Stockholm 'world's most livable city'

www.thelocal.se ^ | 09/22/2007 | The Local

[WesternCulture]

Correction:

The region is named ‘Småland’.

[stormer]

“...and they say that the French...”

I’ve heard statements like this from others, and in my experience it simply isn’t true. I find Parisians to be generally polite, not pushy, reserved, and if you’re in need of help, very accommodating. My French is sucky to nonexistent, but with a smile you can accomplish a lot. I find Paris to be much less threatening than many American cities, and beautiful as well.

[WesternCulture]

Don’t you have maths where you live?

Those statistics support my claim that Scandinavian suicide rates are ‘average’ sooner than ‘high’.

[opbuzz]

The Swedes in Minnesota were the most prejudiced people I ever Met.

The Dumb Swedes were always calling Finns the “Dumb Finns”!

But the Dumb Norwegians did the same.

[wku man]

The best vehicle I have ever owner was a '94 Jeep Wrangler...drove that thing 230,000 miles without so much as a hiccup (aside from normal maintenance, that is). I nearly cried when I had to sell it. I have also owned two Ford trucks (and continue to own one), one Ford van, and a Chevy Monte Carlo. I was satisfied with all of them. OTOH, my first car, a Datsun B-210, had chronic carburetor and brake problems, and the Nissan Sentra wagon I used to own had chronic electrical problems.

I have never owned a European vehicle, and while I'm sure they are fine machines, I feel no need to rush out and buy one simply because it's European. When Saab or Volvo start making pickup trucks, I will give them proper consideration, I'm sure.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[americanbychoice3]

Are they going to build a wall around Malmoe to keep the muslims in and the Swedes from losing their heads?
Sarc.
The only place in Sweden where it is not very good to live? Ask the Police who don’t venture out in certain neighborhoods there.

[Publius6961]

Provincial towns don't count.

I have it on good authority that the most beautiful city in the world is Prague...

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

My French is sucky to nonexistent, but with a smile you can accomplish a lot.

I said that the French do not like to hear French spoken with an English accent. Since you can't do that, naturally you would have no problem.

[Porterville]

This may be, but Stockholm is no where near the California Coastline, so it is a stupid point to begin with.

[WesternCulture]

“Provincial towns don’t count.

I have it on good authority that the most beautiful city in the world is Prague...”

- Prague is widely regarded as a very beautiful capital, but most would agree Rome and Paris can compete.

Stockholm is beautiful with all the water, the old steam boats etc, but the only real landmark it has is the City Hall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_City_Hall

Vienna is another very beautiful capital.

Places like Berlin and London are great but not especially beautiful IMO.

[WesternCulture]

“The only place in Sweden where it is not very good to live”

- Rosengård, Malmö is perhaps the only true ‘ghetto’ in Scandinavia, but Bergsjön in Gothenburg and Rinkeby as well as some other parts of Stockholm come close.

By the way, a place that once was ghetto-like in Sweden is Angered here in Gothenburg, but this area has improved a lot during the last ten years. Today, there are many nice houses there and people drive decent cars.

Concerning Rosengård;

http://youtube.com/watch?v=byQD8VPhvdM

However, all of Malmö isn’t like this. Malmö is paradise compared to L.A.

[kabar]

Don’t you have maths where you live? Those statistics support my claim that Scandinavian suicide rates are ‘average’ sooner than ‘high’.

Yes, we have "maths." The list I provided has 100 countries listed. Finland [#12], Denmark [#28], Sweden [#30], Iceland [#35], and Norway [#44]. Numerically, all of these countries are in the top half of the listed 100 countries, i.e., the top 50. That does not make the rate average, but rather high, especially Finland, Denmark and Sweden in the top third of all countries.

[ken21]

there’s only

4 hours of sunlight

on december 21st.

[Enchante]

Paris is beautiful in the historic cultural core, but a lot of the sprawl there, and especially the northern suburbs, can be as ugly as almost any urban sprawl. Still, the city’s well-deserved reputation comes from the famous areas along the Seine, etc.

[WesternCulture]

“there’s only 4 hours of sunlight on december 21st.”

- True. But during the Midsummer period, the sun actually never sets.

I have seen many beautiful parts of this world (and the US is one of them for sure!), but home is where my heart is:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2NmpbK2xmCY

[CORedneck]

Talking about IKEA, I been to one in CA. Like the place and the stuff they sell. Too bad they are private - would like to buy stock in the company.

[WesternCulture]

“Talking about IKEA, I been to one in CA. Like the place and the stuff they sell. Too bad they are private - would like to buy stock in the company.”

- No person or couple would decorate their home solely with IKEA furniture (except in Russia perhaps), but I’d say IKEA has something to offer to everyone.

I agree it’s a shame you can’t buy IKEA stock, but try this Swedish company instead;

http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/100/100801.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%26M

I’ve more or less decided to buy stock in H&M myself (even though I know very little about fashion).