What In The World Is The Difference?

Different cities have different qualities of life

. Mercer's Quality of Living Index is based on an analysis of local living conditions including government stability, crime rates, banking services, currency exchange laws, medical care, pollution levels, transportation, housing and recreation. In 2012 - and for the fourth year in a row - Vienna supposedly had the best quality of life. Zurich was second followed by Auckland, Munich, Vancouver, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Copenhagen and Bern. The first U.S. city on the list was Honolulu at twenty-eighth, with San Francisco tying with Adelaide and Paris at twenty-ninth. It seems the U.S. needs more "quality control".

Different countries also have different "happiness incomes". According to Scandia International's 2012 Wealth Sentiment Monitor, the global average for income happiness is $161,000. However, among the 13 countries surveyed Dubaians needed the most income to feel happy - $276,150. Singaporeans were second ($227,553) and residents of Hong Kong were third ($197,702). Germans needed the least income - $85,781. Although the U.S. wasn't included in that survey, it was included in the survey determining how much money residents of various countries needed to feel wealthy. The global average was $1.8 million. The majority of Americans said 1 million. Of course, then they'd feel more "taxed".

Different countries treat vacation days differently. According to Expedia's 2012 Vacation Deprivation study, American workers got 12 vacation days, but were expected to take only 10. The Japanese were expected to take only 5 of their 13 days and South Koreans would probably take 7 out of 10. However, Europeans have 25-30 days off plus holidays. Although Germans took only 28 of their 30 days, the British, Swedish and Norwegians took all 25 of their vacation days; and the French and Spanish took all 30 of theirs. Americans need to pack a bag and follow in their footsteps.

Different countries set different Guinness World Records. A fifteen-year-old boy in Australia blew a single note on a didgeridoo for 65.66 seconds. A man in Japan ran 100 meters on all fours in 17.47 seconds. Then there's the man in Germany who spun a basketball on a toothbrush held in his mouth for 26.078 seconds and the man in the UK who lifted 52.91 pounds from his eye sockets. Finally, a man from the U.S. made a forward-flip pogo stick jump at 8 feet. We Americans are no "sticks in the mud" when it comes to world records.

by: Knight Pierce Hirst

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