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I'd rather not argue over this, in the end Canada and Western Europe both do much better than the 'most developed, technologically advanced, richest country with the highest living standard, strongest economy, lowest cost of living, and the best education and healthcare system' . I'm sure Canada would even rank higher if it weren't for that climate.
No argument intended or desired but why would you deem it necessary to take a post stating something positive about any country and immediately turn it into a negative about another country by spuriously comparing ?
People need to actually read the link in some detail.
I'm sure Invince will let this go on for a bit before he returns to admonish us that the Mercer link is describing the most convenient (for lack of a better word) cities to live based upon immigration to those cities to perform work related technology based jobs with using of a number of qualifiers from ease of commuting, salaries expected to cost of living.
If you are thinking of accepting of a transfer from your technology based employer to avail yourself of a job opportunity, the Mercer index gives you an idea of whether that would be a good idea based upon a certain set of indicators.
It ain't a link intended to tell the average person where is the best place to live for over-all quality of life.
I'd rather not argue over this, in the end Canada and Western Europe both do much better than the 'most developed, technologically advanced, richest country with the highest living standard, strongest economy, lowest cost of living, and the best education and healthcare system' . I'm sure Canada would even rank higher if it weren't for that climate.
Dude, this is just pathetically insecure. Why do all of your posts hinge on an insane jealousy of the US?
No argument intended or desired but why would you deem it necessary to take a post stating something positive about any country and immediately turn it into a negative about another country by spuriously comparing ?
Oh please, don't tell me you didn't notice Canada and Europe on top of the list and the US noticeably missing while half of the topics in the Canada forums are started by Americans claiming their superiority over Canada. I know it's just a list but other organizations like the OECD always come to the same conclusion.
I don't see a single "large city" in the list, and these are metro population. In terms of city population, Geneva has barely 200k, Zurich less than 400k, Vancouver/Dusseldorf/Copenhagen 600k, Frankfort 700k. The largest Munich is only 1.4M, hardly such a "large city".
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Originally Posted by Ken S.
Taxed-to-Death, Ontario
Compared with what?
It is fine to complain, but how is Ontario tax burden excessive compared with other developed countries? I think only Asian countries/cities such as Singapore or Hong Kong have significantly lower taxes, and maybe Switzerland.
Oh please, don't tell me you didn't notice Canada and Europe on top of the list and the US noticeably missing while half of the topics in the Canada forums are started by Americans claiming their superiority over Canada. I know it's just a list but other organizations like the OECD always come to the same conclusion.
I fail to understand why people couldn't accept the fact that the US in general has a lower quality of life. All these rankings didn't exactly collude to bash the US.
Despite higher income and lower cost of living, American cities offer lower quality of life due a variety of non-financial reasons. Life is not just about purchase power.
I fail to understand why people couldn't accept the fact that the US in general has a lower quality of life. All these rankings didn't exactly collude to bash the US.
Despite higher income and lower cost of living, American cities offer lower quality of life due a variety of non-financial reasons. Life is not just about purchase power.
Agreed.
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