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Thursday, September 4, 2008 10:07:06 AM

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Not complaining, but I'm thinking of printing this and keeping it in my pocket for all the "you must be really grateful for the opportunity of living in France" or "Singapore, isn't that some backwater in China?" type people we seem to keep meeting here... wink



From http://www.offshore.hsbc.com/1/2/international/how-can-we-help-you/expat-explorer/expat-explorer-lifestyle

Made me laugh!A1GP

Comments

MossMan Thursday, September 4, 2008 10:18:03 AM

Actually - you have to remember that this is from an ex-pat's point of view... I really, really don't believe the *average* person experiences more luxury and better accomodation in France than in the Netherlands, for example!

If you are relocated to France, you might get better perks as part of the incentive... the normal Dutch lifestyle wouldn't require perks like that. wink

P*nutP*Nut Thursday, September 4, 2008 12:16:00 PM

Well, at least you're not in the shit-hole that the UK clearly is! lol

Linhellownurse Friday, September 5, 2008 9:19:07 AM

Why is the longevity of France 5??

Although I'm not surprise France score a miserable average of 5! LOL

Ye know, I wouldn't mind living in Hong Kong wink

Eliane a/k/a Ellymomable Friday, September 12, 2008 2:42:02 AM

Expats from what country made this? They surely don't like India! lol

P*nutP*Nut Friday, September 12, 2008 5:26:56 PM

India does well on luxuriousness though and "earn and save" whatever that is...

(I am assuming "15" means 15 points, not 15th position, as that fits with Singapore coming first.)

Eliane a/k/a Ellymomable Sunday, September 14, 2008 1:40:17 AM

Very interesting...

MossMan Monday, September 15, 2008 9:15:04 AM

It was a survey of a few thousand people, but like I said it does seem to be very subjective of the experiences of certain types of ex-pat.

Nevertheless, I wanted to show yet another case where people who actually have the experience have rated France totally the opposite way round to how many ignorant French think they stand in the world.

EhsanEsikhafan Monday, September 15, 2008 3:32:02 PM

i thought Norway has the highest standard of living

MossMan Monday, September 15, 2008 3:47:48 PM

Not many ex-pats in Scandanavia, I suppose... wink

I heard that you get paid your old salary for years by the Danish government if you lose your job there!

Dicque Magnetics Tuesday, December 2, 2008 10:40:11 AM

Looks that I will become the oldest form this survey... wink

Longevity in France:
Everybody smokes and drinks (and then ends drunken with the car kissing a tree), that explains the low longevity....

MossMan Tuesday, December 2, 2008 1:01:46 PM

Certainly true about bad driving over here. I read some statistic about car crashes being the major cause of death for everyone under 40. And the smoking and drinking is true as well.

Dicque Magnetics Tuesday, December 2, 2008 1:39:29 PM

How is the non-smoking rule working out in France BTW? In NL there is a huge discussion on this topic because since july it is not allowed to smoke in bars and restaurants any more. Due to the credit crisis the turn -over of the bars and restaurants plummeted and of course this is the fault of the smoking-ban, so the bars and restaurants want to allow smoking again awww

Any thing similar in France on this topic?

MossMan Tuesday, December 2, 2008 3:08:15 PM

There was a lot of blah-blah about it in January - but in fact since then I've not heard anything in the news or from friends and colleagues.

It used to be really horrible to drink a beer in a Gitanes-filled bar, but since we don't live in town any more we haven't been to pubs or restaurants much recently - so I don't know if it made a big difference or not. The last few times we went out for a drink or a meal was during the summer, so we were sitting outside.

MossMan Tuesday, December 2, 2008 3:10:30 PM

One thing I definitely noticed was that the shopping centre near work doesn't stink of smoke any more - the cafés and lunch-restaurants used to smell and look like chimneys, now they seem a lot more pleasant yet just as full as before.

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