The world's best cities for quality of life
According to this BBC article that uses data from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
"Vancouver is the world's best place to live.
The EIU ranked 127 cities in terms of personal risk, infrastructure and the availability of goods and services.
All the cities that fell into the top "liveability" bracket were based in Canada, Australia and Western Europe.
Canadian cities scored well, as did Austria's Vienna and Switzerland's Geneva, because they are not seen as targets for terror attacks."
Well done to all my Canadians and Australian LJ friends: (3 Canadian and 4 Australian cities in the top 10).
Top 100 (EIU list)
1 Vancouver2 Melbourne3 Vienna4 Geneva5 Perth6 Adelaide7 Sydney8 Zurich9 Toronto10 Calgary
But according to the "City Mayors Running the world's cities" website (which has lots of interesting data and news) and to another bit of research by Merce Consulting
"The world’s best cities are still in Switzerland"
Vancouver is no. 3 with Vienna and it's the only Canadian city in the top 10; there's only one Australian (Sydney) and there are 3 German cities (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich) in the top 10.
This list is much kinder to London (no. 39) and to the US cities (Honolulu: no. 27, San Francisco no. 29).
The world's top cities offering the best quality of life
(New York is the base city with a score of 100 points)
2007 Rank
2006 Rank
City
Country
Points
1
1 Zurich Switzerland
108.1
2
2 Geneva Switzerland
108.0
=3
3 Vancouver Canada
107.7
=3
4 Vienna Austria
107.7
=5
5Auckland New Zealand
107.3
=5
6 Düsseldorf Germany
107.3
7
7 FrankfurtGermany
107.1
8
8 Munich Germany
106.9
=9
9 Bern Switzerland
106.5
=9
9Sydney Australia
106.5
11
11Copenhagen Denmark
106.2
12
12WellingtonNew Zealand
105.8
13
13AmsterdamNetherlands
105.7
14
14BrusselsBelgium
105.6
15
15TorontoCanada
105.4
16
16BerlinGermany
105.2
17
17MelbourneAustralia
105.0
=18
18LuxembourgLuxembourg
104.8
=18
21OttawaCanada
104.8
20
20StockholmSweden
104.7
21
21Perth Australia
104.5
22
22MontrealCanada
104.3
23
23NürnbergGermany
104.2
=24
25CalgaryCanada
103.6
=24
25HamburgGermany
103.6
26
31OsloNorway
103.5
=27
24DublinIreland
103.3
=27
27HonoluluUSA
103.3
29
28San FranciscoUSA
103.2
=30
29AdelaideAustralia
103.1
=30
29Helsinki Finland
103.1
32
31 Brisbane Australia
102.8
33
33Paris France
102.7
34
34Singapore Singapore
102.5
35
35Tokyo Japan
102.3
=36
37 LyonFrance
101.9
=36
36BostonUSA
101.9
38
37YokohamaJapan
101.7
39
39London UK
101.2
40
40Kobe Japan
101.0
41
44BarcelonaSpain
100.6
=42
45MadridSpain
100.5
=42
51Osaka Japan
100.5
=44
41Washington DC USA
100.4
=44
41ChicagoUSA
100.4
46
43PortlandUSA
100.3
47
53LisbonPortugal
100.1
48
46New York CityUSA
100.0
=49
51MilanItaly
99.9
=49
47SeattleUSA
99.9
"Vancouver is the world's best place to live.
The EIU ranked 127 cities in terms of personal risk, infrastructure and the availability of goods and services.
All the cities that fell into the top "liveability" bracket were based in Canada, Australia and Western Europe.
Canadian cities scored well, as did Austria's Vienna and Switzerland's Geneva, because they are not seen as targets for terror attacks."
Well done to all my Canadians and Australian LJ friends: (3 Canadian and 4 Australian cities in the top 10).
Top 100 (EIU list)
1 Vancouver2 Melbourne3 Vienna4 Geneva5 Perth6 Adelaide7 Sydney8 Zurich9 Toronto10 Calgary
But according to the "City Mayors Running the world's cities" website (which has lots of interesting data and news) and to another bit of research by Merce Consulting
"The world’s best cities are still in Switzerland"
Vancouver is no. 3 with Vienna and it's the only Canadian city in the top 10; there's only one Australian (Sydney) and there are 3 German cities (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich) in the top 10.
This list is much kinder to London (no. 39) and to the US cities (Honolulu: no. 27, San Francisco no. 29).
The world's top cities offering the best quality of life
(New York is the base city with a score of 100 points)
2007 Rank
2006 Rank
City
Country
Points
1
1 Zurich Switzerland
108.1
2
2 Geneva Switzerland
108.0
=3
3 Vancouver Canada
107.7
=3
4 Vienna Austria
107.7
=5
5Auckland New Zealand
107.3
=5
6 Düsseldorf Germany
107.3
7
7 FrankfurtGermany
107.1
8
8 Munich Germany
106.9
=9
9 Bern Switzerland
106.5
=9
9Sydney Australia
106.5
11
11Copenhagen Denmark
106.2
12
12WellingtonNew Zealand
105.8
13
13AmsterdamNetherlands
105.7
14
14BrusselsBelgium
105.6
15
15TorontoCanada
105.4
16
16BerlinGermany
105.2
17
17MelbourneAustralia
105.0
=18
18LuxembourgLuxembourg
104.8
=18
21OttawaCanada
104.8
20
20StockholmSweden
104.7
21
21Perth Australia
104.5
22
22MontrealCanada
104.3
23
23NürnbergGermany
104.2
=24
25CalgaryCanada
103.6
=24
25HamburgGermany
103.6
26
31OsloNorway
103.5
=27
24DublinIreland
103.3
=27
27HonoluluUSA
103.3
29
28San FranciscoUSA
103.2
=30
29AdelaideAustralia
103.1
=30
29Helsinki Finland
103.1
32
31 Brisbane Australia
102.8
33
33Paris France
102.7
34
34Singapore Singapore
102.5
35
35Tokyo Japan
102.3
=36
37 LyonFrance
101.9
=36
36BostonUSA
101.9
38
37YokohamaJapan
101.7
39
39London UK
101.2
40
40Kobe Japan
101.0
41
44BarcelonaSpain
100.6
=42
45MadridSpain
100.5
=42
51Osaka Japan
100.5
=44
41Washington DC USA
100.4
=44
41ChicagoUSA
100.4
46
43PortlandUSA
100.3
47
53LisbonPortugal
100.1
48
46New York CityUSA
100.0
=49
51MilanItaly
99.9
=49
47SeattleUSA
99.9