哪个国家最适合居住（一）
正文翻译
Which is the best country to live in?
哪个国家最适合居住？
哪个国家最适合居住？
评论翻译
It is a country that is alive:
I can describe The Netherlands as “vivid” or “alive”. There is just so much to do, no matter where you are. Because we are a small country with over 17,000,000 inhabitats, the place is crowded, but in a good way. Unless you are living up in the far north or on the islands, I can not imagine anyone living more than 10 minutes away from shops, a mall, restaurants, a night club or any kind of attraction (and this goes for practically the entire country!). Floortje dessing (a dutch Tv presentor that does a lot of travel shows) said that there is no country like The Netherlands in terms of things that someone can do and that are actually accesible within the area. There are festivals everywhere, you can have a terrific night out in basically any city that has more than 30,000 inhabitants and the party in the bigger cities is on basically every night of the week. I live in, what is considered, a rural part of the Netherlands and even here we have a large shopping center, plenty of bars and plenty of restaurants. Personally, I cannot help to think that equally sized cities in Germany are very dull and depressing.
Infrastructure
The Netherlands has the #1 infrastructure in the world. This means that you can cross the country in any kind of way in a reasonable time. Everything is within a good distance and navigation is very very clear. The public transportation is excelent, allthough some people can not stop complaining about it (it is in our nature). This also means that moving out for college might not be neccesary at all and going out in another city an hour away is no problem. Are you a account manager? Hell why not go to Amsterdam in the morning, then go to your client in Arnhem and Finish of the day in Eindhoven to drive Back to your house in Enschede. It is all very possible.
这是一个充满活力的国家：
我可以用“生动”或“有活力”来形容荷兰。不管你在哪里，都有很多事情要做。因为我们是一个拥有1700多万居民的小国，这个地方看似拥挤，实则很好。除非你住在遥远的北方或岛屿上，否则我无法想象有人住在离商店、购物中心、餐馆、夜总会或任何景点10分钟以上的地方（这几乎适用于整个国家！）。Floortje dessing（荷兰电视节目主持人，做了很多旅游节目）说，就人们可以做的事情而言，没有哪个国家能像荷兰一样，在该地区实际上可以做到：到处都有节日，你可以在任何一个拥有30000居民的城市里度过一个美妙的夜晚，而大城市里基本上每晚都在举行派对。我住在荷兰的一个农村地区，即使在这里，我们也有一个大型购物中心，有很多酒吧和餐馆。就我个人而言，我不得不认为，德国同等规模的城市非常乏味和令人沮丧。
荷兰拥有世界第一的基础设施。这意味着你可以在合理的时间内以任何方式穿越这个国家。一切都在一个恰当的距离内，导航非常清晰。公共交通很好，尽管有些人不能停止抱怨（这是我们的天性）。这也意味着去外地上大学可能根本没有必要，到一个小时以外的另一个城市去也没问题。你是客户经理吗？见鬼，为什么不早上去阿姆斯特丹，然后去阿纳姆寻找客户，在埃因霍温结束一天的工作，开车回你在恩斯切德的家呢。这一切都很有可能。
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Teun Koldeweij, Owner at scxted Consultancy
Teun Koldeweij，脚本咨询公司的所有者
Teun Koldeweij，脚本咨询公司的所有者
Okay I might be a little biased on this one. I am dutch and also living in The Netherlands. I go out on vacation once in a while to Germany, France, Czech republic, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Switzerland and Austria. Now I am going to explain (from the point of view of a 23 year old student) why The Netherlands is the best country to live in.
Now before I start let’s look at some comparison material. In many rankings The Netherlands would make it into the top 5 of best countries to live in, mostly together with scandinavian countries and Switzerland. I will use some of my own opinions about these countries to reflect on things happening in The Netherlands.
Let’s start with the strong points of the Netherlands:
我是荷兰人，也住在荷兰。我可能对这个话题有点偏见。我偶尔去德国、法国、捷克共和国、意大利、西班牙、克罗地亚、希腊、土耳其、瑞士和奥地利度假。现在我要解释（从一个23岁学生的角度）为什么荷兰是最适合居住的国家。
在开始解释之前，让我们看一些比较材料。在许多排名中，荷兰将跻身最适合居住的国家前五名，其中大部分是斯堪的纳维亚国家和瑞士。我将用自己对这些国家的一些看法来反馈荷兰发生的事情。
让我们从荷兰的优势开始：
Now before I start let’s look at some comparison material. In many rankings The Netherlands would make it into the top 5 of best countries to live in, mostly together with scandinavian countries and Switzerland. I will use some of my own opinions about these countries to reflect on things happening in The Netherlands.
Let’s start with the strong points of the Netherlands:
我是荷兰人，也住在荷兰。我可能对这个话题有点偏见。我偶尔去德国、法国、捷克共和国、意大利、西班牙、克罗地亚、希腊、土耳其、瑞士和奥地利度假。现在我要解释（从一个23岁学生的角度）为什么荷兰是最适合居住的国家。
在开始解释之前，让我们看一些比较材料。在许多排名中，荷兰将跻身最适合居住的国家前五名，其中大部分是斯堪的纳维亚国家和瑞士。我将用自己对这些国家的一些看法来反馈荷兰发生的事情。
让我们从荷兰的优势开始：
It is a country that is alive:
I can describe The Netherlands as “vivid” or “alive”. There is just so much to do, no matter where you are. Because we are a small country with over 17,000,000 inhabitats, the place is crowded, but in a good way. Unless you are living up in the far north or on the islands, I can not imagine anyone living more than 10 minutes away from shops, a mall, restaurants, a night club or any kind of attraction (and this goes for practically the entire country!). Floortje dessing (a dutch Tv presentor that does a lot of travel shows) said that there is no country like The Netherlands in terms of things that someone can do and that are actually accesible within the area. There are festivals everywhere, you can have a terrific night out in basically any city that has more than 30,000 inhabitants and the party in the bigger cities is on basically every night of the week. I live in, what is considered, a rural part of the Netherlands and even here we have a large shopping center, plenty of bars and plenty of restaurants. Personally, I cannot help to think that equally sized cities in Germany are very dull and depressing.
Infrastructure
The Netherlands has the #1 infrastructure in the world. This means that you can cross the country in any kind of way in a reasonable time. Everything is within a good distance and navigation is very very clear. The public transportation is excelent, allthough some people can not stop complaining about it (it is in our nature). This also means that moving out for college might not be neccesary at all and going out in another city an hour away is no problem. Are you a account manager? Hell why not go to Amsterdam in the morning, then go to your client in Arnhem and Finish of the day in Eindhoven to drive Back to your house in Enschede. It is all very possible.
这是一个充满活力的国家：
我可以用“生动”或“有活力”来形容荷兰。不管你在哪里，都有很多事情要做。因为我们是一个拥有1700多万居民的小国，这个地方看似拥挤，实则很好。除非你住在遥远的北方或岛屿上，否则我无法想象有人住在离商店、购物中心、餐馆、夜总会或任何景点10分钟以上的地方（这几乎适用于整个国家！）。Floortje dessing（荷兰电视节目主持人，做了很多旅游节目）说，就人们可以做的事情而言，没有哪个国家能像荷兰一样，在该地区实际上可以做到：到处都有节日，你可以在任何一个拥有30000居民的城市里度过一个美妙的夜晚，而大城市里基本上每晚都在举行派对。我住在荷兰的一个农村地区，即使在这里，我们也有一个大型购物中心，有很多酒吧和餐馆。就我个人而言，我不得不认为，德国同等规模的城市非常乏味和令人沮丧。
荷兰拥有世界第一的基础设施。这意味着你可以在合理的时间内以任何方式穿越这个国家。一切都在一个恰当的距离内，导航非常清晰。公共交通很好，尽管有些人不能停止抱怨（这是我们的天性）。这也意味着去外地上大学可能根本没有必要，到一个小时以外的另一个城市去也没问题。你是客户经理吗？见鬼，为什么不早上去阿姆斯特丹，然后去阿纳姆寻找客户，在埃因霍温结束一天的工作，开车回你在恩斯切德的家呢。这一切都很有可能。
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Education:
After the USA and the UK, The Netherlands is one of the countries with a lot of good universities (most notable is probably Delft University). While the University of Zurich might be very notable, The Netherlands houses a lot more universities with, allthough a slightly lower score, very good credentials. Overall the universities are definitly better than in Scandinavian countries. For researchers, the dutch scientific publisher Elsevier might be a good way for people doing research in The Netherlands to get noticed. In a recent study, researches found that dutch childeren were the happiest and also the best performing at elementary school. Scandinavian countries might brag about their superior educational system, but we are definetely doing something right here. Overall, study pressure is low and allows students to take on other activities, such as sports or doing social work.
Sports
Apart from winter sports (okay scandinavia and Zwitserland you are much better in this), the Netherlands is able to compete in almost every sport. Allthough The Netherlands is foremost a football country, we are also highly competitive in field hockey, baseball, formula 1, darts, swimming, sailing, rowing, speedskating, fighting sports and cycling. This is because sport facilities are among the best in the world and childeren are introduced to sports at a young age. Every year, The Netherlands manages to bring home some gold medals or world cups. If you are looking to do sports in The Netherlands, youll have plenty of choices within cycling distance. The times that people would think strange of you for choosing hockey over Football are also long gone.
教育：
荷兰是继美国和英国之后拥有许多优秀大学的国家之一（最著名的可能是代尔夫特大学）。虽然苏黎世大学可能是非常著名的，但荷兰拥有更多的大学，虽然分数稍低，但资历很好。总的来说，这些大学绝对比斯堪的纳维亚国家的好。对于研究人员来说，荷兰科学出版商爱思唯尔(Elsevier)可能是一个让在荷兰从事研究的人获得关注的好方法。在最近的一项研究中，研究发现荷兰儿童在小学是最快乐的，也是表现最好的。斯堪的纳维亚国家可能会吹嘘他们优越的教育体系，但我们肯定正在这里做一些事情。总体而言，学习压力较低，允许学生从事其他活动，如体育或做社会工作。
体育
除了冬季运动（斯堪的纳维亚和兹维瑟兰在这方面做得更好），荷兰几乎可以在所有运动中参与竞争。尽管荷兰最重要是足球运动，但我们在曲棍球、棒球、一级方程式、飞镖、游泳、帆船、划船、速滑、格斗运动和自行车等方面也具有很强的竞争力。这是因为体育设施是世界上最好的，儿童在很小的时候就开始从事体育运动。荷兰每年都会设法带回一些金牌或世界杯。如果你想在荷兰进行体育运动，在自行车方面你会有很多选择。人们对你选择曲棍球而不是足球感到奇怪的时代也早已过去了。
After the USA and the UK, The Netherlands is one of the countries with a lot of good universities (most notable is probably Delft University). While the University of Zurich might be very notable, The Netherlands houses a lot more universities with, allthough a slightly lower score, very good credentials. Overall the universities are definitly better than in Scandinavian countries. For researchers, the dutch scientific publisher Elsevier might be a good way for people doing research in The Netherlands to get noticed. In a recent study, researches found that dutch childeren were the happiest and also the best performing at elementary school. Scandinavian countries might brag about their superior educational system, but we are definetely doing something right here. Overall, study pressure is low and allows students to take on other activities, such as sports or doing social work.
Sports
Apart from winter sports (okay scandinavia and Zwitserland you are much better in this), the Netherlands is able to compete in almost every sport. Allthough The Netherlands is foremost a football country, we are also highly competitive in field hockey, baseball, formula 1, darts, swimming, sailing, rowing, speedskating, fighting sports and cycling. This is because sport facilities are among the best in the world and childeren are introduced to sports at a young age. Every year, The Netherlands manages to bring home some gold medals or world cups. If you are looking to do sports in The Netherlands, youll have plenty of choices within cycling distance. The times that people would think strange of you for choosing hockey over Football are also long gone.
教育：
荷兰是继美国和英国之后拥有许多优秀大学的国家之一（最著名的可能是代尔夫特大学）。虽然苏黎世大学可能是非常著名的，但荷兰拥有更多的大学，虽然分数稍低，但资历很好。总的来说，这些大学绝对比斯堪的纳维亚国家的好。对于研究人员来说，荷兰科学出版商爱思唯尔(Elsevier)可能是一个让在荷兰从事研究的人获得关注的好方法。在最近的一项研究中，研究发现荷兰儿童在小学是最快乐的，也是表现最好的。斯堪的纳维亚国家可能会吹嘘他们优越的教育体系，但我们肯定正在这里做一些事情。总体而言，学习压力较低，允许学生从事其他活动，如体育或做社会工作。
体育
除了冬季运动（斯堪的纳维亚和兹维瑟兰在这方面做得更好），荷兰几乎可以在所有运动中参与竞争。尽管荷兰最重要是足球运动，但我们在曲棍球、棒球、一级方程式、飞镖、游泳、帆船、划船、速滑、格斗运动和自行车等方面也具有很强的竞争力。这是因为体育设施是世界上最好的，儿童在很小的时候就开始从事体育运动。荷兰每年都会设法带回一些金牌或世界杯。如果你想在荷兰进行体育运动，在自行车方面你会有很多选择。人们对你选择曲棍球而不是足球感到奇怪的时代也早已过去了。
Career
The size of the country, the infrastructure, the knowledge and it’s position within Europe. All these factors allow for large international companiess to reside in the Netherlands (mostly in the Randstad). Besides the dutch multinationals like: Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, Randstad, Philips, Heineken, ING and many more, there are also a lot of foreign companies with a international office in the Netherlands. Career opportunities are much better than in scandinavia and The Netherlands houses a lot of expat workers. For financial institutions however, you should go to Switserland. No matter where you live in The Netherlands, big companies will always be available within an hours drive.
Okay after these advantages (I did not mention everything at all) we go to some lesser points of the Netherlands. These points are not bad for me per se, but might be a downside to foreigners.
职业生涯
这个国家的规模，基础设施，知识以及它在欧洲的地位。所有这些因素都允许大型国际公司在荷兰设点(大多数在任仕达)。除了荷兰的跨国公司如:荷兰皇家壳牌、联合利华、任仕达、飞利浦、喜力、荷兰国际集团等，也有很多外国公司在荷兰设有国际办事处。这里的职业机会比斯堪的纳维亚好得多，而且荷兰有很多外籍员工。但是对于从事金融方面，你就应该去瑞士。无论你住在荷兰的哪个地方，去大公司都是一小时车程内。
好了，除了这些优势之外我没有全部提到)，荷兰也有一些小问题，这些问题对我本身来说并不是介意，但对外国人来说可能是不利因素。
The size of the country, the infrastructure, the knowledge and it’s position within Europe. All these factors allow for large international companiess to reside in the Netherlands (mostly in the Randstad). Besides the dutch multinationals like: Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever, Randstad, Philips, Heineken, ING and many more, there are also a lot of foreign companies with a international office in the Netherlands. Career opportunities are much better than in scandinavia and The Netherlands houses a lot of expat workers. For financial institutions however, you should go to Switserland. No matter where you live in The Netherlands, big companies will always be available within an hours drive.
Okay after these advantages (I did not mention everything at all) we go to some lesser points of the Netherlands. These points are not bad for me per se, but might be a downside to foreigners.
职业生涯
这个国家的规模，基础设施，知识以及它在欧洲的地位。所有这些因素都允许大型国际公司在荷兰设点(大多数在任仕达)。除了荷兰的跨国公司如:荷兰皇家壳牌、联合利华、任仕达、飞利浦、喜力、荷兰国际集团等，也有很多外国公司在荷兰设有国际办事处。这里的职业机会比斯堪的纳维亚好得多，而且荷兰有很多外籍员工。但是对于从事金融方面，你就应该去瑞士。无论你住在荷兰的哪个地方，去大公司都是一小时车程内。
好了，除了这些优势之外我没有全部提到)，荷兰也有一些小问题，这些问题对我本身来说并不是介意，但对外国人来说可能是不利因素。
Paid education:
Okay this sucks, also for me. But okay, it is still not as bas as in, for example, the USA. College is not free, but it is heavily sponsores by the government. A bachelor degree will cost you about €2,000 per year. So after a 4 year programme you will have paid about €8,000 in total. Really not that bad if you ask me, but I would have liked to see it different.
The Weather
Rain rain rain rain, cold cold cold cold, rain rain rain rain, occasional sun.
The food
Dutch traditional food is very bland (exept for the fries and bitterballen). Luckily there are lot of foreign foods introduced over the years.
支付教育:
好吧，这在我看来也很糟糕。但它仍然不像美国那样糟糕。上大学不是免费的，但是政府有大力赞助。一个学士学位每年需要花费大约2000欧元。因此，在4年的课程之后，你总共需要支付大约8000欧元。如果你问我的话，我觉得还不错，但我希望能有不同的看法。
天气
不是下雨就是冷，偶尔有艳阳天。
这里的食物
荷兰的传统食物非常清淡(除了薯条和苦面团)。幸运的是，这些年来引进了很多外国食物。
Okay this sucks, also for me. But okay, it is still not as bas as in, for example, the USA. College is not free, but it is heavily sponsores by the government. A bachelor degree will cost you about €2,000 per year. So after a 4 year programme you will have paid about €8,000 in total. Really not that bad if you ask me, but I would have liked to see it different.
The Weather
Rain rain rain rain, cold cold cold cold, rain rain rain rain, occasional sun.
The food
Dutch traditional food is very bland (exept for the fries and bitterballen). Luckily there are lot of foreign foods introduced over the years.
支付教育:
好吧，这在我看来也很糟糕。但它仍然不像美国那样糟糕。上大学不是免费的，但是政府有大力赞助。一个学士学位每年需要花费大约2000欧元。因此，在4年的课程之后，你总共需要支付大约8000欧元。如果你问我的话，我觉得还不错，但我希望能有不同的看法。
天气
不是下雨就是冷，偶尔有艳阳天。
这里的食物
荷兰的传统食物非常清淡(除了薯条和苦面团)。幸运的是，这些年来引进了很多外国食物。
Inability to learn dutch as a foreigner
Well atleast you won’t learn it from talking to dutch people. We have this built in code to switch to English as soon as a foreigner tries to talk to us.
Landscape
I am a 23 year old guy, i do not care that is it very boring and flat. Old people might like every other country in the world better.
Hope you enjoyed reading this!
不能像外国人一样学习荷兰语
至少你不会从和荷兰人交谈中学到它。我们有内置的代码，一旦有外国人试图和我们说本地话，我们就会切换到英语。
景观
我是一个23岁的小伙子，我不在乎它是不是很无聊和单调。老年人可能更喜欢世界上的其他国家。
希望你喜欢阅读这篇文章!
Well atleast you won’t learn it from talking to dutch people. We have this built in code to switch to English as soon as a foreigner tries to talk to us.
Landscape
I am a 23 year old guy, i do not care that is it very boring and flat. Old people might like every other country in the world better.
Hope you enjoyed reading this!
不能像外国人一样学习荷兰语
至少你不会从和荷兰人交谈中学到它。我们有内置的代码，一旦有外国人试图和我们说本地话，我们就会切换到英语。
景观
我是一个23岁的小伙子，我不在乎它是不是很无聊和单调。老年人可能更喜欢世界上的其他国家。
希望你喜欢阅读这篇文章!
Jon Michael Sakamoto, lives in Alamo, TX (2013-present)
The United States.
Ok before you “boo” and “hiss” and throw rocks, let me explain. I spent the better part of four years working on Cruise ships and went all over the world. I have been to different parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, Austrailia, South America, Central America and of course I live in North America. I have been to Hawaii, the Caribbean islands, the Phillipines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, New Zealand and I can honestly say it has given me a tremendous appreciation for other cultures and peoples around the world. The only continent I haven’t been to is Antarctica. Are there countries I haven’t been to? Sure…lots of them. But I think its safe to say that I have been to enough to give a fairly reasonable answer to this question.
美国。
好吧，在你“嘘”“嘶嘶”和扔石头之前，让我解释一下。我四年中的大部分时间在游轮上工作—周游世界。我去过欧洲、亚洲、非洲、澳大利亚、南美、中美洲的不同地方，当然我也住在北美。我去过夏威夷、加勒比群岛、菲律宾、越南、香港、新加坡、泰国、埃及、以色列、摩洛哥、新西兰，老实说，这让我广泛的接触了世界各地的其他文化和人民。我唯一没去过的大陆是南极洲。有没有我没去过的国家?肯定有，而且很多。但我可以肯定地说，我已经接触得够多了，可以给这个问题一个相当合理的答案。
The United States.
Ok before you “boo” and “hiss” and throw rocks, let me explain. I spent the better part of four years working on Cruise ships and went all over the world. I have been to different parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, Austrailia, South America, Central America and of course I live in North America. I have been to Hawaii, the Caribbean islands, the Phillipines, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Egypt, Israel, Morocco, New Zealand and I can honestly say it has given me a tremendous appreciation for other cultures and peoples around the world. The only continent I haven’t been to is Antarctica. Are there countries I haven’t been to? Sure…lots of them. But I think its safe to say that I have been to enough to give a fairly reasonable answer to this question.
美国。
好吧，在你“嘘”“嘶嘶”和扔石头之前，让我解释一下。我四年中的大部分时间在游轮上工作—周游世界。我去过欧洲、亚洲、非洲、澳大利亚、南美、中美洲的不同地方，当然我也住在北美。我去过夏威夷、加勒比群岛、菲律宾、越南、香港、新加坡、泰国、埃及、以色列、摩洛哥、新西兰，老实说，这让我广泛的接触了世界各地的其他文化和人民。我唯一没去过的大陆是南极洲。有没有我没去过的国家?肯定有，而且很多。但我可以肯定地说，我已经接触得够多了，可以给这个问题一个相当合理的答案。
First of all, I love New Zealand, and that is my answer when people ask me if I could live anywhere other than in the united states, where would I live? I would be a Kiwi! First they kinda speak english, (they say the same about Americans Ill bet, ha ha) and it is a beautiful country with a climate that is amazing. The Fjords remind me of Alaska, but, well, think Lord of the rings because that’s where it was filmed.
Anyway, that wasn’t the question. The question was where is the best country to live? And I picked the US. Is it perfect? Certainly not. But heres the thing: the US has an incredibly diverse climate. Like beaches? Live in Hawaii, Florida or along the east or west coast. Like mountains? Live near the Rocky mountains, the Grand Tetons or the Appalachians. Like cold weather? Lots of cold weather states or go live in Alaska. Or maybe you want to live on one of the US virgin islands or perhaps Puerto Rico or Guam. The US is big! In fact only two countries are larger…Russia and Canada. I have never been to Russia but Canada is very nice..but you will play hell finding warm sunny beaches in Canada. Russia has warm sandy beaches too…its called Cuba! (Kidding)
Besides climate, the US has a strong economy..well most of the time. Heres a fun fact: the US has a big economy…in fact on par with the entire EU. Pretty big, right? But we are a young country..less than 250 years old. So how did the US economy get so big so fast? Because it is an economy that rewards innovation. Think about the things we use everyday…home computers, smart phones, the internet, automobiles, personal electronics, ipods, and on and on. If it wasn’t invented in the US, it was the result of mass production that came from here…for example, the automobile was invented by Carl Benz. But Henry Ford is the man who made automobiles affordable for the masses through assembly line manufacturing.
What about Walt Disney? Warren Buffet? Bill Gates? Steve Jobs? All visionary’s. But all but one was rich before they ever got their degrees. In fact Disney and Jobs never got degrees. Gates never finished but has received honorary degrees. Buffet has an undergrad and a Masters but the only thing hanging on his was is that he was a graduate of a Dale Carnegie speaking course. Each of these men achieve dream levels of success but they became rich because of turning ideas into reality…and getting others to see their vision.
But doesn’t the US have poverty? Yes. But our poverty is not the same as other countries poverty. In some of the other countries I have been to, poverty is no food, and shelter is living under a plastic bag. In the US poverty may include food, shelter, air conditioning, a cell phone, and even medical care. I am not suggesting that its great to live in poverty…I am just saying that living in poverty here is not like poverty in Haiti, Jamaica, Thailand or many other places I have been to.
But what about the terrible gun problem. Don’t people get shot just walking down the street? Hardly ever. The US doesn’t really have a gun problem. Yes it is easy to buy a gun in the US, but guns kill relatively few people. Let me give you an example: in 2017 there were about 400 people killed with ALL rifles. To contrast that, about 1000 people a year are struck by lightning in this country. So if the odds of a person getting struck by lightning is 2.5 times as much as that of being killed with a rifle, those are pretty low odds. The media likes to report those as though it is actually quite common. It’s not.
首先，我爱新西兰，这是当人们问我是否可以住在美国以外的任何地方时，我会住在哪里?我的答案是新西兰!首先他们会说英语，(我打赌他们对美国人也这么说，哈哈)，这是一个美丽的国家，有着令人惊叹的气候。峡湾让我想起了阿拉斯加，想想《指环王》吧，因为它是在那里拍摄的。
不管怎样，这不是问题所在。问题是哪里是最适合居住的国家?我选择了美国。美国是完美的吗?当然不是。但事实是:美国的气候极其多样化。喜欢海滩吗?住在夏威夷、佛罗里达或东海岸或西海岸。喜欢山吗?住在落基山脉、大提顿山脉或阿巴拉契亚山脉附近。喜欢寒冷的天气吗?有很多寒冷的州，或者去阿拉斯加生活。或者你想住在美属维尔京群岛，或者是波多黎各或关岛。美国太大了!事实上，只有两个国家比美国更大：俄罗斯和加拿大。我从来没去过俄罗斯，但是加拿大很好，你会在加拿大找到温暖阳光的海滩。俄罗斯也有温暖的沙滩，它叫古巴!(开玩笑)
除了气候，美国经济很强劲，这里有一个有趣的事实:美国是一个庞大的经济体，事实上与整个欧盟相当。相当大的,对吧?但我们是一个年轻的国家，不到250年的历史。那么，美国经济是如何以如此快的速度发展壮大的呢?因为这是一个奖励创新的经济体。想想我们每天使用的东西，家用电脑、智能手机、互联网、汽车、个人电子产品、ipod等等。如果它不是在美国发明的，那也是在美国大规模生产的结果，例如，汽车是由卡尔·本茨发明的。但亨利·福特是那个通过装配线制造让大众买得起汽车的人。
沃尔特·迪斯尼怎么样、沃伦·巴菲特、比尔盖茨、史蒂夫.乔布斯(Steve Jobs) ,但除了一个人之外，所有人都是放弃学位成为富人。事实上，迪斯尼和乔布斯都没有学位。盖茨从未完成学业，但获得了荣誉学位。巴菲特有一个本科学位和一个硕士学位，这些人都取得了梦寐以求的成功，但他们之所以变得富有，是因为他们把想法变成了现实，并让其他人看到了他们的梦想。
但美国没有贫穷吗?有的，但我们的贫困不像其他国家的贫困。在我去过的其他一些国家，贫穷就是没有食物，而避难所就是生活在塑料袋下。在美国，贫穷可能包括食物、住所、空调、手机，甚至医疗。我并不是说生活在贫困中很好，我只是说美国的贫困不像海地、牙买加、泰国或我去过的许多其他地方的贫困。
但是可怕的枪支问题呢?人们走在街上不会中枪吗?几乎没有。美国并不存在枪支问题。在美国买枪的确很容易，但被枪杀的人相对较少。让我给你举个例子:在2017年，大约有400人死于全口径步枪。相比之下，在这个国家每年约有1000人被闪电击中。所以，如果一个人被闪电击中的几率是被步枪打死的2.5倍，那被枪击可以说是相当低的几率。媒体喜欢报道这些，好像这是非常普遍的，其实不是。
Anyway, that wasn’t the question. The question was where is the best country to live? And I picked the US. Is it perfect? Certainly not. But heres the thing: the US has an incredibly diverse climate. Like beaches? Live in Hawaii, Florida or along the east or west coast. Like mountains? Live near the Rocky mountains, the Grand Tetons or the Appalachians. Like cold weather? Lots of cold weather states or go live in Alaska. Or maybe you want to live on one of the US virgin islands or perhaps Puerto Rico or Guam. The US is big! In fact only two countries are larger…Russia and Canada. I have never been to Russia but Canada is very nice..but you will play hell finding warm sunny beaches in Canada. Russia has warm sandy beaches too…its called Cuba! (Kidding)
Besides climate, the US has a strong economy..well most of the time. Heres a fun fact: the US has a big economy…in fact on par with the entire EU. Pretty big, right? But we are a young country..less than 250 years old. So how did the US economy get so big so fast? Because it is an economy that rewards innovation. Think about the things we use everyday…home computers, smart phones, the internet, automobiles, personal electronics, ipods, and on and on. If it wasn’t invented in the US, it was the result of mass production that came from here…for example, the automobile was invented by Carl Benz. But Henry Ford is the man who made automobiles affordable for the masses through assembly line manufacturing.
What about Walt Disney? Warren Buffet? Bill Gates? Steve Jobs? All visionary’s. But all but one was rich before they ever got their degrees. In fact Disney and Jobs never got degrees. Gates never finished but has received honorary degrees. Buffet has an undergrad and a Masters but the only thing hanging on his was is that he was a graduate of a Dale Carnegie speaking course. Each of these men achieve dream levels of success but they became rich because of turning ideas into reality…and getting others to see their vision.
But doesn’t the US have poverty? Yes. But our poverty is not the same as other countries poverty. In some of the other countries I have been to, poverty is no food, and shelter is living under a plastic bag. In the US poverty may include food, shelter, air conditioning, a cell phone, and even medical care. I am not suggesting that its great to live in poverty…I am just saying that living in poverty here is not like poverty in Haiti, Jamaica, Thailand or many other places I have been to.
But what about the terrible gun problem. Don’t people get shot just walking down the street? Hardly ever. The US doesn’t really have a gun problem. Yes it is easy to buy a gun in the US, but guns kill relatively few people. Let me give you an example: in 2017 there were about 400 people killed with ALL rifles. To contrast that, about 1000 people a year are struck by lightning in this country. So if the odds of a person getting struck by lightning is 2.5 times as much as that of being killed with a rifle, those are pretty low odds. The media likes to report those as though it is actually quite common. It’s not.
首先，我爱新西兰，这是当人们问我是否可以住在美国以外的任何地方时，我会住在哪里?我的答案是新西兰!首先他们会说英语，(我打赌他们对美国人也这么说，哈哈)，这是一个美丽的国家，有着令人惊叹的气候。峡湾让我想起了阿拉斯加，想想《指环王》吧，因为它是在那里拍摄的。
不管怎样，这不是问题所在。问题是哪里是最适合居住的国家?我选择了美国。美国是完美的吗?当然不是。但事实是:美国的气候极其多样化。喜欢海滩吗?住在夏威夷、佛罗里达或东海岸或西海岸。喜欢山吗?住在落基山脉、大提顿山脉或阿巴拉契亚山脉附近。喜欢寒冷的天气吗?有很多寒冷的州，或者去阿拉斯加生活。或者你想住在美属维尔京群岛，或者是波多黎各或关岛。美国太大了!事实上，只有两个国家比美国更大：俄罗斯和加拿大。我从来没去过俄罗斯，但是加拿大很好，你会在加拿大找到温暖阳光的海滩。俄罗斯也有温暖的沙滩，它叫古巴!(开玩笑)
除了气候，美国经济很强劲，这里有一个有趣的事实:美国是一个庞大的经济体，事实上与整个欧盟相当。相当大的,对吧?但我们是一个年轻的国家，不到250年的历史。那么，美国经济是如何以如此快的速度发展壮大的呢?因为这是一个奖励创新的经济体。想想我们每天使用的东西，家用电脑、智能手机、互联网、汽车、个人电子产品、ipod等等。如果它不是在美国发明的，那也是在美国大规模生产的结果，例如，汽车是由卡尔·本茨发明的。但亨利·福特是那个通过装配线制造让大众买得起汽车的人。
沃尔特·迪斯尼怎么样、沃伦·巴菲特、比尔盖茨、史蒂夫.乔布斯(Steve Jobs) ,但除了一个人之外，所有人都是放弃学位成为富人。事实上，迪斯尼和乔布斯都没有学位。盖茨从未完成学业，但获得了荣誉学位。巴菲特有一个本科学位和一个硕士学位，这些人都取得了梦寐以求的成功，但他们之所以变得富有，是因为他们把想法变成了现实，并让其他人看到了他们的梦想。
但美国没有贫穷吗?有的，但我们的贫困不像其他国家的贫困。在我去过的其他一些国家，贫穷就是没有食物，而避难所就是生活在塑料袋下。在美国，贫穷可能包括食物、住所、空调、手机，甚至医疗。我并不是说生活在贫困中很好，我只是说美国的贫困不像海地、牙买加、泰国或我去过的许多其他地方的贫困。
但是可怕的枪支问题呢?人们走在街上不会中枪吗?几乎没有。美国并不存在枪支问题。在美国买枪的确很容易，但被枪杀的人相对较少。让我给你举个例子:在2017年，大约有400人死于全口径步枪。相比之下，在这个国家每年约有1000人被闪电击中。所以，如果一个人被闪电击中的几率是被步枪打死的2.5倍，那被枪击可以说是相当低的几率。媒体喜欢报道这些，好像这是非常普遍的，其实不是。
But why is it the best country to live in? Because it is the easiest country to become wealthy in. Think I am making it up?
In the US, there are nearly 19,000 millionaires. The US is comfortably in first place out of the top 10. But what about the rest of the list?
Well if you took China,Japan, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada AND Australia and added them all together, you would have about the same number of millionaires as the United States does.
And that is just millionaires. What about the number of people who make $80,000/yr or above? Its a lot more.
You might say, money is not everything, and you are right, but the ability to earn a comfortable living is very important to living well.
Here’s something else. Having the largest Military by far, we do not get attacked very often.Living in the US, concerns about being invaded are virtually non-existent. Do you think the Europeans feel that way? In fact, the only countries that could potentially threaten us in a land war are Canada and Mexico, and both of their economies is tied to ours so not very likely.
So for its overall economic stability, unsurpassed national defense, economic climate for opportunity and diverse climate, Id have to pick the US as the best place to live.
But lots of other countries are very nice too from first hand experience.
但为什么它是最适合居住的国家呢？因为它是最容易致富的国家。你以为我是在瞎编吗?
在美国，有近19000名百万富翁。在前十名中，美国轻松地排在第一位。但其他国家呢？
如果你把中国、日本、英国、德国、法国、意大利、加拿大和澳大利亚加在一起，你的百万富翁数量将与美国差不多。
那只是百万富翁。年薪80000美元或以上的人数是多少？这范围的人数也多很多。
你可能会说，钱不是万能的，你是对的，但是能够过上舒适的生活对于生活得好是非常重要的。
还有件事：由于美国拥有迄今为止最大规模的军队，我们很少受到攻击。生活在美国，几乎不存在被入侵的担忧。你认为欧洲人有这种感觉吗？事实上，唯一可能在陆地战争中威胁我们的国家是加拿大和墨西哥，它们的经济都与我们的经济息息相关，所以可能性不大。
考虑到美国的整体经济稳定、无与伦比的国防、充满机遇的经济环境以及多样化的气候，我不得不选择美国作为最佳居住地。
但从第一手经验来看，其他许多国家也很不错。
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In the US, there are nearly 19,000 millionaires. The US is comfortably in first place out of the top 10. But what about the rest of the list?
Well if you took China,Japan, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada AND Australia and added them all together, you would have about the same number of millionaires as the United States does.
And that is just millionaires. What about the number of people who make $80,000/yr or above? Its a lot more.
You might say, money is not everything, and you are right, but the ability to earn a comfortable living is very important to living well.
Here’s something else. Having the largest Military by far, we do not get attacked very often.Living in the US, concerns about being invaded are virtually non-existent. Do you think the Europeans feel that way? In fact, the only countries that could potentially threaten us in a land war are Canada and Mexico, and both of their economies is tied to ours so not very likely.
So for its overall economic stability, unsurpassed national defense, economic climate for opportunity and diverse climate, Id have to pick the US as the best place to live.
But lots of other countries are very nice too from first hand experience.
但为什么它是最适合居住的国家呢？因为它是最容易致富的国家。你以为我是在瞎编吗?
在美国，有近19000名百万富翁。在前十名中，美国轻松地排在第一位。但其他国家呢？
如果你把中国、日本、英国、德国、法国、意大利、加拿大和澳大利亚加在一起，你的百万富翁数量将与美国差不多。
那只是百万富翁。年薪80000美元或以上的人数是多少？这范围的人数也多很多。
你可能会说，钱不是万能的，你是对的，但是能够过上舒适的生活对于生活得好是非常重要的。
还有件事：由于美国拥有迄今为止最大规模的军队，我们很少受到攻击。生活在美国，几乎不存在被入侵的担忧。你认为欧洲人有这种感觉吗？事实上，唯一可能在陆地战争中威胁我们的国家是加拿大和墨西哥，它们的经济都与我们的经济息息相关，所以可能性不大。
考虑到美国的整体经济稳定、无与伦比的国防、充满机遇的经济环境以及多样化的气候，我不得不选择美国作为最佳居住地。
但从第一手经验来看，其他许多国家也很不错。
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Jérémie Lorrain, Frentrepreneur - Fun & Healthy traveler
Jérémie Lorrain，法国企业家-快乐和健康的旅行者
Jérémie Lorrain，法国企业家-快乐和健康的旅行者
I don't think we have only 1 best country to mention here.
Good points have been made, BUT it obviously depends on what you're looking for and the past you had with those countries.
I'm French, and I love my country, but I can totally understand why others won't like our food, our way to act, our politics or even the weather.
In each country you'll have to make compromises. For example, I agree that the Scandinavian countries (also Canada, Austria, Netherlands or Switzerland) offer one of the best living condition on earth, but I couldn't stand this cold weather and dark hours all year long. To me, sunny weather plays a lot on my mindset.
New Zealand (& Australia) is way too remote for me, even though landscapes look spectacular.
我不认为这里只有一个最好的国家。
这些观点都很好，但显然这取决于你在寻找什么，以及你与这些国家的过去（交集）。
我是法国人，我爱我的国家，但我完全可以理解为什么别人不喜欢我们的食物、我们的行为方式、我们的政治甚至天气。
在每个国家，你都必须做出妥协。例如，我同意斯堪的纳维亚国家(还有加拿大、奥地利、荷兰或瑞士)提供了地球上最好的生活条件之一，但我不能忍受这种寒冷的天气和全年黑暗的时间。对我来说，晴朗的天气对我的心态有很大影响。
新西兰(和澳大利亚)对我来说太遥远了，尽管风景看起来很壮观。
Good points have been made, BUT it obviously depends on what you're looking for and the past you had with those countries.
I'm French, and I love my country, but I can totally understand why others won't like our food, our way to act, our politics or even the weather.
In each country you'll have to make compromises. For example, I agree that the Scandinavian countries (also Canada, Austria, Netherlands or Switzerland) offer one of the best living condition on earth, but I couldn't stand this cold weather and dark hours all year long. To me, sunny weather plays a lot on my mindset.
New Zealand (& Australia) is way too remote for me, even though landscapes look spectacular.
我不认为这里只有一个最好的国家。
这些观点都很好，但显然这取决于你在寻找什么，以及你与这些国家的过去（交集）。
我是法国人，我爱我的国家，但我完全可以理解为什么别人不喜欢我们的食物、我们的行为方式、我们的政治甚至天气。
在每个国家，你都必须做出妥协。例如，我同意斯堪的纳维亚国家(还有加拿大、奥地利、荷兰或瑞士)提供了地球上最好的生活条件之一，但我不能忍受这种寒冷的天气和全年黑暗的时间。对我来说，晴朗的天气对我的心态有很大影响。
新西兰(和澳大利亚)对我来说太遥远了，尽管风景看起来很壮观。
Someone mentioned Colombia as one the happiest countries in the world. I live there. So yes lots of people are, but not all of them, because poverty is well present. Plus you pay high taxes, live according to stratums, bear corruption, etc.
Singapore offers great living conditions also because economy is booming, security is high and geographically well-located. But there're so many rules for me (and life is very expensive).
When I lived in the USA (that was first a dream for me as for millions of people), I realized I was losing lots of benefits that I had in France: food, free healthcare and education, architecture, long vacation, etc.
What you would always appreciate in Europe is the diversity you get and the freedom to go from one country to another without anything else than your ID.
You need to find your own happiness. Grass will always seem greener elsewhere, but sometimes it's just not the one that suits you best.
有人提到哥伦比亚是世界上最幸福的国家之一。我住在那里。所以我很许多人认为答案是它，但不是所有人都这样认为，因为这儿贫困是普遍存在的。再加上你要付高税额，按阶层生活，忍受腐败等等。
新加坡的生活条件也很好，因为经济繁荣，安全系数高，地理位置优越。但是对我来说有太多的规则了(而且生活成本是非常昂贵的)。
当我住在美国的时候(那是我的梦想，也是千百万人的梦想)，我意识到我失去了在法国拥有的很多福利:食物、免费医疗和教育、建筑、长假等等。
在欧洲，你一直欣赏的是你能得到的多样性，以及从一个国家到另一个国家的自由—除了身份证什么都不用带。
你需要找到自己的幸福。其他地方的草总是看起来更绿，但有时并不是最适合你的。
Singapore offers great living conditions also because economy is booming, security is high and geographically well-located. But there're so many rules for me (and life is very expensive).
When I lived in the USA (that was first a dream for me as for millions of people), I realized I was losing lots of benefits that I had in France: food, free healthcare and education, architecture, long vacation, etc.
What you would always appreciate in Europe is the diversity you get and the freedom to go from one country to another without anything else than your ID.
You need to find your own happiness. Grass will always seem greener elsewhere, but sometimes it's just not the one that suits you best.
有人提到哥伦比亚是世界上最幸福的国家之一。我住在那里。所以我很许多人认为答案是它，但不是所有人都这样认为，因为这儿贫困是普遍存在的。再加上你要付高税额，按阶层生活，忍受腐败等等。
新加坡的生活条件也很好，因为经济繁荣，安全系数高，地理位置优越。但是对我来说有太多的规则了(而且生活成本是非常昂贵的)。
当我住在美国的时候(那是我的梦想，也是千百万人的梦想)，我意识到我失去了在法国拥有的很多福利:食物、免费医疗和教育、建筑、长假等等。
在欧洲，你一直欣赏的是你能得到的多样性，以及从一个国家到另一个国家的自由—除了身份证什么都不用带。
你需要找到自己的幸福。其他地方的草总是看起来更绿，但有时并不是最适合你的。
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