply 30

SteveCrain

Original post by callum9999

Because there is no such thing as a "best country" statistic. There are various different statistics you can use to decide and they all rank countries in a slightly different way.

Who mentioned best country statistics. I mentioned best stats, which means stats combined, unless you don't want to look at this from the objective viewpoint.

Reply 31

callum9999

Original post by SteveCrain

Who mentioned best country statistics. I mentioned best stats, which means stats combined, unless you don't want to look at this from the objective viewpoint.

The problem is which stats do you use, and are they all equal? You can rank countries on hundreds of different thinks - from life expectancy, percentage of doctors all the way to percentage of green space.

There is no way to objectively compile them all into one definitive list - it all depends on which aspects you personally think are important. I couldn't care less about the state of theatres - someone interested in the arts may have it as a priority, so who is objectively right?

Reply 32

-raisa

Original post by callum9999

I think it's because Canada has pretty much everything that makes the US great, but not much of all the negative stuff (lack of tolerance, healthcare, guns etc.).

hmm... I'd think twice about the "lack of tolerance" bit, although we are far more tolerant than our neighbours to the south :wink:

what I don't like about Canada is our government - the death of democracy in Canada as we know it.

transportation is horrific as well; public transit is not an option, and just like our American neighbours, Canadians absolutely adore suburbs, cars and strip malls.

not very attractive / pleasant.

Reply 33

Daniiel

Ever heard of the United Nations Human Development Index? :awesome:

Reply 34

HumanNature1992

Original post by Lack of Creativity

Vancouver has been consistently rated as one of the most liveable cities on the planet, so Canada, more specifically British Columbia.

This. I love Vancouver :love:

Reply 35

Emaemmaemily

Original post by Luceria

You mean regular dinner sausage? lol. Because they do sell them. If not, then I'm not sure what you mean.

Well I assume our definitions of sausages are the same :/ but, I seriously couldn't get any.

http://www.silvernutmeg.com/imagebank2/1160999247.jpg <- this kind lol

Maybe it was just the shop keepers I met not understanding me.

Reply 36

SteveCrain

Original post by callum9999

Well stats need to be picked or all the answers to this thread have completely failed.
Nothing more objective than "yh sweden cos they have snow, are aryan and I've seen a photoshopped screensaver on the internet".