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1. Auckland
2. Osaka
3. Adelaide
4. Wellington
5. Tokyo
6. Perth
7. Zurich
8. Geneva
9. Melbourne
10. Brisbane
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Who comes up with these lists?
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1. Auckland
2. Osaka
3. Adelaide
4. Wellington
5. Tokyo
6. Perth
7. Zurich
8. Geneva
9. Melbourne
10. Brisbane
No racial diversity to speak of.
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Who comes up with these lists?
The Enonomist Intelligence Unit (EIU) , The Global Liveability Index
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1. Auckland Chicago, IL
2. Osaka Kandahar
3. Adelaide Baltimore, MD
4. Wellington Gaza City
5. Tokyo Portland, OR
6. Perth Grozny
7. Zurich Flint, MI
8. Geneva Makhachkala
9. Melbourne Gary, IN
10. Brisbane Detroit, MI
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what the hell is the definition of "livable"
Most people in most cities manage to "live"
It sure as shit doesn't mean affordable (for example - Tokyo)
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1. Auckland
2. Osaka
3. Adelaide
4. Wellington
5. Tokyo
6. Perth
7. Zurich
8. Geneva
9. Melbourne
10. Brisbane
Sure if you are a millionaire or a Getbigger.
What's the percentage of joggers in those Cities? ;D
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Strong list...would like to ship 40 - 50 million liberals there starting tomorrow.
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Strong list...would like to ship 40 - 50 million liberals there starting tomorrow.
Starting with me!
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Starting with me!
Sure...chain you to Strawboi and pack you in a shipping crate.
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The Enonomist Intelligence Unit (EIU) , The Global Liveability Index
Figures- they completely ignored so many nice places. It must be based on population, although Seoul, for example, is a super nice place to be and it's not there.
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Basically anywhere where there’s not a whole bunch of 3rd people and hebrews
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i was raised in Brisbane, left Melbourne to move to Germany and my brother has lived most of his life in Tokyo where I've also spent a lot of time. When travel is allowed I'm in all three of those cities regularly.
Apart from having much friendlier people and better food there's no way any of those places are more liveable than where I am now. The reason I'm where I am is because my standard of living is way better than anything I'd be able to manage back home.
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i was raised in Brisbane, left Melbourne to move to Germany and my brother has lived most of his life in Tokyo where I've also spent a lot of time. When travel is allowed I'm in all three of those cities regularly.
Apart from having much friendlier people and better food there's no way any of those places are more liveable than where I am now. The reason I'm where I am is because my standard of living is way better than anything I'd be able to manage back home.
and where is "now"
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and where is "now"
South west Germany
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They didnt use Jogger-Criteria?
https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/25-most-dangerous-neighborhoods
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Couldnt help but have a little chuckle at this. I currently live then in the world’s most liveable city. Lets see, we have rampant crime, poverty, beggars on the streets, massive residential property inflation, constant citywide infrastructure works thatmake getting from A to B a nightmare, hugely delapidated waste water and water supply infrastructure, a corrupt municipal beauracracy, the list goes on. However we r largely covid free and live life pretty much as prior to the outbreak. Ive been to many places in the world and was in southern California a few years back in and around San Diego and saw most of the same issues. I have no idea why my little city has been given this title. Smells like bs to me, oh wait, thats the waft from the cracked sewer main down my street.
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1. Auckland (Tony Garea disagrees).
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Jesus. Its been a lifetime since I heard that name. Wheres he now. Im guessing he stayed Stateside rather that return to NZ
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But do they have a ghetto where you can sell crack and bust your gun?
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Sure do. ;D
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How come Louisiana is not on the list?
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1. Auckland
2. Osaka
3. Adelaide
4. Wellington
5. Tokyo
6. Perth
7. Zurich
8. Geneva
9. Melbourne
10. Brisbane
Wellington Florida?
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How come Louisiana is not on the list?
Because Crawfish doesn't make the place more livable :D
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Racist list of peace.
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Wellington Florida?
Kiwi capital city ;)
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South west Germany
Don't you miss: sandy beaches, g-string girls, buying mangos in boxes, ice cold ginger beer, Christmas @ + 35'C,................................
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what the hell is the definition of "livable"
Most people in most cities manage to "live"
It sure as shit doesn't mean affordable (for example - Tokyo)
OH, no everything upsets & offends Strawly BoB :-\
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How come Louisiana is not on the list?
Are you from Louisiana, IroNat? I want to visit either Lafourche or Vermilion in Louisiana, because they have the highest concentration of Americans who speak French at home. I can understand spoken French, but I only speak it at about 50% these days, and realized the closest way to describe my spoken French is that I speak Louisiana Cajun French or Louisiana Creole French.
I lost my French due to abruptly stopping speaking French at age 20 shortly after my French Immersion education ended. My French sounds similar to what how this couple is speaking:
Louisiana seems pretty cool to me...I always assumed the high rates of violence and low educational attainment was due to Louisiana having a diverse population. That is normally the reason.
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Don't you miss: sandy beaches, g-string girls, buying mangos in boxes, ice cold ginger beer, Christmas @ + 35'C,................................
Fuck yes I do!
I also miss 'light' conversation, friendly people and good customer service.
But the truth is, I couldn't have the life I have here back home, so Schwaben is where I am for the time being.
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Are you from Louisiana, IroNat?
No.
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Fuck yes I do!
I also miss 'light' conversation, friendly people and good customer service.
But the truth is, I couldn't have the life I have here back home, so Schwaben is where I am for the time being.
Germany is a great country- Merkel's left wing bullshit notwithstanding- and the people are great. I love the smaller cities like Aachen or Dresden- they have a friendly atmosphere. If I had to ever relocate to Europe it would definitely be to Germany. Southwestern Germany even has parts where the climate is ironically mild - like the Rhine River valley - so winters are not that bad.
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Germany is a great country- Merkel's left wing bullshit notwithstanding- and the people are great. I love the smaller cities like Aachen or Dresden- they have a friendly atmosphere. If I had to ever relocate to Europe it would definitely be to Germany. Southwestern Germany even has parts where the climate is ironically mild - like the Rhine River valley - so winters are not that bad.
Is their bureaucracy not a hassle?
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Are you from Louisiana, IroNat? I want to visit either Lafourche or Vermilion in Louisiana, because they have the highest concentration of Americans who speak French at home. I can understand spoken French, but I only speak it at about 50% these days, and realized the closest way to describe my spoken French is that I speak Louisiana Cajun French or Louisiana Creole French.
I lost my French due to abruptly stopping speaking French at age 20 shortly after my French Immersion education ended. My French sounds similar to what how this couple is speaking:
Louisiana seems pretty cool to me...I always assumed the high rates of violence and low educational attainment was due to Louisiana having a diverse population. That is normally the reason.
Québécois degrades to Pigeon French. Hmm, been to Haiti lately?
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New Orleans, LA
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Is their bureaucracy not a hassle?
It can be! Doubtful it's any worse than NY where I used to live though- that state is beyond stupid. South Carolina, where I am now, is worlds better.
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Australians cant leave the country until further notice.
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It can be! Doubtful it's any worse than NY where I used to live though- that state is beyond stupid. South Carolina, where I am now, is worlds better.
New York is very efficient when it comes to collecting taxes. Within a week of my filing, they had the money extracted from my checking account.😥
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New York is very efficient when it comes to collecting taxes. Within a week of my filing, they had the money extracted from my checking account.😥
Yes- they have perfected the art of thievery, lol
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Palestine is pretty nice until this guy comes to steal your house ;D
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Is their bureaucracy not a hassle?
Yes!
It's also rife with people who enjoy being in positions of 'power' (if you could call it that).
True story. As a foreigner I need to renew my registration to stay here every few years. Last time, I go to the office, fill out the paperwork, hand it in, and the woman behind the desk looks at it, looks at me, and says "This is not correct".. I'm pretty sure I know my personal details so I ask her what's wrong and she tells me I've written my height as 182cm tall when I am obviously shorter than that.
I tell her I've been 182cm tall since I was 19 years old. She tells me to my face that I am lying. She's done this job for many years and she knows when 'people' lie about things (for 'people', read "foreigners"). I'm getting angry and tell her she's welcome to measure me, up against the wall, like I'm a child.
She sniffs and tells me she won't accept my renewal application until I tell the truth. Meanwhile, her colleague who has been watching this take place with a smile on her face says "I'll measure him!". I don't know if they had beef with each other or not, but I go "great", take my shoes off, stand against the wall and she gets her ruler and measures me TWICE from the floor to the top of my head.
"He's 182cm exactly" she announces. I resist the urge to scream "Yeah, bitch!" at the other woman who just snatches the papers from the counter, ignores us both while she types furiously into her computer and then tells me to pick up my new card from a room down the hallway.
Later that evening I pull the card out of my wallet, have a look and on the back, I notice that my height has been recorded at 181cm. This means I'll always be 1cm shorter in Germany from now on.
This type of shit happens often in bureaucracy here. Don't even get me started on my dealings with the tax department.
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These lists are always compiled by leftist utopians with bizarre criteria like public transport energy efficiency and access to transgender surgery. It wasn't so long ago that "The Economist" was hailing Sweden as the best country in the world to live in.
In the real world the best cities to live in will be the most racially homogeneous, and respectful of traditional culture. This will generally mean places like Japan and Switzerland score highly
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Australians cant leave the country until further notice.
Yes it’s Alcatraz here. It’s nicknamed “fortress Australia”.
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Yes it’s Alcatraz here. It’s nicknamed “fortress Australia”.
The other day, 2 million people boarded U.S. flights for the first time since the pandemic started.
Australia has been slower than most other countries to immunize its population, with some high-risk groups crying out for protection.
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Australians cant leave the country until further notice.
Wrong !.
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The other day, 2 million people boarded U.S. flights for the first time since the pandemic started.
Australia has been slower than most other countries to immunize its population, with some high-risk groups crying out for protection.
The prime minister has actually said that he won’t be giving the public a date, in which we will open the borders. This country is quite vaccine hesitant. And it’s growing. I was going to get vaccinated when I could get Pfizer. But knowing what I know now, I won’t be taking any vaccine.
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Yes it’s Alcatraz here. It’s nicknamed “fortress Australia”.
K., you just need an exemption form & is easily granted ;)
Reason to travel could be : family issue in Singapore or sick grandpa in Thai nursing home, etc .............
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The prime minister has actually said that he won’t be giving the public a date, in which we will open the borders. This country is quite vaccine hesitant. And it’s growing. I was going to get vaccinated when I could get Pfizer. But knowing what I know now, I won’t be taking any vaccine.
Sex is the best vaccine ;)
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K., you just need an exemption form & is easily granted ;)
Reason to travel could be : family issue in Singapore or sick grandpa in Thai nursing home, etc .............
But can you travel back to Australia? Many are stranded overseas.
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But can you travel back to Australia? Many are stranded overseas.
Screw those Indians, they expect free Qantas flights !.
Yes you can , I was 2X traveling on a cargo plane from SEA , cargos have 4 - 6 extra seats , jets travel never stopped (they cost more),
diplomats travel, military too , Sputnik-5 vaccine certificate is priceless !.
OBW, pilots/air crews never died from this Covid BS.
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Yes!
It's also rife with people who enjoy being in positions of 'power' (if you could call it that).
True story. As a foreigner I need to renew my registration to stay here every few years. Last time, I go to the office, fill out the paperwork, hand it in, and the woman behind the desk looks at it, looks at me, and says "This is not correct".. I'm pretty sure I know my personal details so I ask her what's wrong and she tells me I've written my height as 182cm tall when I am obviously shorter than that.
I tell her I've been 182cm tall since I was 19 years old. She tells me to my face that I am lying. She's done this job for many years and she knows when 'people' lie about things (for 'people', read "foreigners"). I'm getting angry and tell her she's welcome to measure me, up against the wall, like I'm a child.
She sniffs and tells me she won't accept my renewal application until I tell the truth. Meanwhile, her colleague who has been watching this take place with a smile on her face says "I'll measure him!". I don't know if they had beef with each other or not, but I go "great", take my shoes off, stand against the wall and she gets her ruler and measures me TWICE from the floor to the top of my head.
"He's 182cm exactly" she announces. I resist the urge to scream "Yeah, bitch!" at the other woman who just snatches the papers from the counter, ignores us both while she types furiously into her computer and then tells me to pick up my new card from a room down the hallway.
Later that evening I pull the card out of my wallet, have a look and on the back, I notice that my height has been recorded at 181cm. This means I'll always be 1cm shorter in Germany from now on.
This type of shit happens often in bureaucracy here. Don't even get me started on my dealings with the tax department.
This story gave Matt C the dry heaves...
(http://media.giphy.com/media/DsdVe5jhHWNC8/giphy.gif)
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The prime minister has actually said that he won’t be giving the public a date, in which we will open the borders. This country is quite vaccine hesitant. And it’s growing. I was going to get vaccinated when I could get Pfizer. But knowing what I know now, I won’t be taking any vaccine.
What do you know now about the vaccines that changed your mind about them? If I were a woman, I would likely pass on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine because of what's been said in the media about it.
The U.S. wasn't and I think still isn't using the Astrazenica vaccine, but much of Europe is. I hope the media has overblown the negatives about it because several of my family who live in Germany got it....a fair while back. They are doing fine. Thank goodness.
I had the Moderna vaccine with no side effects about a month ago. Soon, like in a week or so, Oregonians will be able to go maskless and it will be business as usual with almost all restrictions removed. I'm excited to be able to go to the gym again and I have almost no fear about getting COVID.
I suspect your Prime Minister, Scott Morrison's thinking is that if he can keep Australians isolated from the rest of the world you will avoid a major outbreak of COVID. That's well and good, but you can't stay apart from the rest of the world indefinitely. If and when travel has opened up, Australians will likely be more prone contracting COVID having done very little to develop immunity to it. Instead of having herd immunity, you'll have herd vulnerability.
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What do you know now about the vaccines that changed your mind about them? If I were a woman, I would likely pass on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine because of what's been said in the media about it.
I suspect your Prime Minister, Scott Morrison's thinking is that if he can keep Australians isolated from the rest of the world you will avoid a major outbreak of COVID. That's well and good, but you can't stay apart from the rest of the world indefinitely. If and when travel has opened up, Australians will likely be more prone contracting COVID having done very little to develop immunity to it. Instead of having herd immunity, you'll have herd vulnerability.
Yes, he can & is great !. WHAT a fucking vulnerability !!!. AU is not a shitty Oregon or crazy Chicago .
Silly old fuck, who needs yours advice !.
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What do you know now about the vaccines that changed your mind about them? If I were a woman, I would likely pass on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine because of what's been said in the media about it.
The U.S. wasn't and I think still isn't using the Astrazenica vaccine, but much of Europe is. I hope the media has overblown the negatives about it because several of my family who live in Germany got it....a fair while back. They are doing fine. Thank goodness.
I had the Moderna vaccine with no side effects about a month ago. Soon, like in a week or so, Oregonians will be able to go maskless and it will be business as usual with almost all restrictions removed. I'm excited to be able to go to the gym again and I have almost no fear about getting COVID.
I suspect your Prime Minister, Scott Morrison's thinking is that if he can keep Australians isolated from the rest of the world you will avoid a major outbreak of COVID. That's well and good, but you can't stay apart from the rest of the world indefinitely. If and when travel has opened up, Australians will likely be more prone contracting COVID having done very little to develop immunity to it. Instead of having herd immunity, you'll have herd vulnerability.
What I know now is that the protein spike upon being injected into the deltoid muscle, gets dispersed throughout the body via the blood. There is known data from Pfizer. And I am not trusting any of the vaccines. The spike protein is highly pathogenic. The regulators assured everyone that the spike protein would not do this but the Japanese being the first got the data and results that they do. The CDC have known about this for a while. Doctor Robert Malone is the inventor of the MRNA technology and he’s talked about this on a dark horse podcast.
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What I know now is that the protein spike upon being injected into the deltoid muscle, gets dispersed throughout the body via the blood. There is known data from Pfizer. And I am not trusting any of the vaccines. The spike protein is highly pathogenic. The regulators assured everyone that the spike protein would not do this but the Japanese being the first got the data and results that they do. The CDC have known about this for a while. Doctor Robert Malone is the inventor of the MRNA technology and he’s talked about this on a dark horse podcast.
Very interesting. I can see why this would definitely make someone want to think hard before getting vaccinated. I'm surprised it hasn't been talked about more.
Knowing this, I likely still would have had the vaccine. The combination of my (old) age, being exposed to other people daily at home and a history of respiratory issues; including pneumonia, asthma and allergies makes me more vulnerable to getting really sick or dying from COVID. I'm not afraid of dying, but if a simple vaccine can lessen the chances of that happening sooner rather than later, it seems worth the risk to me.
I am not sure what I would do if the primary reason to be vaccinated was an inability to travel....particularly out of the county. Half my immediate family lives is Germany. It has been hard going a year and a half using 'What's App" in order to see and talk with them. I have a great-granddaughter I've yet to meet in person.
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Very interesting. I can see why this would definitely make someone want to think hard before getting vaccinated. I'm surprised it hasn't been talked about more.
Knowing this, I likely still would have had the vaccine. The combination of my (old) age, being exposed to other people daily at home and a history of respiratory issues; including pneumonia, asthma and allergies makes me more vulnerable to getting really sick or dying from COVID. I'm not afraid of dying, but if a simple vaccine can lessen the chances of that happening sooner rather than later, it seems worth the risk to me.
I am not sure what I would do if the primary reason to be vaccinated was an inability to travel....particularly out of the county. Half my immediate family lives is Germany. It has been hard going a year and a half using 'What's App" in order to see and talk with them. I have a great-granddaughter I've yet to meet in person.
No one should be afraid of dying. We are powerless to stop it- although if we are smart we can delay it a bit ;D
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But can you travel back to Australia? Many are stranded overseas.
I checked with the embassy here in germany on Thursday. Official word is not until July next year at the earliest for an expat like me.
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I checked with the embassy here in germany on Thursday. Official word is not until July next year at the earliest for an expat like me.
There is no intoruption of postal deliveries between Australia Post & Deutsche Post ;) !.
Get on 1 of those cargo flights !.
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There is no intoruption of postal deliveries between Australia Post & Deutsche Post ;) !.
Get on 1 of those cargo flights !.
The postage would be outrageous and the package wouldn't pass customs.
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There is no intoruption of postal deliveries between Australia Post & Deutsche Post ;) !.
Get on 1 of those cargo flights !.
Heh. If the postal service of both countries is anything to go by, I'd get sent to Frankfurt really quickly, sit unattended in the Flughafen for two weeks, get to Australia and wind up in Tasmania instead of Brisbane.
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Heh. If the postal service of both countries is anything to go by, I'd get sent to Frankfurt really quickly, sit unattended in the Flughafen for two weeks, get to Australia and wind up in Tasmania instead of Brisbane.
Go by International Express & you'll be in Clyde (Sydney) in 2 days :D