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UK and Ireland are crap places to live. It's official.
- Thread starter sandandfoam
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Breathe
Hostis humani generis
I could have told everyone that ages ago! 
I'm not too surprised the UK is one of the worst areas to live in Europe. (Excluding the poorer countries like, Moldova, Bulgaria, and so on)
My area is an especially bleak place to live (gun and knife crime, poverty, drug abuse and trafficking are high, as well as unemployment and poverty) - and I live in an area where they're at their worst. Someone get me out of here!
I would love forever the one who got me to Spain or Italy.
I'm not too surprised the UK is one of the worst areas to live in Europe. (Excluding the poorer countries like, Moldova, Bulgaria, and so on)
My area is an especially bleak place to live (gun and knife crime, poverty, drug abuse and trafficking are high, as well as unemployment and poverty) - and I live in an area where they're at their worst. Someone get me out of here!
I would love forever the one who got me to Spain or Italy.
HonestJoe
Well-Known Member
Well our media are certainly among the worst.
I wouldn't trust survey (not scientific study) produced by a UK company who's only motivation would have been to get some cheap promotion and thus it would be in their favour to ensure the results had the kind of negative sound bites the UK media would go for.
Their careful selection of only 10 countries and inclusion of amount of sunshine as a key factor strike me as evidence of this motivation. Quality of Life is a complex metric at the best of times and should be measured by independent professionals, not biased PR staff.
I wouldn't trust survey (not scientific study) produced by a UK company who's only motivation would have been to get some cheap promotion and thus it would be in their favour to ensure the results had the kind of negative sound bites the UK media would go for.
Their careful selection of only 10 countries and inclusion of amount of sunshine as a key factor strike me as evidence of this motivation. Quality of Life is a complex metric at the best of times and should be measured by independent professionals, not biased PR staff.
kai
ragamuffin
Me neither:no:
I personally consider percentage of the country within 100 miles of a racetrack or stage rally as important as sunshine. On that measure, the UK and Ireland are head and shoulders above many countries in Europe (though would probably still lose out to Finland).
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
Not leaving any time soon.
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
I heard a politician say yesterday that unemployment has hit 26% in the part of the country where I live.
Apparently what's left of the economy is shrinking again.
RTÉ News: Economy shrank in second quarter - CSO
I think we're goosed.
Apparently what's left of the economy is shrinking again.
RTÉ News: Economy shrank in second quarter - CSO
I think we're goosed.
Aw. :kissbette
Theres not many places i would swap to live,the UK can't be that bad as people from all over want to live here after all its still Cool Brittania
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
sandandfoam
Veteran Member
I agree but what'll we do when they've finished giving all our money to the banks and there's no work for anyone?
If you're old or sick you're goosed.
kai
ragamuffin
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
It would be great if it wasn't for the British and Irish people living there.