Something that's been bugging me

I've only noticed this recently.. actually no, I've always known it but it's only started to bug me recently. Why do most people think that their country is the BEST country in the world and can do no wrong and every other country is crap? And if you dare say anything bad about their country (or city) they get very very defensive. I guess there's nothing wrong with being proud of where you live or grew up but still... I just don't understand..

Mercer HR survey 2008 - Quality of living cities

Considering my other post is the most popular on this blog I thought I'd post this up too.

Full article here

Top 10 cities (rest can be found on the site)

Rank 2008	Rank 2007	City	Country	Index 2008	Index 2007
1	1	Zurich	Switzerland	108	108.1
2	3	Vienna	Austria	107.9	107.7
2	2	Geneva	Switzerland	107.9	108.0
4	3	Vancouver	Canada	107.6	107.7
5	5	Auckland	New Zealand	107.3	107.3
6	5	Dusseldorf	Germany	107.2	107.3
7	8	Munich	Germany	107	106.9
7	7	Frankfurt	Germany	107	107.1
9	9	Bern	Switzerland	106.5	106.5
10	9	Sydney	Australia	106.3	106.5

Apple stores

An Apple store will open in my hometown of Sydney in just 2 days and Apple plans to increase their presence in China by building their first store there (in Beijing, not Shanghai) though).