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[esl_teacher1973]

I was fortunate enough last year to visit Israel and Egypt, and I wanted to know if the quality of life is the same in Turkey. I have to admit the quality of life in Israel is much better than in North America besides the tension in the surrounding areas. I don't want to confuse anyone with standard of living because obviously it's better in North America but has anyone been to all three places? What's the comparison?

[ghost]

Here are some random rankings in Turkey versus Israel, quality of life.

1. People - Turks in general are much more friendly than Israelis. However, much of this friendliness can be superficial. In Israel, when you succeed in making a friend, the loyalty runs much deeper, but it can be hard to attain, especially for 'goyim.'

2. Work - In Israel, the work situation is 'tight' because of thousands of Jews and 'pretend to be Jews' (much of them from Russia and CIS) competing for jobs. And as the streets are literally crawling with engineers and Ph.d's looking for work, as a lowly EFL specialist, your job prospects do not rank highly at all. Forget about teaching English in Israel - everyone there is polyglot and speaks at least 3 languages fluently, including English of course.

3. Cost of living - Turkey wins, as the costs are still in the bargain basement category. Israel, on the other hand, has a lot of first world prices, and higher costs in general.

4. Food - Turkish Cuisine is excellent, and the price very good for what you get. Israel also has excellent food, but the costs are higher - the Israeli Cuisine is Middle Eastern with some kosher touches.

5. Stress - Turkey is much lower on the stress level. Israel is a country where stress is inescapable - a country surrounded by hostile neighbors, and even within Israel itself the population is not homogenous - with large cultural differences between orthodox Jews, modern secular Israelis, Arab Israelis, Immigrants from Ethiopia, Russian Jews and 'false Jews' - and the list goes on. And all these people competing for jobs and living space, can only exacerbate an already volatile situation.

6. Overall - If you want a 'low key' non stress life, then Turkey would be the place to go. If you want stimulation, excitement and living on the edge, then Israel is the place.

[31]

Turkey for a non stress life. Bollox.

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Ghost is right. Istanbul stress is nothing -- nothing!

Try living in Paris, and you will go screaming out after a week. The only thing that's keeping me here is the extremely low cost of uni (now pursuing a Master's).

It wasn't till I left Istanbul that I really realized how good I had it.

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[31]

Many of the 'teachers' (most of whom are not real teachers, but native speakers) in Turkey have become soft and are out of touch with reality, in the sense that life in Turkey spoils them, as the expectations on their time and work performance could hardly be called demanding.[/quote]

I know what you mean. Look at some of the ET teachers on a Saturday and Sunday morning, those who turn up that is. They roll in smelling of drink, dressed in jogging bottoms and t-shirt, unshaven and play hangman. They keep their jobs because ET won`t pay for better teachers.

We would never get away with that in our own countries.

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[31]

Where is howmucharefags these days?

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[scot47]

I thınk we should know more about this alleged criminal. What exactly is he alleged to have done ?