Worlds Best Cities

[Crackpot]

I'd hope he added an extra 0

[Gob]

1000 clicks drive to a reasonable city?

You are fucking joking.

I am not living up in the Northern Territory or far north Western Australia just for you to get the distances you seek.

OoOops! 100 not 1000

[Sean]

I was wondering that. If you were living in NZ and wanted a city 1000 km away it'd have to be Brisbane!

[Gob]

This year's rankings...

Global Liveability Survey.

Country City Rank Overall Rating (100=ideal)

Australia Melbourne 1 97.5

Austria Vienna 2 97.4

Canada Vancouver 3 97.3

Canada Toronto 4 97.2

Canada Calgary 5 96.6

Australia Sydney 6 96.1

Finland Helsinki 7 96.0

Australia Perth 8 95.9

Australia Adelaide 8 95.9

New Zealand Auckland 10 95.7



Bottom 10
Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan 131 45.9

Iran Tehran 132 45.8

Cameroon Douala 133 44

Pakistan Karachi 134 40.9

Libya Tripoli 135 40.4

Algeria Algiers 136 40.2

Nigeria Lagos 137 39.0

PNG Port Moresby 138 38.9

Bangladesh Dhaka 139 38.7

Zimbabwe Harare 140 38.2

Source: Economist Intelligence Unit

[Sue U]

Is this survey funded by the Australia Immigration Agency or something?

[Scooter]

It's a joint Australian-Canadian propaganda outfit.

Calgary, one of the world's most liveable cities? Render unto me a break...

[Liberty1]

There's one big huge problem with this whole analysis.





They're all big ginormous cities.

[Scooter]

Was that supposed to be sarcasm?

[Liberty1]

Was that supposed to be sarcasm?

Call it what you want.

I'll explain. they are classifying these huge cities as being the best places to live. For many, that alone puts them at the bottom of the list.

[Scooter]

Ah, I see. I was confused by your characterization of cities of 1-4 million people as "huge". I guess it's a perspective thing.

[Gob]

Is this survey funded by the Australia Immigration Agency or something?

Nope

Mercer is a human resource and related financial services consulting firm, headquartered in New York City. The firm operates internationally in more than 40 countries, with more than 19,000 employees, and is the world's largest human resource consulting firm

The Mercer Quality of Living Survey is released annually, comparing 221 cities based on 39 criteria. New York is given a baseline score of 100 and other cities are rated in comparison. Important criteria are safety, education, hygiene, health care, culture, environment, recreation, political-economic stability and public transportation.

The Economist Group is an associate and not a subsidiary of Pearson PLC. The Financial Times Limited, which is a Pearson subsidiary, owns 50% of the share capital of The Economist Group but does not have a controlling interest. The bulk of the remaining shares are held by individual shareholders including the Cadbury, Rothschild, Schroder and other family interests as well as a number of staff and former staff shareholders. The Economist Group operates as a separate and independent business.

The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability also uses data from the Mercer consulting group and shows cities in Canada, Australia, Austria, Finland and New Zealand as the ideal destinations thanks to a widespread availability of goods and services, low personal risk and an effective infrastructure. It does not take into account the cost of living as a factor in 'livability'. The Economist Intelligence Unit has been criticized by the New York Times for being overly anglocentric, stating that "The Economist clearly equates livability with speaking English.

[rubato]

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Preferably in New Zealand.

good idea.

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[Jarlaxle]

It's a joint Australian-Canadian propaganda outfit.

Calgary, one of the world's most liveable cities? Render unto me a break...

I hear Calgary is beautiful, especially in the summer!

Both days!