Well then, Japan is a strong competitor. 
Not “barren wasteland” - “crocodile buffer zone”.
I vote Denmark as well I only lived there for a year, but man is it the most awesome country.
And it has some interesting statistical quirks as well, there is actually more violence in the countryside then in the biggest cities (Copenhagen has a million in its conurbation, 500,000 in the city itself) I always wanted to chip in with that when there was those huge Urban vs. Rural threads…
Canada’s south of Detroit. No, seriously.
I bet myself how many posts it would be until someone said that. I won (and lost.)
Hang on…
Didn’t your crown prince have to go to Sydney to find a decent sheila?
Tahitian, baby.
Gauguin seemed about right, He tried Denmark for a year, but found it lacking.
I’ll throw in my suggestions,Ireland,Scandinavia(Including Iceland),Canada,Japan and New Zealand would probably get my vote but I’m not sure which one.
I’m a Brit but the U.K. wouldn’t get my vote as the best place to live.
Out of patriotic duty I submit Argentina. Sure all our politicians are crooks but:
- Except tropical beach, we have it all: Do you want deserts? Beach? Rainforest? Visit San Juan, Buenos Aires and Misiones.
- One of the world biggest reserves of fresh water.
- A huge country and small population relative to it. If you want space, move to Patagonia.
- Hot chicks, really hot chicks.
- A rich cultural life.
- We are good (very good) at most popular sports. Even though we have fewer resources and lower population than most of our competitors in Tennis, Football, Basket, Volley, Girl Hockey, and Rugby we are always competing for gold.
- We are situated in a “peaceful” region. For all of our past misunderstanding we don’t risk an invasion, which is very lucky for us: the Argentinian Armed forces are in a sorry state.
- Growing things is our job, and we do it well.
- We are far, far away from the rest of the world
For all of that, Argentina is the best place to be in case of a global catastrophe (WWIII, for example).
The percentage of the country that is actually south of Detroit is pretty much negligible, it must be less than .5% of the entire country.
RickJay was just making a clever joke. If you want to go from Detroit to Canada you head south. 
How does that work? “I’m right! And wrong!”
I’m glad I managed to whoosh one poster, though. (Not you.)
Hmmm, I thought i knew all the ways to mock Detroit. 
LOL, I have never been to Detroit. I looked at a map.
But back to the OP.
So it’s decided then? The US is the best country BY FAR, with Scandinavians living in Italy, Canada and Japan vying for a distant second?
Well, nobody presented a compelling argument against Argentina
I know a guy who vacations in Mexico so often that’s he’s in the process of becoming a citizen there. He’s been all over Latin America so we were talking about where I should travel, and I brought up Argentina because I have some friends there. He said he was robbed twice and treated like absolute shit because he was an American, and wouldn’t go back for a million dollars. That’s one of only 2 anecdotes I’ve heard about Argentina, the other being from my Argentinan friends who talk it up, but also caution that you’re not going to be treated the same if you speak English. So maybe it’s a great place to live, but it doesn’t sound like an ideal place to visit.
(And FTR, for all that, I’d still go if the opportunity arose. I like seeing for myself.)
I firmly believe in the ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’ argument for large countries so I’ll have to go small and Scandinavian…
Denmark?
Or the nonscandinavian Dutch.