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Newsweek's The World's Best Countries (Poland ranked 29)


zetigrek  
19 Aug 2010 /  #91
I thought its something like 74 for a man and 78 for a woman

edit. its 71 for male and 79 for female

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southern  73 | 7059  
19 Aug 2010 /  #92
its 71 for male and 79 for female

Imagine how much better it would be if they ate junk food.
Natasa  1 | 572  
19 Aug 2010 /  #93
If Poland would be full of tycoons, filthy rich and decadent then maybe....tja ;)
plk123  8 | 4119  
19 Aug 2010 /  #94
Imagine how much better it would be if they ate junk food.

it's not the junk food but all the preservatives.. ;) :D
tow_stalin  - | 57  
19 Aug 2010 /  #95
hmmm... this thread should be named "why fast-food isn't popular in poland"...

maybe we should recall worst fast-food we ever ate in poland and then recommend it to sheila?

my proposition is: kebab bar, located in center of sosnowiec, next to Kiepura monument. it's cheap, unhealthy and stinks. its just perfect for you sheila :)
king polkakamon  - | 542  
19 Aug 2010 /  #96
f Poland would be full of tycoons, filthy rich and decadent then

Then it would be Russia.
OP AussieSheila  5 | 75  
19 Aug 2010 /  #97
Imagine how much better it would be if they ate junk food.

Amazingly, we are apparently the 2nd fattest nation in the world after the US, and we are right behind US in fast food consumption. We love our Mc Donald's Big Macs, Hungry Jacks Ultimate Double Whoopers and we gorge on our KFC Bucket of Chicken. Yet we are healthier, sexier, sportier, wealthier and live longer than all eurotrash countries except Iceland and Switzerland. ne ne ne ne
king polkakamon  - | 542  
19 Aug 2010 /  #98
Amazingly, we are apparently the 2nd fattest nation in the world after the US,

Congratulations.

We love our Mc Donald's Big Macs, Hungry Jacks Ultimate Double Whoopers and we gorge on our KFC Bucket of Chicken.

And you had to leave this country and go to the sh1tty Poland?Why?I wonder why,did you think Wawel is a hamburger line?
sascha  1 | 824  
19 Aug 2010 /  #99
...to explore the "haute cuisine" of fast food in Europe...
Seanus  15 | 19666  
19 Aug 2010 /  #100
You are just British convicts looking for ways to shake off that tag ;) ;)

For cleanliness, food, technology, standard of living and women, Japan is no 1 :) :) As an all-rounder, it's in a league of its own :)
Mr Grunwald  33 | 2115  
19 Aug 2010 /  #101
1. Finland
3. Sweden
6.Norway
10.Denmark

I must say Northern Europe go go go! :D
Nathan  18 | 1349  
19 Aug 2010 /  #102
It is basically Eastern Europe if you accept Monaco-Strasburg as the dividing line ;)
cinoeye  - | 5  
31 Aug 2010 /  #103
I'm really wondering why was Serbia left out the list? I know we are not Switzerland, and we would not be ranked as high as maybe Greece, but was this just an overlook or something else?
Seanus  15 | 19666  
31 Aug 2010 /  #104
Why do you feel Serbia should be there?
sascha  1 | 824  
31 Aug 2010 /  #105
Because of the warm people.

Pljeskavica ;-)
cinoeye  - | 5  
31 Aug 2010 /  #106
Seanus, I believe the list should represent all of the countries in the world, right?
I have just realized, Montenegro, Bosnia and MAcedonia are also left out!
Seanus  15 | 19666  
31 Aug 2010 /  #107
The Balkans has never received the recognition it deserves after bouncing back from the civil war of 92-95. A war which, we must remember, the West helped stoke up and kickstart.
cinoeye  - | 5  
31 Aug 2010 /  #108
Maybe Balkans is not correct, since Greece, Albania, Romania, Croatia and Slovenia are ranked. Maybe just x-YU republics, or at least 4 of 6. ;)
Seanus  15 | 19666  
31 Aug 2010 /  #109
Albania? Why would they be ranked here?
convex  20 | 3928  
31 Aug 2010 /  #110
The Balkans has never received the recognition it deserves after bouncing back from the civil war of 92-95

Didn't need much stoking...

What kind of recognition are you talking about? Serbia and Macedonia are a dump. Bosnia is coming along quite nicely. The coastal countries are huge tourist and investment magnets.

And remember Balkans doesn't mean Yugoslavia :) The Greeks and Bulgarians are Balkan too :)
Seanus  15 | 19666  
31 Aug 2010 /  #111
It needed some stoking, that's for sure.

Natasa, that doesn't look right and doesn't square with what my tour guide from Shkoder told me. Sascha, would you go to Albania as a Serb or is it too dangerous?
convex  20 | 3928  
31 Aug 2010 /  #112
Albania? Why would they be ranked here?

Might have something to do with it being a developing country with a fairly high standard of living compared to income. It sits about equal with Serbia on the HDI, even though GDP per capita is half that of it's neighbor.
Seanus  15 | 19666  
31 Aug 2010 /  #113
Maybe, yes.
cinoeye  - | 5  
31 Aug 2010 /  #114
Albania is on the list as 57th.
COnvex, thank you for sharing you opinion abut Serbia and Macedonia. Praising Bosnia just uncovers the reason why you spit on Serbia. Anyhow, EVen if Serbia, Montenegro and MAcedonia are the biggest dumps, you really think that Ethiopia, Botswana, Tanzania..should be ranked ahead!? haha

you are one really funny guy!
jadis  
31 Aug 2010 /  #115
Might have something to do with it being a developing country with a fairly high standard of living compared to income.

Living off human trafficking and scrap metal can get you only so far...
Seanus  15 | 19666  
31 Aug 2010 /  #116
Such lists are a waste of time, really. Not worth paying attention to.
sascha  1 | 824  
31 Aug 2010 /  #117
Sascha, would you go to Albania as a Serb or is it too dangerous?

Seanus. I am GERMAN(unlike other rumors here :-)).

I was there in the 90's frequently on business trips and then it was a sh1thole. Don't know how it looks now. Not interested.
Seanus  15 | 19666  
31 Aug 2010 /  #118
Aha, es tut mir leid! Germany, eh? BB doesn't seem to think so.

Germany is in the top 10 in the list? I imagine so
convex  20 | 3928  
31 Aug 2010 /  #119
COnvex, thank you for sharing you opinion abut Serbia and Macedonia.

You're welcome. Montenegro is awesome, same goes for Slovenia and Croatia. I thought that Bosnia was extremely well developed. The people were nice, and it felt like being in any other "western" country. I was only in the south, but I thought it was very nice. I don't know what you're getting at with the African countries. I never made any comments one way or another about the rankings.

Living off human trafficking and scrap metal can get you only so far...

Tell me about it.
Seanus  15 | 19666  
31 Aug 2010 /  #120
I imagine most of the country to be nice, even Podgorica ;)

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