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What Developed Country do you Envy?

Australia 10 18.87%
 
Canada 5 9.43%
 
Denmark 0 0%
 
Germany 6 11.32%
 
Japan 10 18.87%
 
Norway 3 5.66%
 
Sweden 4 7.55%
 
United Kingdom 3 5.66%
 
USA 1 1.89%
 
See Results 11 20.75%
 
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zumnupy10 on 11 February 2013
DanneSandin said:
zumnupy10 said:
DanneSandin said:
zumnupy10 said:
I am happy with my country and don't envy other nations. But I like the following countries:

-Japan
-Austria
-Denmark

Denmark? DENMARK?! D:< come to Sweden instead, we got much prettier girls ^^


I miss that girl. 

Yeah, they DO have one or two lookers, don't they?

They sure have at least one.



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kain_kusanagi on 11 February 2013
Bajablo said:
kain_kusanagi said:
DanneSandin said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Michael-5 said:
kain_kusanagi said:
I live in the USA so I don't envy any other country.

I fail to understand the logic.

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Getting interesting results from both threads. People seem to envy countries with better economies (Germany, Japan, Northern Europe, Canada, South Korea) and dislike high profile, high population, and politically hostile countries (USA/UK and China).

Guess Cold is good, and too many opinions are not.

I'll spell it out for you then. I live in the United States of America which while not flawless has everything I want so I do not feel any need to move to another nation. I think after work I'll go target shooting, then have some Burger King, watch Star Wars and play some Halo 4. It's good to be an American.

Like I said I've love to visit many other nations, but I'll always come back to the land of the free and the home of the brave

You make it sound as if no other country has Burger King, or they can't watch Star Wars or play Halo :P And you're not the only country to be the home of the free and the brave :P We in Sweden enjoy everything that you listed, plus free healthcare, free education and less school massacres... And we haven't been to war for almost 200 years. That's almost as long as the US has existed...

And the OP makes it out as something negative that we don't have a larger military force? Why should we have that? As I said above, we haven't been in war for almost 200 years (next year it the anniversary!!), so that's actually a pro, not a con imo...

But I can envy the US for it's very large scoop; you can swim in the tropics, drive through the desserts and go hiking in the dense woods. That's kinda wonderful. And all the Mediterranean countries has such a long history and wonderful weather; what's not to like about that?!

This thread is not about dumping on other counties. I'm not going to criticize any nations. I don't want to live in Sweden. It does not appeal to me. I'm sure you like it, but I don't want to live there. I'd like to visit one day.

That list was an example of American culture. The burger is American as well as Hollywood blockbusters and my favorite game series. I have healthcare, we both pay for it, you just do it with taxes and I received an education, first half paid with taxes.

BTW, I'm sure your European neighbors will send a congratulations card for your 200 years of peace while they morn the heroes they lost in WWI and WWII. That's not a criticism of Sweden it's just odd to me to celebrate remaining neutral when faced with such rampant evil. Different cultures believe different things to be important. As an American I have American values and you have Swedish values.

This isn't a competition or an excuse to trash other nations. The OP asked what countries you envy, not which countries to you despise. I mealy said that I want nothing more than I can already get from the USA.

I'm very happy with my country and don't want it to change so I can keep going target shooting, eating American food, watching American blockbusters, enjoying American video games, playing American sports, and enjoying the outdoors thanks to biggest and best national parks program in the world. American is big, varied, beautiful, fun, and free. Just the way I like it and I'm not looking for anything more or less.

I just hope I don't live long enough to see it change.

American = mix of everyone that went there during the colonisation. you are:
english, dutch, french... and so on. you just forgot that part. ;)

The Great Melting Pot of America is one of my favorite things about. So many people from so many other cultures coming together to make a new culture.



NintendoPie on 11 February 2013

I don't "Envy" any other country, but I do see Japan and South Korea as great examples of countries. I also "like" Canada.



Zappykins on 11 February 2013

While Italy, France and Spain have great universal health care, something my country desperately needs. I would say New Zealand. They seem just so civilized, peaceful and intelligent.

Although Belgium and The Netherlands seem to be the leaders in many important and progressive civil rights issues. Plus, their chocolate is very good.



 

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Michael-5 on 11 February 2013
Proclus said:

If I had to pick which country to be born in, it would be my own, Australia.

Suitable alternatives would be Japan, New Zealand, North Korea & Thailand.

I should have eliminated South America and put in Australia/New Zealand, and maybe merged UK with that instead of USA.



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Augen on 11 February 2013
DanneSandin said:
zumnupy10 said:
I am happy with my country and don't envy other nations. But I like the following countries:

-Japan
-Austria
-Denmark

Denmark? DENMARK?! D:< come to Sweden instead, we got much prettier girls ^^


That would be saying something as Danish ladies I have known are quite attractive.

Put me in the Northern Europe group, and no not just for the women (that honestly might be tough for more homely folks like me anyways there) but because of the culture.  I feel like I belong when I've been there more than any place on Earth.  I "get" the people and the way they see society.  I am fine paying higher taxes to have health care and education not constantly be a burden.  Honestly, I think those countries are the ones beside my own (United States) I would die to protect such a way of life.



Michael-5 on 11 February 2013
Augen said:
DanneSandin said:
zumnupy10 said:
I am happy with my country and don't envy other nations. But I like the following countries:

-Japan
-Austria
-Denmark

Denmark? DENMARK?! D:< come to Sweden instead, we got much prettier girls ^^


That would be saying something as Danish ladies I have known are quite attractive.

Put me in the Northern Europe group, and no not just for the women (that honestly might be tough for more homely folks like me anyways there) but because of the culture.  I feel like I belong when I've been there more than any place on Earth.  I "get" the people and the way they see society.  I am fine paying higher taxes to have health care and education not constantly be a burden.  Honestly, I think those countries are the ones beside my own (United States) I would die to protect such a way of life.

I agree, some of the types of laws are so intelligent in scandinavian countries.

For example a speeding ticket isn't a set fine in finland. It's actually a fraction of your total annual income. I think a speeding ticket is 0.5% of your income for the first offense within a year, 1% on second, and 2% on third. So someone who makes $100,000 a year gets a $500 fine, where someone who only makes $20,000 a year only pays $100.

Canada is actually very similar to Northern European countries in terms of liberalistic laws and such.



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Marks on 11 February 2013

Australia, for their weather and great beaches.



aikohualda on 11 February 2013

germany.... i envy their language and the people that can speak the language :(



 

Bajablo on 12 February 2013
kain_kusanagi said:
Bajablo said:

American = mix of everyone that went there during the colonisation. you are:
english, dutch, french... and so on. you just forgot that part. ;)

The Great Melting Pot of America is one of my favorite things about. So many people from so many other cultures coming together to make a new culture.

Yeah :) it's kinda cool. I like the US
Only sad part is the stupid are allowed to breed too :(, but that could be said for allmost any country.
US is just a bit over-represented with the stupids



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