[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Monique

Where can I find the list of the best places to live??

There is no universal "best" places to live. It all depends on your own preferences and tastes. For example, person A may like no taxation and doing everything for themselves (i.e. take out private health care and what have you), while person B might like to not have to worry about that sort of stuff and have taxes and nationalised care services.

Depends what you personally want.

[Monique]

Originally Posted by Doofy

There is no universal "best" places to live. It all depends on your own preferences and tastes. For example, person A may like no taxation and doing everything for themselves (i.e. take out private health care and what have you), while person B might like to not have to worry about that sort of stuff and have taxes and nationalised care services.

Depends what you personally want.

I mean that list from the United Nations.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by Monique

I mean that list from the United Nations.

1) Iran
2) Syria
3) Lebanon
4) North Korea

Or something like that

-t

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Monique

I mean that list from the United Nations.

It'll be somewhere on http://www.undp.org

[Oisín]

“Knut Skurtveit”? Wtf?

Norwegians are nuts, the lot of them.

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Judge_Fire

The worst climate in the world seems to stretch from the UK, through southern Europe all the way to Japan, due simply to the fact that the houses are built like crap.

Up here, it can be -25C outside and you can happily hop around naked indoors, all warm and cosy. Preferably in your own home, even here.

In Japan, you need to burn kerosene while hiding under blankets wearing a sweater and it's still damn cold in winter. Friend of mine survived Venice in winter, but only barely.

Build quality + intelligent insulation = less pain

True that. Living here in sunny queensland where the temperature never goes below 15�C we still freeze our asses off due to zero insulation. I'm from Norway, but damn if I ever had to sleep with two doonas and my clothes on to keep warm in winter before now. Brrrr.

[Kerrigan]

Ya I second that notion.

In UK, typically the whole house will be chilly except for the areas immediately around the boiler and heaters. If you crank it up to try and even things out, it doesn't work, and individual rooms start getting scorching hot.

The only time when it's pleasant is early spring, and from there it's downhill as it starts getting hot and muggy inside homes (unless you have a cooling system).

[Oisín]

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

True that. Living here in sunny queensland where the temperature never goes below 15�C we still freeze our asses off due to zero insulation. I'm from Norway, but damn if I ever had to sleep with two doonas and my clothes on to keep warm in winter before now. Brrrr.

How can you need double duvets and clothes to feel warm at 15�C, even with bad insulation?

I sleep in boxers and with one duvet, and I keep all windows open to get a proper draught through the place, even in the deepest of winter.

Sleep in cold places = good. Sleep in warm places = bad.

(Why the hell won’t it accept the degree symbol? UTF broken? āȳṉǖ—nope, not UTF, just the degree symbol. Weird.)

[- - e r i k - -]

Originally Posted by Oisín

How can you need double duvets and clothes to feel warm at 15�C, even with bad insulation?

Acclimatization

[Kevin]

SWG would feel right at home

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/s...415240,00.html