Source: The Economist (Oct 26th 2011, Online)
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The 99 percent
30 October 2011
Human Development Index
Pipped at the post!
And old chart I’ve been meaning to post for a while. From an issue of The Economist.
1 March 2010
Comment [1]
World's Most Livable Cities 2009
Canada and Australia again do well in the Economist Intelligence Unit‘s liveability rankings for 2009. Interesting that Helsinki is the only appearance from the Nordic region in the top 10. Why not Stockholm or Copenhagen?
Top 10 cities (well, seven ranks if you take into account ties)
1. Vancouver
2. Vienna
3. Melbourne
4. Toronto
5. Perth
5. Calgary (tie)
6. Helsinki
7. Geneva
7. Sydney (tie)
7. Zurich (tie)
Source: EUI, as cited in The Economist, June 8th, 2009
13 June 2009
Comment [4]
Backpackers in Australia
Reviving my long-forgotten Interesting Australian Factoids category…
- 39% of backpackers had casual sex with someone they had first met that day or night
- Over half of backpackers come from Europe
- ..or more precisely, for some countries:
- 21% UK
- 9% Germany
- 9% USA
- 6% Japan
- 6% Korea
- Canadian backpackers on average spend the most ($7350), with Kiwis being tight-arses ($2374)
10 November 2008
Habitability Map of Australia
That’s a big sea of useless.
Map by T. Griffith Taylor in 1920s, “Limits of Land Settlement”
Source: NAA’s ‘‘Just Add Water’‘ exhibition
24 September 2007
