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Canada is too high in the list, Ireland probably too high, there is no way in hell Italy should be ranked higher than the US.
South Korea/ Japan/ Singapore / China are hard to rank, they have great quality of life but they have to work like maniacs so probably not the best life if you need to work and make money.
India higher and Philippines so close to brazil is a joke.
There rest is more or less consistent for the places I have been to. I would just rank Brazil a bit higher overall.
Comment by papai_psiquico at 10/03/2025 at 03:31 UTC
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I live in Japan and thought is was low on the list. I live here because I think it’s the best place to live in the world right now. The money goes a long way compared to when I lived both in Brazil and Europe, all public services are top notch, free education until end high school is almost a reality for the entire country now, health care is cheap and good, basically free for my kid. The downsides of Japan are a little xenophobia and woman/gays rights. As a foreigner here I feel zero social pressure the Japanese feel so I can’t comment on that. The workaholic culture is overly exaggerated in my 10 years here, I worked late maybe three months in total. Japan is a workers job market, it’s a dumb personal choice staying in a black company. With the recent reforms All stats point to it being exaggerated with USA and even Nordic countries working more in average.
Comment by whirlpool_galaxy at 09/03/2025 at 21:06 UTC
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Why shouldn't Italy be ranked higher than the US? They have much better labour rights and social services, not to mention the higher food standards. Politically it's a mess and always has been, but it's still one of the wealthiest countries on Earth.
Comment by PhilipWaterford at 09/03/2025 at 19:33 UTC
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Depends on the metric. Ireland was once listed as the best country in the world to live taking in such things as safety, happiness, schooling, work/leisure balance, access to healthcare etc.
I'm actually surprised it's only 9th on this particular list but then they haven't won eurovision in a while so maybe it's deserved.