Americans, if you could live in any country where would you want to live?

[chyros]

Finland was just rated 'Happiest country on Earth' in terms of quality of life. So my Spidey-senses can't be that off...

US falling to 24. I see that being closer to 30 by the end of this year.

The top countries are always made up of the Nordic countries. It makes sense tbh.

[tp4tissue]

Finland was just rated 'Happiest country on Earth' in terms of quality of life. So my Spidey-senses can't be that off...

US falling to 24. I see that being closer to 30 by the end of this year.

The top countries are always made up of the Nordic countries. It makes sense tbh.

It's well portrayed in Apple's Foundation Tv-show.

Paraphrase, it's all propped up by Slavery and if you scratch beneath the surface, you couldn't live with yourself.

Entire nations of the "lucky few."

So those countries which have High gini coefficients are on average happier, HOWEVER, that is a microcosm, born out of the fact that just about Everything that makes that society WORK, comes from slave labor exported to 3rd world nations.

Shrimp, Chocolates, Minerals, Electronics, Machinery, Energy, Heavy Industrial, Chemical etc.   

[Leslieann]

In high humidity your sweat does nothing except make you wet. In a dry heat the sweat actually does what it should and cools you by evaporating.
Maybe it depends on the person but I've lived in in both extremes and for me, wet heat is waaaay worse without AC.

Dry is so bad for skin though, have you noticed, in wet climates, women look alot more youthful.

Cali, Nevada, Arizona,  it doesn't matter how much lotion you use, the moisture just boils away from your skin.  The women there look wrinkly + pruny, easily 10 years older.
Of course, the trade off is the Roach infestation ala/Florida.
No perfect place to live.

That comes down to how much sun you get and genetics.
Yes, you have some old and crispy looking people, but most people don't. Some here get addicted to tanning.

For the most part the people tend to be healthier due to more outdoor exercise which you can do pretty much year round. It's actually amazing the number of people you see walking, running and bicycling in the southwest compared to everywhere else I've lived or been (about half the U.S.). Are those people older looking or actually older?
Life spans in the US have the southwest as some of the highest, with the south having the lowest. Florida is an outlier compared to those around it, probably because a lot of wealthy people move there to retire thereby bumping the stats.

Of course, the trade off is the Roach infestation ala/Florida.
No perfect place to live.

Phoenix metro has New York City size rats and roaches.

[iri]

lol every fact about NYC that reaches me tells me it's a ****hole

[fohat.digs]

it's a ****hole

Like so many things, it is a place of extremes. Extraordinary art, science, and education amidst frustration, noise, filth, and crime.

The old saying - "a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there" certainly applies to NYC as far as I am concerned.

[noisyturtle]

lol every fact about NYC that reaches me tells me it's a ****hole

NYC is the city to end all cities. I've traveled all around the World, and aside from India, NYC was the biggest culture shock. Nowhere else in the World can you walk 2 blocks and have it feel like a completely different city.  It is absolutely steeped in culture, interesting things, interesting people, and incredible food. NYC is also super safe, there is almost no real crime despite what people who have never been there would have you think. It's not the '80s anymore.

All that being said, it is too much for me personally, I'd never live there. Cost not withstanding.

If you go your entire life never having visited NYC, you are doing yourself a disservice. See it before America falls!

[tp4tissue]

Every city on earth is a rat hole.  Cities are abominations.

[iri]

NYC is also super safe, there is almost no real crime despite what people who have never been there would have you think

Yeah the problem is, lots of people from my hometown have actually been there, and their stories match. Oh, and two were mugged, including a 15 year old boy.

[noisyturtle]

NYC is also super safe, there is almost no real crime despite what people who have never been there would have you think

Yeah the problem is, lots of people from my hometown have actually been there, and their stories match. Oh, and two were mugged, including a 15 year old boy.

probably asking for it the way they were dressed 

[iri]

Geniunely, what the **** is wrong with you?

[tp4tissue]

NYC is also super safe, there is almost no real crime despite what people who have never been there would have you think

Yeah the problem is, lots of people from my hometown have actually been there, and their stories match. Oh, and two were mugged, including a 15 year old boy.

probably asking for it the way they were dressed 

Russians, they always do this.  America is not for this sort of thing, we are a christian culture, pure as snow Jesus.

Worst Russian offenders, Lola Astanova. They are the proprietors of sin, through godly fire we shall bring them our Divinity and Chaste heritage. 

[Findecanor]

What that girl is doing is not specifically a Russian thing. Sexy female musicians on YouTube has been going on for a while now. More skin gives more views, apparently.
Especially do avoid the comment sections! Those are often the filthiest of all ...

(I've visited for the anime themes and the cosplay... Or at least, that is what I tell myself :-þ )