In Melbourne today
In Melbourne today
We're in Melbourne for the day. Fish and chips for lunch, with cider and a wine. Very nice it all is too!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: In Melbourne today
A very liveable seeming city! A former beau lived there for a bit and enjoyed it a great deal.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
Re: In Melbourne today
If forced to I could live here, but I'm not really a city person.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: In Melbourne today
That's because the man to sheep ratio is too low in cities.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: In Melbourne today
Nailed it!!
I didn't realise Melbourne was so highly rated, it's fucking expensive though.
I didn't realise Melbourne was so highly rated, it's fucking expensive though.
I wouldn't live there though, given the choice.MELBOURNE has again been crowned the world’s most liveable city for the fourth year in a row.
Melbourne outperformed 139 cities to top the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Survey and achieved a perfect score in healthcare, education, sport and infrastructure.
It comes just one day after the Victorian capital was crowned the world’s friendliest city by Conde Nast Traveller magazine
The scores are calculated by assigning every city a rating across categories including stability, healthcare, education, infrastructure and culture and environment.
The best-scoring cities tend to be medium in size, located in wealthier countries and have relatively low population density.
Eight of the top ten most liveable cities are in Australia or Canada.
Premier Denis Napthine said low crime rates, world-class healthcare and leading education institutions had all played a part in Melbourne taking out the top award for another year.
“This is a great result for Melbourne and Victoria,” Dr Napthine said.
“It’s terrific to know that we scored the perfect score in healthcare, education, infrastructure and sport, and we got terrific scores in culture and environment and in stability.”
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said he was proud that Melbourne had received the top honour.
“To be named the world’s most liveable city for four consecutive years is a great honour and a testament to the enviable lifestyle that Melbourne’s offers,” the Lord Mayor said.
“Safety, sustainability and smart growth have been the keys to Melbourne’s liveability and prosperity.”
He said the high scores in health and education were “particularly pleasing”.
The Economist says its ranking report, which scores lifestyle categories across 140 cities, shows average liveability across the world had fallen by 0.7% since 2009, led by a 1.3% fall in the score for stability and safety.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Re: In Melbourne today
I'm not a city guy either. Heck, I'm not even a suburban guy, but I live in hte suburbs anyway. Family, jobs and such keep me here. A cabin in hte woods with many acres, a lake a motorcycle and snowmobile will be mine. Just have to keep my fingers crossed.
