U.N. ranks the world's most prosperous cities

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]I've been to Vienna and Luxembourg is far more prosperous economically per capita. It's also reflected visually. Aljosa23

I've been to both and can easily say Luxembourg, visually, appeared more prosperous. It is a safe and extremely wealthy city with steady tourism, culture, etc.

Not sure what other strange criteria the UN created.

Vienna > New York City? :?

LOL

No.

Rockman999

Have you lived in both?

Suck it up.

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]They have the second highest GDP per capita in the world.

Storm_Marine

A bunch of stuff that has no business being in a report on prosperity.

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]I've been to Vienna and Luxembourg is far more prosperous economically per capita. It's also reflected visually. KC_Hokie

I've been to both and can easily say Luxembourg, visually, appeared more prosperous. It is a safe and extremely wealthy city with steady tourism, culture, etc.

Not sure what other strange criteria the UN created.

Enviromental sustainably, social inclusion, etc. You know, the usual UN fetishes.

[QUOTE="Storm_Marine"]

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]Okay. The actual report mentions a lot of different categories to how they came to their conclusion so I don't think it's as simple as a few here think.

rastotm

A bunch of stuff that has no business being in a report on prosperity.

Go move to Bhutan then.

Why do all americans not like the UN?tenaka2

Well I can look at the GDP per capita to find out economic prosperity.

I've been to both and can easily say Luxembourg, visually, appeared more prosperous. It is a safe and extremely wealthy city with steady tourism, culture, etc.

Not sure what other strange criteria the UN created.

KC_Hokie

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]Why do all americans not like the UN?michaelP4

It's not just Americans that don't like the UN.

[QUOTE="michaelP4"][QUOTE="tenaka2"]Why do all americans not like the UN?Storm_Marine

It's not just Americans that don't like the UN.

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

Well I can look at the GDP per capita to find out economic prosperity.

I've been to both and can easily say Luxembourg, visually, appeared more prosperous. It is a safe and extremely wealthy city with steady tourism, culture, etc.

Not sure what other strange criteria the UN created.

Aljosa23

You have to get into really subjective stuff like 'happiness' to not even include Luxembourg.

[QUOTE="Storm_Marine"]

[QUOTE="michaelP4"] No real idea. Even in the UK, which is sceptical of international organisations in general, respect the UN, and it does a lot of good in the world - guess what though? You just don't hear about it. All you ever hear about the UN are talks about talks - not the actual aid they bring to countries to help development, proper consideration of policies, facilitating discussions to promote peace and so on. I'd rather have the UN than nothing at all, in which case, what's to stop countries resorting to war at first instance? At least talk it out through the UN. And of course, ironically, the UN was co-founded by the USA, especially under strong support from Woodrow Wilson... so for Americans to be laughing at something they helped to create is indeed quite strange.michaelP4

It's not just Americans that don't like the UN.

The humanitarian part is nice. Everything else is corrupt and pathetic. Just look at the human rights council.

[QUOTE="michaelP4"][QUOTE="Storm_Marine"]

It's not just Americans that don't like the UN.

Storm_Marine

The humanitarian part is nice. Everything else is corrupt and pathetic. Just look at the human rights council.

When you look at objective stuff like GDP per capita and crime rates, etc. Luxembourg is #2 in the world in the first and #1 in the second.

You have to get into really subjective stuff like 'happiness' to not even include Luxembourg.

KC_Hokie

Toronto > Vancouver.

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

When you look at objective stuff like GDP per capita and crime rates, etc. Luxembourg is #2 in the world in the first and #1 in the second.

You have to get into really subjective stuff like 'happiness' to not even include Luxembourg.

Aljosa23

'Happiness' to someone in Moscow might be a bottle of Vodka while it's a $100,000 sports car in Luxembourg. There is no set standard for something silly like that. Did they let a 5 year old create some of the criteria?

Like I said you have to add a lot of silly subjective stuff to exclude cities like Luxembourgh from the list.

'Happiness' to someone in Moscow might be a bottle of Vodka while it's a $100,000 sports car in Luxembourg. There is no set standard for something silly like that. Did they let a 5 year old create some of the criteria?

KC_Hokie

[QUOTE="Rockman999"]

Vienna > New York City? :?

LOL

No.

tenaka2

Have you lived in both?

Suck it up.

Flew over Vienna once, not interested.

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

Like I said you have to add a lot of silly subjective stuff to exclude cities like Luxembourgh from the list.

'Happiness' to someone in Moscow might be a bottle of Vodka while it's a $100,000 sports car in Luxembourg. There is no set standard for something silly like that. Did they let a 5 year old create some of the criteria?

Aljosa23

Happiness is a more legit criteria than eviromental sustainability and the other stuff they used.

Admit it Aljosa it's a joke and they should never have used the word prosperous.

They should have invented some term like 'social balance' to use instead.

Perhaps brah.

Just realized they spelt environment wrong in the categories lol

I swear they took a bunch of European cities + a couple token Asian and North American examples and threw them into a hat, drew them, and called it a 'report'.

Storm_Marine

Just one US city? :?

Stesilaus

No detroit? WTF

kidding

Go Toronto! I'll take number three any day.

Where I live may not be on the list. But, I prefer little traffic, quiet neighborhoods with wide intervals between neighbors (the nearest one is farther down the road), low cost of meats, veggies and other produce, than any of those cities on that list.

I swear they took a bunch of European cities + a couple token Asian and North American examples and threw them into a hat, drew them, and called it a 'report'.

Storm_Marine

[QUOTE="Stesilaus"]

Just one US city? :?

Jebus213

The hell is this list based upon? The UN is full of Sh!t. their lists are utter turd and people only value them because ITS TEH UN!!!!

Just like they constantly rate Norway has the best country in the world (Human Developement Index), which Norwegians take way too much pride in.

I didn't know the best country in the world that has the most developed society has factually;

the worst education of any western country

the worst roads in Europe (even polan/ukraine/latvia make our roads look bad)

the worst train system in europe (actually out of a test with 45 european countries, only Albania and Turkey had worse than Norway)

The second oldest car park in Europe after Finland (11.2 years.. UK = youngest with 6 years)

The worst statistics of failing in school / poorest math performance in Europe

the world selection of food, few shops etc, nothing to do, even third world countries have cooler stuff. etc

Semi-UN rant.

a very very odd list, a mix of populous and livability? there's no pattern to speak of?

I say we nuke them...............That'll teach them for being prosperous.............

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Some of these choices are questionable.....

gamerguru100

hardly, don't overestimate South Korea, on many development scales, the country does not rank higher than Spain.

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]

[QUOTE="Storm_Marine"]

Luxembourg City is a city within the country, and far more affluent than anything on that list as well.

KC_Hokie

Isn't Luxembourg just a tax haven for the uber wealthyAbbeten

if your income is only 25,000 you pay between: 1% and 8% tax

If your income is 50,000 you pay between: 8% and 20% tax

if your income is 100,000 you pay between: 21% and 31% tax

if your income is 200,000 you pay between: 28% and 33% tax

it depends on your type of citizenship.

1 Euro = 1.2944 U.S. dollars.

so 100,000 is $129 440 USD.. if you earn nearly $130K in Luxembroug, you'll pay 21-31% of that in tax. Still better than paying 40% tax like in Norway for example :p

But if you "only" earn 50,000 = $64 720 you only pay between 8% and 20% tax, which is ridiculously low. in Norway, that income would be around 33%.

200,000 = about $260,000 the reaches the tax limit of 33%. if you earn more you still only pay 33%

The hell is this list based upon? The UN is full of Sh!t. their lists are utter turd and people only value them because ITS TEH UN!!!!

Just like they constantly rate Norway has the best country in the world (Human Developement Index), which Norwegians take way too much pride in.

I didn't know the best country in the world that has the most developed society has factually;

the worst education of any western country

the worst roads in Europe (even polan/ukraine/latvia make our roads look bad)

the worst train system in europe (actually out of a test with 45 european countries, only Albania and Turkey had worse than Norway)

The second oldest car park in Europe after Finland (11.2 years.. UK = youngest with 6 years)

The worst statistics of failing in school / poorest math performance in Europe

the world selection of food, few shops etc, nothing to do, even third world countries have cooler stuff. etc

Semi-UN rant.

Mozelleple112

No country in the world other than Norway can claim this, this is not just UN giving them handjobs. Or if you can find one ,point me to that country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report Norway : 2nd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Failed_States_Index Norway: 5th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita Norway: 3rd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatum_Prosperity_Index Norway: 1st

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index Norway: 6th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index Norway: 1st

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index Norway: 1st

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index Norway: 1st

[QUOTE="Mozelleple112"]

The hell is this list based upon? The UN is full of Sh!t. their lists are utter turd and people only value them because ITS TEH UN!!!!

Just like they constantly rate Norway has the best country in the world (Human Developement Index), which Norwegians take way too much pride in.

I didn't know the best country in the world that has the most developed society has factually;

the worst education of any western country

the worst roads in Europe (even polan/ukraine/latvia make our roads look bad)

the worst train system in europe (actually out of a test with 45 european countries, only Albania and Turkey had worse than Norway)

The second oldest car park in Europe after Finland (11.2 years.. UK = youngest with 6 years)

The worst statistics of failing in school / poorest math performance in Europe

the world selection of food, few shops etc, nothing to do, even third world countries have cooler stuff. etc

Semi-UN rant.

Ncsoftlover

No country in the world other than Norway can claim this, this is not just UN giving them handjobs. Or if you can find one ,point me to that country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report Norway : 2nd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Failed_States_Index Norway: 5th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita Norway: 3rd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatum_Prosperity_Index Norway: 1st

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index Norway: 6th

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index Norway: 1st

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index Norway: 1st

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index Norway: 1st

I prefer this list of global Cities.

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

Alpha ++ :

• London
• New York City

Alpha +

• Chicago
• Dubai
• Hong Kong
• Paris
• Shanghai
• Singapore
• Sydney
• Tokyo

Alpha:

• Amsterdam
• Beijing
• Brussels
• Buenos Aires
• Frankfurt
• Jakarta
• Kuala Lumpur
• Los Angeles
• Madrid
• Mexico City
• Milan
• Moscow
• Mumbai
• San Francisco
• São Paulo
• Seoul
• Toronto
• Washington, D.C.

Auckland, fvck yeah!!!

The hell is this list based upon? The UN is full of Sh!t. their lists are utter turd and people only value them because ITS TEH UN!!!!

Just like they constantly rate Norway has the best country in the world (Human Developement Index), which Norwegians take way too much pride in.

I didn't know the best country in the world that has the most developed society has factually;

the worst education of any western country

the worst roads in Europe (even polan/ukraine/latvia make our roads look bad)

the worst train system in europe (actually out of a test with 45 european countries, only Albania and Turkey had worse than Norway)

The second oldest car park in Europe after Finland (11.2 years.. UK = youngest with 6 years)

The worst statistics of failing in school / poorest math performance in Europe

the world selection of food, few shops etc, nothing to do, even third world countries have cooler stuff. etc

Semi-UN rant.

Mozelleple112

And at your last point, I was just in Germany and going into the supermarket there I was literaily like this.

Dublin, Barcelona, Milan, Lisbon and Athens are all in countries whose economies are completely boned. Good list.Chevolutionary

The fact a country's economy is going down the drain doesn't change the fact there's always lots of people with a lot of money. Also, many times the country's capital is prosperous while the rest of the country struggles.

Any foreigner I meet who comes to Lisbon is immediatelly impressed with the sheer quantity of new and expensive cars you see. Hell I'm impressed myself.

So many raging Americans in this thread, if Americas patriotism was matched by its educational system the U.S. would be fantastic.

where is san francisco JigglyWiggly_

It's in California, see my previous post.