mackem 30,317 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 We are slipping way down in the league,dropping yearly whereas we used to be first division,I wonder how long it is before we rank alongside DRC and Chad?Makes you wonder why we seem to be number one destination for "Asylum seekers" in Europe? might be pretty in the autumn, but Britain only ranked 28th in the world's best places to live list.Britain is the 28th best country to live in - just one place above debt-ridden Greece, according to the United Nations Human Development Index 2011. The index looked at 187 countries and based its rankings on three areas of human development: life expectancy, education, and the standard of living based on average income. Britain dropped two places from last year, being overtaken by the Czech Republic and Singapore. Taking pride of place at the top of the list was Norway, for the second year running, followed by Australia, the Netherlands, America, and New Zealand. And at the bottom? The Democratic Republic of Congo ranked the worst place to live, where citizens have a life expectancy of just 48 years and 60% of the population is living below the poverty line. Children attend school for an average of just 3.5 years, and maternal mortality rates are high, with 670 women dying for every 100,000 live births. In fact, the 10 countries making up the last places in the list are all in sub-Saharan Africa, according to news.com.au. Guinea, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Chad, Mozambique, Burundi, Niger, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, take up the bottom places. The UN says that these nations suffer from lower life expectancies due to treatable illnesses like malaria and AIDS, as well as conflict-linked fatalities; limited or no schooling opportunities, and inadequate salaries. According to the Metro, a Briton's life expectancy is .2 years – an increase from 79.8 in 2010. However, we earn almost £10,000 less than our Norwegian counterparts and their children benefit from an extra year of schooling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stabba 10,745 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Shame really...although somalia being 27th is a little frightning :laugh: 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artic 595 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Great Britain is a lovely place to live in, I wouldn't change it for anything. I can see GB dropping nearer to 10 by 2018 British culture is superb! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Great Britain is a lovely place to live in, I wouldn't change it for anything. I can see GB dropping nearer to 10 by 2018 British culture is superb! you pull that date out of the air or is it inside knowledge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artic 595 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Great Britain is a lovely place to live in, I wouldn't change it for anything. I can see GB dropping nearer to 10 by 2018 British culture is superb! you pull that date out of the air or is it inside knowledge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,317 Posted November 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 British culture is superb British "culture" is eroded,its vanishing. can see GB dropping nearer to 10 Your perfectly correct in your assumption,I can also see it DROPPING lower down the ranks,I was 'Oop North yesterday,I remember the area as a kid,100% totally white,yesterday was like being in Londons East End,every other shop is/was Asian,FFS theres even an Afro-Caribbean hairdressers?I did have one chuckle though,someone had opened an off-licence called "AMY's WINEHOUSE". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 dunno we might drop even lower after watching the worlds strictest parents on bbc3 cringing here watching how disrespectfull british kids are,.seriously bad lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 29,446 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 im amazed norway is top,,,, dont they have the highest suiside rate in the world?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Attack Fell Terrier 864 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Hhhhmmm, funny how shit we're getting as more and more 3rd world garbage comes into our country. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxfan 479 Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 im amazed norway is top,,,, dont they have the highest suiside rate in the world?? Yea, but they're not in the EU, so at least they're free to make their own mistakes. We're not alone in the troubles we have, is it realy coincidence that the same things are happening all over Europe and in the states ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craigyboy 1,274 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Great Britain is a lovely place to live in, I wouldn't change it for anything. I can see GB dropping nearer to 10 by 2018 British culture is superb! what the feck have you been drinking artic great britain was a lovely place to live in and i can think of a hundred things i'd like to change,i can see us going down the list,this country as gone to shit, and as for our culture being superb,thats one of the reasons this country has gone to shit,our culture as virtually disapeared and with every passing year a bit more is lost, it wont be long until its totally vanished and forgotten 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 30,317 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 "Culture" is the set of shared values,attitudes,goals and practices that characterise a country,"Shared"????What does your average Joe Bloggs living in Winchester or Dagenham or Newton Aycliffe share with the 1.2 million pakistanis(or their 1'st or 2'nd generation off-spring)living in the uk,or the 110,000 Somali(not including secondary migration Somali with euro passports who have migrated here)or the 160,000 nigerians?44 different nationalities were invilved in the recent riots,leastways thats how many nationalities and ethnicities were identified,thats how well they are integrating and adopting british culture,we arent culturally strong anymore,its being diluted,multiculturalism never has,never will exist,its a spin-word invented by some second rate parliamentary spin-doctor to make the bitter pill of mass immigration easier to swallow,its just a panacea to make us feel better. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob190364 2,594 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 I wish people wouldn't keep putting things like this up..............it's f'ckin depressing me!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carraghs Gem 1,699 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 where does ireland come in those rankings? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob190364 2,594 Posted November 4, 2011 Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 where does ireland come in those rankings? they've been relegated :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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