Quality of life

[Joe Chi Minh]

First two sentences of a brief item in today's Daily Mirror (with one or two comments by yours truly):

'EX-PATS

Brits love "Ooh la la"

More than 200,000 Brits who quit the UK for life in France claim that quality of life is higher across the channel.' (On edit: What with all those taxes? Say it's not so... Shouldn't we in the UK, with our fabled trickle-down economic policy, have been in the best position to weather this economic depression, and had our country turned into the envy of Europe? What happened?)

'Two thirds felt that France captures the essence of the 60s and 70s, according to the biggest study of ex-pats. And 72% said France has better standards of behaviour than Britain (Me: There's a surprise!), while 68% enjoyed its strong family values. Most also felt there was less crime and stress.'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/05/29/brits-loving-ooh-la-la-115875-21397452/