What Country To Do You Live In, And Rate It.

[buxgoddess 1]

It did not surprise me to find that a few people ou t here actually gave their nation a 0/10. It is obvious that this is likely to hapen given the fact that the saying goes - grass on the other side of the river is always greener.Lets assume that the condition in the country is pethatic, be it culturally, politically, civil amnities, etc, etc. Now, how many of them actually came out of their stupid boxes to practically go and find a solution to these problems. It is not always money or people that is needed to get the feel good factor increase. Its the inner motivation and the involvement to do sometthing good for the society, that is most missing item resulting in 0/10. This could otherwise be 10/10. One of the person from Pakustan said 8/10 for the country he belongs and 10/10 for USA. Reason - he is a muslim and believes that the mayor and the police in his country are Terro rists. Very strange.

[Alex Cicala 0]

Victoria, Australia.6.7/10Government does nothingLaw system is hopelessAtmosphere is good but deceivingMulticulturalPublic Transport needs work

[contactskn 2]

I am a proud Indian and don't want any rating for my country. ?WE ARE THE BEST. We are called the GURU in many fields.Mythology LogicMathematicsSoftwares etc.We have the third best army in the whole world. We had freedom fighter's like GandhiJi, SubhashJi and soooo ooooooooonnnnnnnn. As the list extends a long.?That's Why I love my INDIA.?More over we have one of the most beautiful National flag also.We also have wonders like TAJ MAHALJAI HIND.....

Edited July 16, 2009 by contactskn (see edit history)

[inverse_bloom 0]

Adelaide, South Australia. Reasonably safe country. Government has its issues like any other but doesnt seem to have too much bureaucratic nonsense as others do. Infrastructure such as roads is underfunded. Economy is reasonable (but partially due to us being a hard working country).Multiculturism is highly promoted but we have our share of problems like any other. Its kinda laid back in Australia but then again it depends were you are. People can get a bit agro or display attitude and fight amongst each other, especially towards genX or genY generations.?Since im in the genX category 6.5/10. Its ok, but i dont experience much friendliness here. I'd rather move to someplace in europe (sweden/switzerland) if i could.

[sofiaweb 0]

Canada, maybe 11/10

[DodgyPhil 1]

Canada, maybe 11/10

Ha, I know a lot of Canadians who say that Canada is awesome- but that might just be opinion.
I live in London, England. I'd give it an 9/10

Pros:
-Almost all companies have headquarters in London, and there are an amazing amount of jobs.
-A very large mix of super-rich and super-poor. Sounds odd, but I like variety.
-Fantastic infrastructure, the tube system makes it easy to travel anywhere.
-Lot's and LOT'S of stuff going on; large china town, oxford street shopping, westfields shopping centre (incredibly fancy, just twenty minutes from my house by foot)
-Beautiful architecture
-The most cosmopolitan city in Europe. More languages spoken in London than any other city. It's called 'the seventh great French city', and is famed for having more Irish people than most Irish cities.

Cons:
-Few boundaries between rich and poor areas generates crime. I live in a lower-middle class area, but two streets away the houses cost Ł1,000,000 each, and two streets in the opposite direction is a heavily criminal area with large tensions between Sri Lankans, West-Indians, Pakistanis.
-Quite ugly in parts. Because of all the company headquarters areas like 'Park Royal' are literally composed of nothing but factories and high rise offices. There are only a few houses.
-Heavy congestion charge. Large amounts of traffic make it impossible to drive anywhere in the centre of London.
-Relatively high crime. I'm in West London (the safest part) and I've been mugged at knife point three times this year, and a friend of mine was punched into unconsciousness for saying something vaguely racial when he was drunk. (I would say serves him right, but it wasn't supposed to be offensive and he was BLIND DRUNK)

Sorry for the late post, but this is a good topic.

[kshan 0]

I live in India.I give it 10/10. Because of freedom, so many Religion,Lots of Festivals We are Celebrating in India. I Love India.

[DodgyPhil 1]

I live in India.I give it 10/10. Because of freedom, so many Religion,Lots of Festivals We are Celebrating in India. I Love India.

I still can't believe that homosexuality is outlawed though.. My family has tonnes of Indian connections (my great grandfather was stationed in India in the late 1800s) and subsequently I have a dozen Indian cousins and two aunts who live there. One of my cousins is a self-professed homosexual who moved away from his area because of threats from the law and general scorn by the community; regardless of the fact that he loved his country.
I just find it odd that such a steadily developing country that has universities and technology better than the west still holds onto quite a backward tradition. That's the only qualm I have with India's claim to 'freedom'.

[Soviet Rathe 1]

Illinois, North AmericaRate 1/10

[eInfiniti 0]

I went through 3 web pages of the comments and ratings on this topic. Here are some of my observations.- Those who say that they live in the United States and Canada give relatively consistent ratings of about 8/10. They frequently mention freedom and terrorism.- Those that live in Australia or New Zealand also give relatively consistent ratings, mostly 10/10 but sometimes 9/10. UK generally gets 7/10 or 8/10. I probably did not see any ratings from West European countries on the continent.- Those that live in India, parkistan, Mexico, Phillipines, China, Poland, Ukraine, and so on give ratings over a wide range, pretty much between 0/10 and 10/10. In other words, they have very different opinions.Have you got the idea from the above? Notice also that the ratings are self-ratings, given by the residents themselves. They may or may not have lived in more than one country. They may or may not have traveled abroad much. They have different backgrounds and perspectives. In addition, rating of your own country's living condition has to do with national pride or even political inclination. Anyway, the statitics and some of the comments are quite interesting.

[darko100 1]

Good: Nice country, beautiful nature, great history, honest people...and this is too much..
Bad: economy, political trouble, recent wars, they dont want us in EU, problems with Haag and Kosovo, coruption, slow internet connection, everything is warez, nothing original, ... ya want more?

I live in Macedonia , i also think the same about the good and the bad... But i rate it 6/10

[magnafrost 0]

I still can't believe that homosexuality is outlawed though.. My family has tonnes of Indian connections (my great grandfather was stationed in India in the late 1800s) and subsequently I have a dozen Indian cousins and two aunts who live there. One of my cousins is a self-professed homosexual who moved away from his area because of threats from the law and general scorn by the community; regardless of the fact that he loved his country.I just find it odd that such a steadily developing country that has universities and technology better than the west still holds onto quite a backward tradition. That's the only qualm I have with India's claim to 'freedom'.

Homosexuality WAS illegal. Thats actually not the case any more. It is still held with a little scorn in society though.

Oh and on topic. I'm from India and I'd give it a 8/10.

Pros: Everything you can think of like freedom.

Cons: Horribly pretentious and hypocritical politicians who couldn't be more selfish and make life just so unfair (Fake votes, reservation, corruption.. Yuck!)

[DodgyPhil 1]

- Those that live in India, parkistan, Mexico, Phillipines, China, Poland, Ukraine, and so on give ratings over a wide range, pretty much between 0/10 and 10/10. In other words, they have very different opinions.

You're right; I think a lot of it comes down to national pride. Here in the west the prevalence of national pride is decreasing, mostly due to our obsession with 'roots' (for example, Irish Americans who celebrate St. Patricks day like no tomorrow but wouldn't be able to point out Ireland on a map) and the fact our governments are eager to promote multi-culturalism (unlike multi-racialism, which I think is great, multi-culturalism always makes national pride a taboo and stops immigrants from integrating into society). A lot of us also don't realize how lucky we are. So many teenagers think the grass is greener on the other side (while messing around with their iPads on the way to their private schools). I am a wealthy English teenager but I realize what I have and thank my parents every day, even the government. I don't laugh at my country's history because I realize how crucial it was for our development. I read about British philanthropists from the 1800s and think, dang, we've always had a good streak and now that we do have widespread racial tolerance and a much smaller gap between the rich and the poor, we complain. People from less economically developed countries don't have the same stigmas. They may come from low income neighbourhoods and suffer from horrendous crimes (from gangsters and police) yet they're proud of their country because that's where they were born and it's never going to change. It's why you'll always here chants of "pakistan zindabad!!" during political unrest in Pakistan, but when it starts raining in Britain people start saying "I want to get off this island as soon as possible".

Homosexuality WAS illegal. Thats actually not the case any more. It is still held with a little scorn in society though.

Ah, soz. My bad. Also the fact that the original ban on homosexuality was put in place by us British.

[anwiii 17]

the op said to rate a country and he named and rated north america. so much for this turning out to be an intellignt thread...magna- i think many people will disagree with you on india being a freedom country. i can argue that all day longdodgy- i love st. patricks day. i also like me irish whiskey. i have less than a quarter irish in me, but i think i relate more to them than other nationalities.i live in the u.s., specifically missouri but was raised in california. i the only way i can rate is if i am allowed to rate two things....1: i rate the u.s. a 10/10 if i have to compare it to any other country2: i rate it about a 7/10 on it's own with no comparisons. the place still sucks in many ways but there are also benefits and privlidges here that you can't get anywhere else in the worldin my opinion, everything started going downhill after the 15th amendment of the u.s. constitution and our bill of rights aren't what they used to be. you also hardly EVER hear someone refer to themselves as a sovereign anymore. it's because the government has created way too many "laws" to regulate it's "citizens"

[iAssistant 1]

I live in the Philippines and when it comes to beauty of the nature. I can rate it 9.5/10