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World Traveler
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 Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 4:10 am Post subject: Survey: Australia the 'lucky country' for a better life |
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http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/28/business/oecd-quality-of-life/index.html
#1 Australia
#3 Canada
#6 United States
#10 UK
It's cool that countries we are from made the top ten. We are lucky to have been born in such good places. Loads of people around the world grow up poor with limited opportunity. I feel so fortunate to have a passport from one of the world's greatest countries. |
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ampersandman
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| Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| In some ways, yes. |
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recessiontime
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Canada being placed way too high makes me question the validity of the survey. Exactly where in Canada is the opportunity? If it is such a great country why are people coming out in droves to teach overseas?
The UK in the top 10? The country that is in an economic depression right now? really? What parts of the UK are up to par when it comes to opportunity? |
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World Traveler
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| Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| recessiontime wrote: |
| If it is such a great country why are people coming out in droves to teach overseas? |
What percentage of Canadians come to Korea to teach ESL? One in several thousand? Is that really "coming out in droves"? For the U.S. as a percentage of population it's something 1 in 30,000. That's not exactly "everyone and their mother" coming (although maybe it feels like that). All it takes is a miniscule percentage of Western populations to come to Korea in order for the ESL market here to become "flooded".
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| the U.S. is still No. 1 in two important categories�income and housing. On income, the U.S. has the highest average level of household wealth, at $116,000 per household. |
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/where-u-economy-still-no-1-170204699.html
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Housing affordability ranks eighth out of 36 nations, according to the OECD, while the quality of housing�measured by the portion that have basic facilities such as indoor plumbing�is tied for No. 1 (along with Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands).
Americans also enjoy more spacious living quarters than people in most other places. The typical American household has 2.3 rooms per person, bested only by Canadian households, with 2.6 rooms per person. That may not seem lavish, until you visit a home in Korea or Japan or even some European countries, where there�s not nearly as much open space. |
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big_fella1
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: Survey: Australia the 'lucky country' for a better life |
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| World Traveler wrote: |
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/28/business/oecd-quality-of-life/index.html
#1 Australia
#3 Canada
#6 United States
#10 UK
It's cool that countries we are from made the top ten. We are lucky to have been born in such good places. Loads of people around the world grow up poor with limited opportunity. I feel so fortunate to have a passport from one of the world's greatest countries. |
I have a passport from the world's greatest country.  |
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I'm With You
Joined: 01 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:36 am Post subject: |
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How the heck is Canada on that list? Friends tell me that it's just a over-taxed, frozen crap hole these days. Alberta is making all the money while they destroy the environment?
Australia kind of makes sense. Friends tell me that tradesmen do really well there, for example, lots of work, etc., great salaries. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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World Traveler
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| recessiontime wrote: |
| The UK in the top 10? The country that is in an economic depression right now? really? What parts of the UK are up to par when it comes to opportunity? |
Economic depression?
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| In the United Kingdom, the average household net-adjusted disposable income is 26 904 USD a year, more than the OECD average of 23 047 USD a year. |
http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/united-kingdom/
The majority of Brits are employed and are happy with their life. |
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spilot101
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| the U.S. is still No. 1 in two important categories�income and housing. On income, the U.S. has the highest average level of household wealth, at $116,000 per household. |
Average income can be a very misleading statistic. When you take away the income of the top one percent, it drops down to 38-40K. |
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rollo
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Location: China
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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The posters point is that residents of those countries are very lucky indeed.
Not just in income but culture, education and so forth. ENJOY!! |
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