By FutureExpat, on May 28th, 2010

Every year, Mercer conducts a Quality of Living survey. Results for 2010 were announced a couple of days ago.
Vienna, Austria, keeps its #1 spot for another year. Top 10 cities worldwide for quality of living are:
Vienna, Austria
Zurich, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland
Vancouver, Canada
Auckland, New Zealand
Dusseldorf, Germany
Frankfurt, Germany
Munich, Germany
Bern, Switzerland
Sydney, Australia
The first US city on the list
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By FutureExpat, on March 10th, 2010

A couple of days ago, Limbaugh, self-proclaimed leader of the far right, told an on-air caller he will leave the country if health reform passes. Read the article
Limbaugh said he would go to Costa Rica. The only problem with that plan? Costa Rica has universal health care.
According to International Living:
“Costa Rica has universal
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By FutureExpat, on December 30th, 2009
International Living’s annual Quality of Life Index. Every year, IL produces a Quality of Life index, which usually differs quite a bit from their recommendations on best places to retire. France has topped the list for several years running.
France (was #1 last year as well)
Australia (moved up from #5 in 2009)
Switzerland (down one
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By FutureExpat, on December 8th, 2009
According to Forbes.com, Bahrain scored the top spot in HSBC’s recent survey of 3,100 expats. They admit this might be a fluke — only 31 responses came in from Bahrain, compared to 450 from the UK, for example. But it’s an interesting list, nonetheless. Canada moved down from its No. 1 spot last
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By FutureExpat, on October 15th, 2009
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute is multi-layered expat novel, which was made into a TV mini-series in 1981. It has been one of my favorites for a long time, not only because of the expat themes, but because it also features a strong female protagonist who overcomes some truly daunting obstacles.
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By FutureExpat, on May 18th, 2009
Vienna State Opera
Forbes Magazine has published a list of the top 20 cities in the world to live in. Europe took the most honors, with three of little Switzerland’s cities (Zurich, Geneva and Bern) in the Top 20 and Vienna, Austria at the top of the list. There were two from Australia
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