It's official. France is the best place in the world to live

AN INTERESTING article in the Telegraph today talks about the just released List of the World's Best Quality of Life locations. The survey covers 192 countries and I'm very proud to say that Ireland, not surprisingly, came in at number 10. Britain is in 37th place.

The survery was based on factors such as cost of living, health, climate, environment, economy, culture, safety, infrastructure and freedom.

The survey, by International Living, maintains that it is actually impossible to quantify quality of life. Kathleen Peddicord at International Living has been participating in the quality of life annual survey for the last 22 years and asks how things like the number of airports or mobile phones per capita can be used to measure quality of life.  

It doesn't matter. We all love league tables. Maybe this is just another or maybe, just maybe, France is in fact the best country in the world to live in. One thing is certain. If you don't live in France then you'll never know.

The survey gives France a score of 85 out of 100 and Britain 68.