[SunkenCiv]

...or expatriates, the tiny Persian Gulf county Bahrain ranks as one of the most welcoming places to work... Bahrain ranked first in one key measure of how easy it is for expatriates to set up a new life for their families. It received high marks from expats who like the country's easy access to modern health [care]

Has something to do with Bahrain's natural-born citizens (I'm sure Obama can produce a birth certificate) not wanting to do any work for themselves. Saudi Arabia's got a foreign work force amounting to about 25 percent of its population for the same reason.

[hennie pennie]

I think it's pretty interesting, but I'd want to see a survey that only had U.S. expats for respondants, to find out which places they like best.

In the mid 90s there was an interesting set of forums for expats that I occasionally lurked at, the stories were fascinating.