>>Google is your friend ;-)
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>>Surely, then, you can at least provide me with the specific name of the study, and I'll search it myself. :)
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>I think he probably means this one (by International Living):
>http://www.internationalliving.com/Internal-Components/Further-Resources/quality-of-life-2010

I guess this sums up how much reliance we should put on these results. SNIP:
"Since the statistics we gathered don’t always reflect our own experiences, we sometimes interject a subjective factor to make the numbers better reflect reality. "

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>I saw it somewhere else last week (many sites are quoting it).
>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/07/2010-quality-of-life-inde_n_413765.html
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>Snippet:
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>Using what seems to be a semi-statistical reasoning (data is used, but so is personal experience), the countries have been ranked in 10 categories - Cost of Living, Culture and Leisure, Economy, Environment, Freedom, Health, Infrastructure, Safety and Risk, and Climate.
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>As usual, the rankings have provoked equal shock and happiness from different quarters - Brits seem exceptionally upset, although not surprised, that their ranking has dropped below that of the Czech Republic.
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