Where is your "happy place"?

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  1. bluefrog

    bluefrog Go Blazers, GO!

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    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released the Better Life Index. It ranks the quality of life in OECD countries based on 11 categories of metrics -- housing (including data on "rooms per person," "dwellings with basic facilities," and "housing expenditure"); environment ("air pollution" and "water quality"); and work-life balance ("employees working very long hours" and "time devoted to leisure and personal care"), among others.

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    You can weight the metrics to get a personal ranking of countries that fit your preferences. Mine are all really cold-ass countries, apparently (Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, etc...)
     
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    This index is flawed as its missing the availablity of quality ass metric.
     
  3. MARIS61

    MARIS61 Real American

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    Looks like Canada, Denmark, Netherlands and Switzerland are my spots. I rated education, environment, health, civic engagement and gender equity highest. But I don't think the Swiss have marriage equality (yet!) so cross it off. Sorry, Heidi.
     
  5. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Apparently we should all move to Switzerland.
     
  6. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    My happy place is next in line for Mrs. HCP...
     
  7. blazerboy30

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    There isn't really a metric that represents freedom and individuality, and not being controlled by the government and the masses. That is an important aspect for me that isn't available on this site.
     
  8. BLAZINGGIANTS

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    So, you're happier waiting in line, thinking about being sloppy seconds (as opposed to be in action)?

    You're probably happier as the sidekick (Pipper) than the man (MJ)?
     
  9. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    BoBoBREWSKI BURP!

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    When I saw this thread title, I thought to myself, "there's gotta be an HCP wife reference in here!"
     
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