land of dreams?

[zeta]

thinking about moving to Finland ? Think again.

The most competitive country ? B***s***. The figures are calculated by looking how educated people are (nothing about foreign investments, business climate, openness of society, ease of entrepreneralism (=making business, whatever the word is..)


Rasism? Think Russia (with which we share a 1000 km border) . With a handful of colonialist swedes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Russia
http://plato.acadiau.ca/COURSES/POLS/Gr ... ism04.html
learn some finnish and read this (finnish forum on immigration)
http://keskustelu.suomi24.fi/show.fcgi? ... subcat=985


Still interested? Welcome.

[Mark I.]

You're so thoughtfull and convincive with your analysis


Anyway, merry x-mas everyone!

(Going to Lapland soon...)

[zeta]

just being honest. For all people looking for an eldorade or Los Angeles it´s worth mentioning that this country is next to Russia (actually it´s the nearest neighbor). And it has affected/affects mentality/etc here.

[sammy]

(actually it´s the nearest neighbor). And it has affected/affects mentality/etc here.

No, it isn't. Sweden is much closer if you live in Tornio, for example. In those areas of Finland, however, you are very much in danger of exposure to the evil mentality-changing colonialistic rays emanating from our western neighbour (instead of those transmitted by the neighbours in the east).

[sammy]

You're so thoughtfull and convincive with your analysis


Anyway, merry x-mas everyone!

(Going to Lapland soon...)

Yes indeed, look at all the lively discussion under this thread

Merry Xmas, by the way, although belatedly. (I couldn't think of anything more to add to the things that have already come up in this discussion... although, my Yadda-Rant-O-Matic is detecting a distinct possibility that there's more to come so I'm closing my ears from this particular channel )

I'm off...

[Hank W.]

Move to Canada instead, a tropical paradise...
http://www.notcanada.com ...oops...

[TopDog]

If Canada fails to entice you, you can always move in here:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib ... endle.html

[nirva]

learn some finnish and read this (finnish forum on immigration)
http://keskustelu.suomi24.fi/show.fcgi? ... subcat=985

Yeah, those Suomi24 discussion forums are disgusting for sure. I think it's because of ultimate anonymity (no need to register a nick) and lack of moderation, but not because the people there represent the majority of Finns.

So if someone wants to see what a socially retarded hate-filled Finnish redneck is like, feel free to visit Suomi24.

[mumboman]

Thanks Hank I need that w5 story to convince somebody that moving to Canada wasn't a wise idea without a job in hand first.

[Hank W.]

You can replace 'Finland' with 'Canada' and you get the same gripes here. Only difference here is that Canada:
+ doesn't require you to learn French to get a job (well maybe Quebec)
+ has more job opportunities as a whole

But definitely moving as a "blind jump" is a bad idea. To anyplace.

[sammy]

Canada: + doesn't require you to learn French to get a job (well maybe Quebec)
+ has more job opportunities as a whole

But definitely moving as a "blind jump" is a bad idea. To anyplace.

Well, the Canadians would probably require one to learn at least English?

An immigrant from, say, Germany, might have a hard time finding a job in Canada without any English or French skills. "How come those Canadians are so discriminating on the language issue; why do not they realise that they'd be so much more an open society if everybody spoke German as well."

[smoo]

thinking about moving to Finland ? Think again.

The most competitive country ? B***s***. The figures are calculated by looking how educated people are (nothing about foreign investments, business climate, openness of society, ease of entrepreneralism (=making business, whatever the word is..)

just being honest. For all people looking for an eldorade or Los Angeles it´s worth mentioning that this country is next to Russia (actually it´s the nearest neighbor). And it has affected/affects mentality/etc here.

Well, I certainly wouldn't have wanted to come here if I'd thought it was going to be anything like LA. I rather like educated people though, and tend not to like people who call themselves entepreneurs (for purely empirical rather than ideological reasons). Each to their own.

[Joliet Jake]

I'm fleeing from Italy.
The Finland will be SURELY a better place to live (not for tourism...)
At least you don't have convicts in Parliament!
Ste

http://www.beppegrillo.it/eng/condannati_parlamento.php

[Hank W.]

Che cazzo foi?

Do not look at Tony Halme who was silly. Look at Kauko Juhantalo... we got convicted people there...

[mumboman]

In Canada it is much more common to become a convict whilst in parliament.