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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 13, 2023 6:14:56 GMT
I will start by saying that I absolutely never believe the "best" rankings for anything. The U.S. News & World Report survey purports to have collected the opinons of " 17,000 people across 36 nations" which is meant to impress us, but it's kind of ridiculous. There are certainly not even 17,000 people in the entire world who are qualified to rank countries compared to each other. How much do we know about Iran, Canada or Latvia, really? But people absolutely love to give their opinion, even (or especially) if they are completely ignorant. The best restaurants or the best look on the red carpets are equally ridiculous, but most of us are hooked enough to at least give the lists a look. So here is this one: Best Countries in the World
Actually, I enjoyed taking the little personal quiz in the article, which mercifully has only ten questions ("Find the best country for you."). Weirdly enough, it decided that the best country for me is France. 
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Post by bjd on Sept 13, 2023 7:43:38 GMT
I got France too!
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Post by whatagain on Sept 13, 2023 8:27:58 GMT
Only 4 of those would be in my top 10.
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Post by htmb on Sept 13, 2023 8:55:53 GMT
Switzerland for me.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 13, 2023 14:32:15 GMT
I got Canada!
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 13, 2023 16:37:34 GMT
Switzerland followed by Canada and UK.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 13, 2023 16:59:20 GMT
Is Denmark on the list?
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Post by Kimby on Sept 13, 2023 17:02:09 GMT
PS. Wharton School produced Donald Trump, so I wouldn’t trust ANYthing coming from them!
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Post by fumobici on Sept 14, 2023 4:54:17 GMT
I got Italy as my personal "best country" in the quiz, much to my surprise! I didn't expect it to even be in the mix.
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Post by fumobici on Sept 14, 2023 5:08:15 GMT
Agreed about Wharton. Any school that would graduate an imbecile like Trump is just a diploma mill for the priviliged wealthy. The Ivies generally are also good at that, lots of intellectually lazy, complete dummies from rich families graduate no problem.
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Post by lugg on Sept 16, 2023 18:59:03 GMT
Oz for me and I think that is probably pretty good , I guess the Maldives was never going to be an option
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Sept 17, 2023 21:05:54 GMT
I got Japan |
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Post by mossie on Sept 18, 2023 6:53:48 GMT
So did I!!!, certainly well down my list
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Post by Kimby on Sept 18, 2023 23:01:48 GMT
New Zealand for me. I could live with that.
I didn’t see the list of 2nd 3rd and 4th place though…
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Post by Kimby on Sept 19, 2023 1:14:38 GMT
So I tried to retake the test so I could see the other countries on my top 5 list. Came up with Switzerland as my #1 this time! And New Zealand wasn’t even in the top ten!
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Post by whatagain on Sept 20, 2023 6:48:08 GMT
I got Netherlands.
I contemplate committing suicide.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 20, 2023 10:42:45 GMT
I took the test again and still got France, followed by United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Switzerland.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 20, 2023 14:56:32 GMT
I got Netherlands. I contemplate committing suicide. 
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Post by whatagain on Sept 20, 2023 18:15:47 GMT
Latvia !
If only for her new PM.
Smart looks and looks smart.
And young - at least by my standards : 48.
Evika Silina.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 21, 2023 15:08:38 GMT
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