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Re: Blog Thread IIIa : Look Who's Blogging Now
The Seldom Killer:
--- Quote from: SonofZ3 on 23 Feb 2011, 07:51 ---
Also, Pittsburgh was number 29, so 28 world cities are better to live in, and none of them are in the US. What the fuck US? 29th is the best you can do?
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A heavy weight is put on all gun related crime as violent crime as well as things like obesity levels (inherently tied to culture and environment) non-vehicular access to facilities (I think somewhere like Pheonix has a accident and emergency hospital that it is illegal to access without a car), air pollution levels and so on. The US does a lot of things very well, alas when it doesn't do something well, in the view of the developed international community, it tends to do them very badly. It's this counterbalance that knocks US cities down the scale. Other more "livable" cities might not do somethings as well, but it will do other things less badly. Events like New Orleans revealed the massive social inequities that exist in the US but by and large "the American Dream" isn't that interested in redressing them. Although by no means exemplified by the American members of this board, there exists a national social tendancy towards greed and selfishness.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: The Seldom Killer on 23 Feb 2011, 07:32 ---I've always taken a Man Cold to be any ailment that is not a cold but a man is toughing out and saying "it's just a cold"
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huh, I was just joking but I was actually close.
--- Quote from: SonofZ3 on 23 Feb 2011, 07:51 ---In a study about the world's most livable cities, Pittsburgh was the highest ranking US city. I'm fairly surprised about this, but I've never lived in another large city to know what an "unlivable" city is like.
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I've lived in many large cities, including New York, Pittsburg, and now Chicago, so I might have some insight. I'll bet cost of living was a big factor in the rankings, since other cities cost so much more than Pittsburgh. That's certainly a large part of why I enjoy living in Chicago more than I did New York; for less rent I can have a bigger apartment and not live in a food desert.
Tom:
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 23 Feb 2011, 08:10 ---But the US does have some of the worst healthcare in the world and almost the highest newborn infant death rate too.
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Defunding planned parenthood is a great idea though.
Lines:
--- Quote from: Tom on 23 Feb 2011, 11:44 ---
--- Quote from: Ptommydski on 23 Feb 2011, 08:10 ---But the US does have some of the worst healthcare in the world and almost the highest newborn infant death rate too.
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Defunding planned parenthood is a great idea though.
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I don't know if you're serious or joking, but no. It's not. This one of the few issues that has seriously pissed me off.
Tom:
I am joking, Linds. Preventative medicine, public health initiatives, etc. should be of the upmost importance for all societies.
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