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well... this is a bit questionable " And it's not hard to see why --they rank extremely well in health, civic engagement, and housing"
Housing is quite expensive here. (Aus)
I'm pretty sure our pleasant climate is one factor that got us on the #1 spot. I mean, I thought Sweden, Denmark and Norway are the unbeatable top 3 in quality of life lists?
Are you guys mad because your countries did not make it to the Top 15? These rankings are not perfect but they are for the most part accurate.
My country is #6....I just think that some Asian countries specifically Japan should be on there especially after living there and in Western Europe for the past 6 years.
I'm pretty sure our pleasant climate is one factor that got us on the #1 spot. I mean, I thought Sweden, Denmark and Norway are the unbeatable top 3 in quality of life lists?
Just goes to show you that countries with a much larger population can actually compete.
The comment about voter turnout or "Civic Engagement" is a bit silly as well, voting is compulsory in Australia, of course voter turnout is going to be high.
Lol exactly. It's always going to be a high turnout.
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People always get very ambivalent or confused with how countries, and areas of nations get ranked in quality of life. OECD Quality of Life Report 2014 is going to stir some warranted controversy.
OECD report seems way too much about bland, mediocre traits, and not enough about ultimate entertainment versions of a high quality of life, simply forgetting about some missing pieces in a puzzle of life.
There is at least some decently rational attempts expressed in a biased quality of life report. OECD apparently involved 11 categories: Income, Housing, Jobs, Community, Education, Environment, Civic Engagement, Health, Life Satisfaction, Safety, and Life-Work balance, even when not equally representing all of those components in the report.
I really disagree with Luxembourg, Ireland, Finland, New Zealand, UK, Iceland, Denmark ranking that way in the top 15. I agree with Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Australia, USA, Canada, Sweden, and Norway, although in another exact order.
However, I feel Czech Republic, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and France all deserve more attention in a high quality of life and to rank in top 15 in OECD 2014 Reports.
OECD report seems way too much about bland, mediocre traits, and not enough about ultimate entertainment versions of a high quality of life, simply forgetting some missing pieces in a puzzle of life.
This seems a bit vague. Could you elaborate please?
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