If Ireland Were My Home…
A lot of our readers dream of what it would be like to make Ireland their home. The website www.IfItWereMyHome.com offers a snapshot of how your life might be different if you called another country home.
For example, if an American called Ireland home… the numbers indicate they would:
- use 52.66% less electricity
- consume 29.63% less oil
- have 29.03% more chance of being unemployed
- spend 53.77% less money on health care
- have 15.3% more free time
- make 9.05% less money
- have 1.95% more babies
- live 0.17 years longer
The site offers a few more facts and figures. Plus, it lets you mix and match data on over 200 countries… very interesting stuff.
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One additional bullet-point:
- laugh and smile 90% more of the time
I agree – laugh and smile a whole lot more!!! and maybe a few more pints