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june gloom on 3/10/2012 at 22:09
Honestly, Singapore's a bit of an outlier too. I think it's too small a nation with too rigid a legal system to really permit a high homicide rate.
faetal on 3/10/2012 at 22:12
Singapore is supposed to be a great place to live IF you're on the right side of the law, don't do anything subversive, can live without chewing gum etc..
Chimpy Chompy on 3/10/2012 at 22:27
I'm not saying"0 means everyone is poor, just that it allows for that situation and therefore in theory lack of inequality doesn't imply "you want to live there".
faetal on 3/10/2012 at 22:48
I got that, but that doesn't really describe any country I know of. In a country like the US, a 0 Gini coefficient would likely equate to a country of people who wanted for nothing.
Pyrian on 4/10/2012 at 02:28
Quote Posted by faetal
Make of it what you will.
What I make of that is that someone drew a line that clearly says eff-all about the data it's supposedly describing. "Best fit" they probably called it, but it would be much more descriptive to say that the data doesn't demonstrate a meaningful correlation at all.
Quote Posted by Chimpy Chompy
I'm not saying"0 means everyone is poor, just that it allows for that situation and therefore in theory lack of inequality doesn't imply "you want to live there".
I'm certain there's a level of equality which would impair quality of life. You don't want a zero. But I don't think any society of significant size in the history of mankind has ever gotten close enough to zero for that effect to kick in. So, getting the number down is not going to be a bad thing in any remotely achievable sense.
N'Al on 4/10/2012 at 08:22
As someone who
has spent about three years in Singapore (albeit more than ten years ago now), I can confirm that it is indeed a pretty great place to live - particularly if you are an expat. Yes, they have quite strict laws and a, shall we say, somewhat 'dubious' interpretation of democracy, but it's a pretty nice place, all in all.
As for chewing gum - that's no longer completely banned, (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gum_ban_in_Singapore) ever since Wrigley's kicked up a fuss.
