National Complacency Keeps Expats Abroad

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Charlotte Fitzgerald

23 January 2004 - 12:00pm

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

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.

Full Story: Slack and insufferable

Source: The Australian, January 22, 2004

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