Today I saw a clip that was supposedly left out of Michael Moore’s movie Sicko. It saw that based on numerous metrics (healthcare, average earnings, quality of life, environmental protection, etc.) that Norway is the best country in the world to live in. I don’t know if I can disagree.
When I was 12, I spent a summer in Kragero, Norway, and it was absolutely beautiful. I will likely have to go back at some point to visit my relatives there. Currently living in Denmark and having visited Oslo and Stockholm within the last few weeks, I feel that maybe one day I will want to move back to Scandinavia, even if it’s simply for retirement. It is a gorgeous area, the people are laid-back, friendly, and the most beautiful (physically) in the world…and it is a great place.
One factor that may hold me back is the cost of living however. The taxes are high throughout Scandinavia, most pressingly so in Norway. It’s almost socialist concerning how much money the government takes, as well as how many people the government employees. But for a small group of people (only a handful of million citizens) this seems to be an effective approach. As the world gets bigger and more over-populated I wonder if Noway will be able to keep it’s currently system.
