What's the best country in the world?

[djc206]

Robertj21a said:

Strangely enough, some nutter called Trump has been very impressed by it..........

He's never been has he?

[Robertj21a]

djc206 said:

He's never been has he?

Not yet - he was just impressed by the produce coming out of the country.

[djc206]

Robertj21a said:

djc206 said:

He's never been has he?

Not yet - he was just impressed by the produce coming out of the country.

I'd question how good Slovenia was given she left it to be with that clown.

[Ayahuasca]

King Herald said:

Se7enheaven said:

UK gets my vote.
If you like noise . Cheap / fake and inferior quality goods. Infrastructure that doesn't work. Horrendously dangerous road network with no rules ,and drivers with zero common sense. well this place is for you.
Beautiful countryside with stunning views , but unfortunately the locals make it their aim in life to litter it into oblivion. Such a shame .

I spent 20 of the last 27 years living in Asia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines, and you echo my sentiments perfectly.

Singapore is not really dirty, but they have a very similar third world mentality as the others, behind the shiny front.

It is a joy to be back in the UK, clean, tidy, organised, civilised etc. It has its bad points, but they are far outweighed by the good. Most British people don't realise just how good they have it here, compared to the rest of the planet.

I do miss the continual 'adventure" of living in the third world, but eventually the 'quaint idiosyncrasies' turn into highly frustrating tedium.

I have lived the last ten years in Latin America, and I can echo all the points that you make.

[David87]

I've not been to an awful lot of places, but of those I have been, Scotland would take some beating. My wife and I plan to retire there.

[paua]

C70R said:

vsonix said:

C70R said:

New Zealand, only in some parts. Infrastructure is dreadful (bordering on non-first-world) and inequality is rife, but the coffee and people almost make up for it.

It's a mostly rural economy based round farming. Dirt tracks are all that are needed in many places. True, getting from the East to West coast of the South Island can be very difficult if the weather has been severe, and the earthquakes have really messed st up for a lot of people. But 'inequality'... of course there are rich and poor people but actually it's a lot easier to find work that pays OK out there. I was making the equivalent of £120 a day labouring in fields. I would say the inequality in NZ isn't a patch on parts of the UK like Cornwall or South Devon.

Getting anywhere on the South Island is miserable. Single-lane roads only, and one of those (Picton-Kaikoura-Christchurch) has been closed completely or partially for almost four years. Modern it is not.
I think my 'inequality' point was made a little inelegantly. I meant to highlight that there are a lot of poor, miserable people, who spend their days tapping away at gambling machines in pubs and sports clubs.

Closed four years my aaarse. I live in Kaikoura. My industry (paua diving ) has been largely destroyed by the quake though.

[sneijder]

Norway without doubt, you have to be of a certain frame of mind to get on here though.

[RBH58]

Europa1 said:

Robertj21a said:

Ayahuasca said:

40,000 years of development and all they have come up with is the boomerang, face painting and the didgeridoo?

Have you forgotten Crocodile Dundee ?

And the rotary washing line (I read somewhere).

Not to mention that hilariously mental Holden "ute".

Okay....I'm going to leap to my country's defence and list some Australian inventions...

Blackbox flight recorder
Inflatable aircraft escape slide
Combine harvester
Jump stump plough
Photocopier
Differential gears
Variable ratio rack and pinion steering
Aspirin
Ultrasound
The pacemaker
Physiotherapy
Gene shears
Bionic ear (Cochlear implant)
Cervical cancer vaccine
Bluetooth
Jindalee "over the horizon" radar
The refrigerator

...there are many more....

[RobDickinson]

I dont care what Australia invented, we have the better scenery

Akaroa Aurora by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

Mt Cook by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

Astro Workshop by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

Scorched earth by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

The Devils In The Detail by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

New Brighton by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

Wharariki Dawn by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

[Mothersruin]

I've spent more of my adult life out of the UK, either as an expat or as a soldier. Middle East and Africa mainly with stints in Germany and Asia (Singapore & Thailand). I've traveled within the regions extensively.

I'm now settled back in the UK - and for all it's faults, it by far the best country I've ever been to, let alone lived in.

My Indian wife, who's also lived in Asia and the Middle East, will happily concur.

I like the US but I wouldn't want to live there. Dunno why. I guess that I'd be happier in some remote mountain town in Utah.

Only been to Canada on Exercise so not really representative.

Europe - needs to sort the immigration stuff out.

Not been to South America and I'd love to check out Patagonia and Chile, but I can't imagine them being better than the UK.

I've come to the conclusion that you really do need to travel away from the UK to appreciate it.

Edit-Nice Rob.- The Church/Milky Way jux is awesome.

Edited by Mothersruin on Saturday 19th August 01:16

[RBH58]

RobDickinson said:

I dont care what Australia invented, we have the better scenery

Agree Rob....you do.

I just get annoyed by the assertion that Australia only invented the rotary clothes line. LOL

[RobDickinson]

RBH58 said:

RobDickinson said:

I dont care what Australia invented, we have the better scenery

Agree Rob....you do.

I just get annoyed by the assertion that Australia only invented the rotary clothes line. LOL

You just wait for Kiwi's to invent stuff and steal it

[Colonial]

RobDickinson said:

RBH58 said:

RobDickinson said:

I dont care what Australia invented, we have the better scenery

Agree Rob....you do.

I just get annoyed by the assertion that Australia only invented the rotary clothes line. LOL

You just wait for Kiwi's to invent stuff and steal it

We'll be stealing the Kiwi's inferiority complex next

[RobDickinson]

Colonial said:

We'll be stealing the Kiwi's inferiority complex next

Nah mate you need some of our politicians, they are second rate but better than what you have

[Colonial]

RobDickinson said:

Nah mate you need some of our politicians, they are second rate but better than what you have

We already found out some of them were part kiwi and kicked them out.

[RobDickinson]

A sad loss there then

[Colonial]

RobDickinson said:

A sad loss there then

It's been pretty shameful. Just an archaic bit of the constitution.

Love the pics btw. Have to get over the ditch. I hear nothing but positive things.

[Einion Yrth]

RBH58 said:

Okay....I'm going to leap to my country's defence and list some Australian inventions...

Blackbox flight recorder
Inflatable aircraft escape slide
Combine harvester
Jump stump plough
Photocopier
Differential gears
Variable ratio rack and pinion steering
Aspirin
Ultrasound
The pacemaker
Physiotherapy
Gene shears
Bionic ear (Cochlear implant)
Cervical cancer vaccine
Bluetooth
Jindalee "over the horizon" radar
The refrigerator

...there are many more....

I only bothered to check a couple, and to claim them as Australian inventions would be, at best, rather tenuous in it's link to reality.

Best go back to the rotary clothes line.

[Moonhawk]

Einion Yrth said:

I only bothered to check a couple, and to claim them as Australian inventions would be, at best, rather tenuous in it's link to reality.

Best go back to the rotary clothes line.

Most of that list is inaccurate - I have only been able to verify three (and one of those was invented by an Englishman who happened to be working in Australia)

[uncinqsix]

Moonhawk said:

Most of that list is inaccurate - I have only been able to verify three (and one of those was invented by an Englishman who happened to be working in Australia)

We New Zealanders have come to expect this from Australia. They have quite a track record of claiming others' achievements as their own.

They're welcome to Russell Crowe though. He's definitely Australian.