Kutittaa wrote:What's that based on Jukka? To my knowledge (or lack thereof) of Finnish it doesn't explain the reasons all that much. Except to say that part of the reason is due to job, another because it is 'pleasant' ?
There’s a little more information about the survey
here. Survey forms were sent out to 3500 persons — probably chosen by some statistical criteria. The respondents’ age ranged from 15 to 79 years old. They were asked about their plans to move to another city in the near future, their criteria for choosing a place to live in, their opinions about the studied cities, their assessment of the public image of each city, and some details, such as how they see the job market in each city, opportunities for studying, location, raising their kids in that locality, hobbies, municipal services, local economy, arts & culture scene, and the general appeal of the place.
Kutittaa wrote:What's yours anyway? I'm more interested in 'places' than actual towns, but it doesn't matter either way :)
That’s a though call. If I have to name a single place, I guess it would have to be my parents’ summer cottage in Ostrobothnia. It lacks all modern amenities
(OK, there’s an LPG range and an LPG-powered fridge, even a kerosene-powered heater!) and there’s usually a hellish number of mosquitoes during the summer months, but the location is just so nice. The cottage is built immediately by the lake — something like 10 to 15 meters from the water’s edge back when they still allowed that in the 1970s — and concealed from view by some leafy aspens growing on the narrow patch of land between the cottage and the lake. Immediately behind the building and almost next to it on the other side there’s a steep cliff: much of it bare bedrock, but in a suitable form so that it leaves a patch of level land with enough room for a barbecue place by the lake, with a view to the lake. The rest of the lot is mostly pine forest, growing partially on the quite steep and rocky ground leading away from the lake. There’s a direct view to the lake from the porch/terrace of the building, and also from inside, through a couple of large windows.
Not to say I would have spent particularly lot of time there, especially in the last few years, but it’s... a very
Finnish place, in a soothing, summery kind of way. (And with a wood-burning sauna, of course!)
