National Complacency Keeps Expats Abroad

What makes a country attractive (or unattractive) to live in? An expat's perspective.

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January 23, 2004, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Australian expat, Germaine Greer, laments the relaxed attitude of Australians, concluding that it breeds lack of competition, growth and progress. According to Greer, unfriendly, sprawling suburbs with lower relative incomes and high rates of natural resource destruction, isn't what she's looking for in a country.

Thanks to Charlotte Fitzgerald

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