Subjective, sure but it is based on the annual survey of living conditions. Both the Mercer Quality of Living Survey and The Economist's World's Most Livable Cities do not include entertainment and enjoyment, and for that reason some of the highest ranking cities aren't necessarily cities which automatically spring to mind as being the most desirable places to live.
i.e. Zürich (350,000), Helsinki (1,300,000), and Geneva (185,000) are often considered bland and boring in comparison to the larger cities of Sydney (5,000,000), Melbourne (4,000,000) and Toronto (4,700,000).
That list was according to The Economist. These are from Monocle, which is a lifestyle magazine.
1 Zürich, Switzerland 2 Copenhagen, Denmark 3 Tokyo, Japan 4 Munich, Germany 5 Helsinki, Finland 6 Stockholm, Sweden 7 Vienna, Austria 8 Paris, France 9 Melbourne, Australia 10 Berlin, Germany
I find it odd that one includes Canada multiple times and the other none at all. Not sure what criteria The Economist used, but according to Monocle, they based results on "safety/crime, international connectivity, climate/sunshine, quality of architecture, public transportation, tolerance, Environmental issues and access to nature, urban design, business conditions, pro active policy developments and medical care."
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Fug_Dup wrote:
That list was according to The Economist. These are from Monocle, which is a lifestyle magazine.
1 Zürich, Switzerland 2 Copenhagen, Denmark 3 Tokyo, Japan 4 Munich, Germany 5 Helsinki, Finland 6 Stockholm, Sweden 7 Vienna, Austria 8 Paris, France 9 Melbourne, Australia 10 Berlin, Germany
I find it odd that one includes Canada multiple times and the other none at all. Not sure what criteria The Economist used, but according to Monocle, they based results on "safety/crime, international connectivity, climate/sunshine, quality of architecture, public transportation, tolerance, Environmental issues and access to nature, urban design, business conditions, pro active policy developments and medical care."
That list was according to The Economist. These are from Monocle, which is a lifestyle magazine.
1 Zürich, Switzerland 2 Copenhagen, Denmark 3 Tokyo, Japan 4 Munich, Germany 5 Helsinki, Finland 6 Stockholm, Sweden 7 Vienna, Austria 8 Paris, France 9 Melbourne, Australia 10 Berlin, Germany
I find it odd that one includes Canada multiple times and the other none at all. Not sure what criteria The Economist used, but according to Monocle, they based results on "safety/crime, international connectivity, climate/sunshine, quality of architecture, public transportation, tolerance, Environmental issues and access to nature, urban design, business conditions, pro active policy developments and medical care."
i think yours is more accurate because if the economist used that criteria Toronto public transit sucks,Vancouver is a little better but not by much. And there's quite a bit of crime in both places with Vancouver being noticeably worse than Toronto. but we all know Toronto is the center of the universe.Just ask anyone from Toronto.
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scandinavians countries r the best i guess. Idk why but they give me that impression, denmark, finland, sweden, norway n so on. also i would like to know how the life in [Reykavyk]<-- dunno the spelling and lazy to find the name somewhere (which is the iceland's capital or at least i always thought that NO FLAMEZ if i am wrong xD)
London has failed to make the top 50 “most live-able” cities, according to worldwide analysis by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Canada’s Vancouver scooped the top spot having met an impressive 98% of the criteria set by the surveyors, including the quality of healthcare, culture, environment and infrastructure.
Vienna in Austria is ranked second, closely followed by Melbourne, Australia. The top 20 includes five Australian cities, three Canadian cities and two German cities.
Manchester is the only UK city to make the top 50, coming in at 46th place and beating London’s ranking of 51st place.
The poorest performing locations were Africa and Asia “where civil instability and poor infrastructure present significant challenges,” the survey found. Harare in Zimbabwe was ranked 140th out of 140 having met just 37.5% of the criteria set by the surveyors.
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