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Melbourne tops out again

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:11 am
by Gob
Melbourne has been crowned the globe’s most liveable city for the third time in a row, nudging out Austrian capital Vienna in The Economist Intelligence Unit Survey.

In the review of 140 cities, Victoria’s capital was given perfect scores for health care, education and infrastructure.

Meanwhile four other Australian cities made this year’s top 10, including Adelaide (number 5), Sydney (number 7) and Perth (number 9).

Conflict was responsible for many of the lowest scores. Damascus in war-torn Syria was ranked the lowest, scoring just 20 per cent for stability.
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TOP 10

Melbourne, Australia
Vienna, Austria
Vancouver, Canada
Toronto, Canada
Calgary, Canada
Adelaide, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Helsinki, Finland
Perth, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel- ... z2dF2AGaJ4

Re: Melbourne tops out again

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:07 am
by Crackpot
I've heard thing about Adelaide.

Re: Melbourne tops out again

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:00 am
by MajGenl.Meade
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Re: Melbourne tops out again

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:48 am
by Lord Jim
I know about half a dozen guys who have been in Adelaide...

Three of them at the same time...

Re: Melbourne tops out again

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 7:42 pm
by Gob

Re: Melbourne tops out again

Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:52 pm
by dgs49
Cool. I've spent time in three of those cities in the past two months (Vienna, Helsinki, and Toronto).

I didn't check, but it doesn't appear that cost of living was considered. Certainly, these would all be great cities to visit while on an expense account!