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Something is fishy. Poland ranka a tad too high for me to buy the whole report.....and sunshine is SO overrated, there are so many factors that are important. Were I curremtly live we have alot of sunshine, but it do I enjoy it more - nope!
Nice place to visit, the UK, but I would rather take a bullet than live there. Nonetheless, I find it hard to believe that its worse than places like Albania, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Slovakia, Belarus, etc.
Can you see these countries that you mentioned in the table? But the title is indeed misleading: "UK the worst place to live in Europe" while only ten countries are being considered. However if it comes to public safety for instance all-white and all-Christian Poland seems to be safer than multiracial and multireligious England...
Here is the explanation from the editor about Poland's net income:
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Originally Posted by Lauren Pope
We’ve spoken to our researchers who have confirmed that they took the Polish net household income as Euro rather than Zloty. The correct figure should have been £7,986.
Obviously both they and we are very sorry for this mistake and I’m updating the website as we speak.
It doesn’t change the top and bottom rankings, but Poland’s position does change – slipping down one place to 5th, just behind Germany.
All we can say is we’re sorry.
Kind regards
Lauren Pope
IMHO what kind of researchers (plural) would make such a mistake An average person knows that people don't make such money in countries east from Germany, Austria and Italy... However the table shows that high income doesn't guarantee more money and better life if we take into account the purchasing power of this money...
Nice place to visit, the UK, but I would rather take a bullet than live there. Nonetheless, I find it hard to believe that its worse than places like Albania, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Slovakia, Belarus, etc.
Not really, a lot of submerged economy.
Many people counted as unemployed are not really unemployed, for example, pre-retired, Rural Employment Plan, etc, etc.
It's very common in The Netherlands to work less than 5 days per week, especially amongst working mothers. 37 hours is the absolute maximum the majority of the country is prepared to work, rather than the average they will work. Work/life balance is very important to Nederlanders.
Find it a little difficult to see how Spain ranks so highly even after a property crash and taking into consideration that 20%+ of the Spanish work force are jobless.
I question the validity of some of these measures. Spending on health care doesn't equate to living longer. Just look at the US. We spend gobs of money on health care, but we've got an obese population that doesn't even live as long as the English.
Same is true for retirement ages. Some studies show that people are actually happier and live longer when they work.
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An average person knows that people don't make such money in countries east from Germany, Austria and Italy... However the table shows that high income doesn't guarantee more money and better life if we take into account the purchasing power of this money...
