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Originally posted by yourmaker
really? canada #1?? I live in suburban Vancouver and I want to move because everyones an asshole.
the east indians especially, i'm not racist but they are the rudest meanest people ever. and they keep coming by the thousands. their children become gangsters and try to rob you. and no i'm not generalizing an entire race.
3/4 of them become little gangster wannabes and their parents could care less until they are on the news front and centre. either it's REALLY bad everywhere else or they just made a simple error but Canada isn't my first choice.
maybe the newfies are kind and the nova scotians, but here on the west, it sucks.
Originally posted by VreemdeVlieendeVoorwep
The criteria used for deciding on this was the following :
1 How easy it is to befriend locals.
2 Learn the language
3 Fit into the new culture
4 How easy it is to integrate into the community.
About the survey
The Expat Explorer survey, now in its third year, is the largest independent global survey of expats. Commissioned by HSBC Bank International and conducted by a third party research company, more than 4,100 expats based in 100 countries across the globe were questioned between April and June 2010.
United States number 4? I think it all depends on where you go actually.
Originally posted by new_here
Definitely... if you visit me, I will shower you with oodles of charm and hospitality, like Momma taught me a Southern Belle ought to. Then I'll make you eat grits...
Malaysia advertises itself as ‘truly Asia’, ‘multicultural’ (working hard towards monocultural Islamic) and the ‘Image of an Ideal Muslim country.’ It’s not as ideally Islamic as the ‘Islam only’ Maldives (Island Paradise or Islamic Hell? - 15-08-08) or Saudi Arabia but it’s well on it’s way!
Malaysian settlement extends over 5000 years. The Malays are not the indigenous people who are still present. Like the Maldives, Malaysia had a Hindu and Buddhist base until Islamic traders began arriving ~11th century and finally, following a significant ‘convert’, spread in 14th, 15th century. For most of its history Malaysia wasn’t Islamic! Let’s hope the Malays realise this and exit Islam! Complete Islamization was slowed by the Hindu-Buddhist background, no Arab ‘conquest’, mixed population and involvement of the Portuguese, Dutch and finally British from the 16th -20th century (Japanese in WWII.) Chinese and Indians entered over a long period, particularly during European involvement with Chinese majorities in several areas. Under the British, all residents regardless of race were equal British subjects. The Chinese were originally poor but very industrious and educated their children. They developed a wide range of businesses, farms, plantations, mines, insurance and banking while the sultans who overspent became indebted to them. The British fostered education for Malays who entered the police, military, and administration.
At independence, the British proposed equal citizenship for all regardless of race- this didn’t suit Muslim Malays. The Malays have horrendously discriminated against non-Malays/non-Muslims to enhance Malay/Muslim economic and political power. Every assistance is given to Malays/Muslims –land, education, low interest loans to businesses, government tendering to Malays, tax breaks, technical and administrative jobs etc! The Chinese who built much of the economy are forced to ‘Malayanise’ their management –and suffer penalties! There is systematic positive discrimination in favour of Muslims. The Constitution was changed to make illegal any criticism, even in Parliament, of the Malaysian monarchy, the special position of Malays in the country, or the status of Malay as the national language (reference) .
Originally posted by ArMaP
Learning the local language
1 - Canada
2 - Bermuda
3 - United States
4 - United Kingdom
5 - Australia
6 - Mexico
7 - South Africa
8 - Spain
9 - France
10 - Philippines
11 - Singapore
12 - Germany
13 - Belgium
14 - Switzerland
15 - China
16 - Malaysia
17 - Netherlands
18 - Russia
19 - Hong Kong
20 - United Arab Emirates
21 - Thailand
(from what they say on the site, this information is about how easy it is for children to learn the language of the new country, and they say that they didn't had enough data for the other four countries)
[Now some more statistics (I love statistics )
Using the local language
1 - Bermuda
2 - France
3 - Spain
4 - United Kingdom
5 - Mexico
6 - Germany
7 - Belgium
8 - United States
9 - Thailand
10 - Switzerland
11 - Canada
12 - Netherlands
13 - China
14 - Australia
15 - Russia
16 - Singapore
17 - Malaysia
18 - Saudi Arabia
19 - Hong Kong
20 - South Africa
21 - India
22 - Philippines
23 - Bahrain
24 - Qatar
25 - United Arab Emirates
Malaysia doesn't sound very friendly to me - if you are not one of Allahs chosen people!
Learning the local language
1 - Canada
2 - Bermuda
3 - United States
4 - United Kingdom
5 - Australia
Originally posted by VreemdeVlieendeVoorwep
The criteria used for deciding on this was the following : 1 How easy it is to befriend locals.
2 Learn the language
3 Fit into the new culture
4 How easy it is to integrate into the community.
Here is the top 10 - 1 Canada,
2 Bermuda
3 South africa
4 USA
5 Australia
6 Spain
7 France
8 Britain
9 Malaysia
10 Germany
Where are you on the list? And would you agree with this?
Here is the link to the article.
VVV
Originally posted by snowspirit
Originally posted by yourmaker
really? canada #1?? I live in suburban Vancouver and I want to move because everyones an asshole.
the east indians especially, i'm not racist but they are the rudest meanest people ever. and they keep coming by the thousands. their children become gangsters and try to rob you. and no i'm not generalizing an entire race.
3/4 of them become little gangster wannabes and their parents could care less until they are on the news front and centre. either it's REALLY bad everywhere else or they just made a simple error but Canada isn't my first choice.
maybe the newfies are kind and the nova scotians, but here on the west, it sucks.
I was raised in Vancouver, and it is one of the unfriendlier places in Canada. It's too busy. It also has a high crime rate.
Since then, I've lived in Penticton - very friendly, Kelowna - not as much, and I'm now in Saskatchewan and it's very friendly. Especially away from the cities. I've heard Alberta is also nice, especially the north. If I move again, it'll be northern Alberta.