Is France the best place to live in the world? (IL 2009)

According to International Living Magazine, France has the highest quality of life in the world. http://www.internationalliving.com/Internal-Components/Further-Resources/quality-of-life-2010

The U.S. is 7th and the U.K. is 25th (behind Spain and Portugal! :? )

Do you agree with this ranking? I'm not sure if I do but this magazine seems to have at least made a fair asessment. Regardless of if you think forcing people to contribute financially to other's health insurance is fair, it is hard to deny that France's system is pretty good at keeping people healthy. Cultural offereings and cost of living are also important factors.

Another surprising aspect is how bad the US did on the freedom category. IL based this category off this survey. http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=445

Does France not have allot of problems with immigrants etc in areas of Paris. I know this does not count to standard of living , i also hate to sound stereotypical but allot of times when am in France people are really rude to me. Am Scottish if you want to know.

France is definitely better than a lot of countries, or else they wouldn't have problems with immigration, but I don't see hordes of people leaving other industrialized countries to come live in France.

I disagree, there are many good things, but I wouldn't say that it is the "best" place to live.

The U.S. is 7th and the U.K. is 25th (behind (lol spain) and Portugal! :? )

espoac

Do you have a goddamn problem with this

Health care is usually a pretty contentious issue so I was trying to stear people away from any sort of kneejerk "socialized health care is evil!" response.

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The U.S. is 7th and the U.K. is 25th (behind (lol spain) and Portugal! :? )

flordeceres

Do you have a goddamn problem with this

Here's the link for those lazy folks... It's hard to agree or disagree with the article since the numbers they use to tally the final scores aren't an average...spazzx625

Does France not have allot of problems with immigrants etc in areas of Paris. I know this does not count to standard of living , i also hate to sound stereotypical but allot of times when am in France people are really rude to me. Am Scottish if you want to know.

EvilSteveo

Strikes en mass as well from what i've been told

i wonder whats the rank of Gaza :roll:GazaAli

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Does France not have allot of problems with immigrants etc in areas of Paris. I know this does not count to standard of living , i also hate to sound stereotypical but allot of times when am in France people are really rude to me. Am Scottish if you want to know.

DoomZaW

Strikes en mass as well from what i've been told

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]i wonder whats the rank of Gaza :roll:clubsammich91

I'm surprised not one Scandinavian country made the top 10

Hooray for France. Nice country so it makes sense.

I think this is wrong. As far as i know Luxemburg, Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries are the most wealthy on avrage (better life quality). England also far up.

Maybe im just remembering old data

i wonder whats the rank of Gaza :roll:GazaAli

I don't believe Gaza is a country.

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]i wonder whats the rank of Gaza :roll:UserBane

I don't believe Gaza is a country.

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]i wonder whats the rank of Gaza :roll:UserBane

I don't believe Gaza is a country.

hell no, they are rude and you have to pay tons of money for snails.

Does France not have allot of problems with immigrants etc in areas of Paris. I know this does not count to standard of living , i also hate to sound stereotypical but allot of times when am in France people are really rude to me. Am Scottish if you want to know.

EvilSteveo

You can't be serious. Everyone knows that Holland has the highest standard of living in the world.

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[QUOTE="GazaAli"]i wonder whats the rank of Gaza :roll:spazzx625

I don't believe Gaza is a country.

I highly disagree.

France is alright but I would never want to live there.

France is alright but I would never want to live there.

Nifty_Shark

They're not called Pound Puppies in France. They don't have pounds, they have the metric system. They're called Les Puppies Royal. And in Morocco, Morocco Mole is just called Mole.

I've always wanted to know, what do French people call French Fries?auron_16

site seems professional enough

kudos to france for beating country, i never woulda thought

No, because you have to live with French people.

any place is a good place to live as long as you mind your own business and don't step on any toes..

other wise.. things might get kind of questionable. Unless of course.. you're an evil tyrant with the authority to execute anybody that stands in your way.

Heh. Funny, because everytime I've voiced my desire to live in France, I'm told it's a terrible country, that all it's people are miserable, that people live in shacks, that it's only good for visiting etc.

Heh. Funny, because everytime I've voiced my desire to live in France, I'm told it's a terrible country, that all it's people are miserable, that people live in shacks, that it's only good for visiting etc.

Pixel-Pirate

Seems like English-speaking countries hold some kind of grudge against France.

I've heard that many French people speak English.