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Posted on 08/19/2018 4:36:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
America just isn’t that liveable compared to the rest of the world it seems.
The annual global “liveability” ranking of cities saw the top 10 spots mostly split between Australia, Canada and Japan, according to CNBC. No American city made the top 20.
The ranking is put together by the Economist Intelligence Unit and includes 140 cities in a process which considers healthcare, culture, infrastructure, crime and conflict, and education among others as factors in scoring.
The highest-ranked American city was Honolulu at 23. Here’s a look at which cities made the top 10. [CNBC]—Erin Hudson
1. Vienna, Austria
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2. Melbourne, Australia
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3. Osaka, Japan
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4. Calgary, Canada
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5. Sydney, Australia
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6. Vancouver, Canada
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7. Toronto, Canada
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8. Tokyo, Japan
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9. Copenhagen, Denmark
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10. Adelaide, Australia
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Vienna, Austria is ranked the No. 1 most liveable city in the world. This is the first time the city ranked as the most livable on the list, displacing Melbourne, Australia, which had a record seven-year winning streak. Melbourne is now ranked second.
For its methodology on ranking the cities, The EIU assessed which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions. Every city is assigned a rating of relative comfort for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: stability (looking at things like crime, conflict and terrorism), healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.
Vienna and Melbourne scored maximum points of 100 in the healthcare, education and infrastructure categories, though Vienna edged forward in the stability category with 100 points (Melbourne ranked 95). In the culture and environment category, Vienna scored 96.3. The city's overall score was 99.1. Melbourne scored 98.4.
Canada and Australia both have three cities in the top 10: Calgary, Vancouver and Toronto, Canada and Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, Australia.
New to the top 10 is Japan, with Osaka and Tokyo making the cut.
Vancouver and Toronto only if you can afford it. Real estate is outrageously expensive in both of those cities.
RE: Vancouver and Toronto only if you can afford it. Real estate is outrageously expensive in both of those cities.
Well, the same goes for most of the cities on the list.
Real Estate in Melbourne and Sydney are outrageously unaffordable.
AS for the USA, see here:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/17/global-liveability-index-2018-most-liveable-cities-in-america.html
Only 10 U.S. cities made the top 50 list (out of 140 global cities surveyed by the Economist).
The top 10 most liveable cities in America and their rank on the index are:
1. Honolulu, Hawaii (ranked No. 23)
2. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ranked No. 32)
3. Washington D.C. (ranked No. 37)
4. Minneapolis, Minnesota (ranked No. 39)
5. Boston, Massachusetts (ranked No. 42)
6. Chicago, Illinois (ranked No. 44- tie)
7. Miami, Florida (ranked No. 44- tie)
8. Seattle, Washington (ranked No. 46)
9. San Francisco, California (ranked No. 49)
10. Atlanta, Georgia (ranked No. 50)
Toronto in the winter? No thank you. Vancouver, yes, but just barely.
So, The Economist finds that cities in countries with tiny military budgets are more economically attractive in which to reside?
I’m so surprised.
Next, they will say the best places for illegal drug needles are cities that give those away.
Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco? What a joke!
Tokyo? Good grief, that's one of the most expensive cities in the world, and as far as "livable" I'd encourage the panel to spend a rush hour in Shinjuku Eki sometime. Or try driving downtown. I have done both. Never again.
I certainly don’t consider DC nor sh!t laced SF to be livable.
Maybe it’s for Globalists, but NOT for me.
this list only applies to the rich
Remember, this is a rabid leftist rag.
Vancouver is a beautiful city only it’s infested with LIEberals. San Francisco was once a jewel but you know the rest of the story.
Send this to all of your LEFTist acquaintances and remind them of their pledge to move out if DJT was elected. Win-Win scenario!
Any list which excludes Mahalasville, Indiana, can’t be taken seriously.
except for the possible exception of Calgary, none of these top 10 cities are affordable for an ordinary person to buy a house.
It’s like making a list of the world’s top 10 hotels, when most people can’t afford them.
1. Seoul, South Korea
2. Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, USA
3. Des Moines, Iowa, USA
4. Omaha, Nebraska, USA
5. Ocean Springs, Mississippi, USA
6. The Woodlands, Texas, USA
7. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
8. Buenos Aires, Argentina
9. Lima, Peru
Yeah, if you’re filthy rich, Toronto and Vancouver are great places. For us ordinary mortals, not so much. It’s incredibly expensive to live in either of those cities. Whoever rated these cities has an odd idea of “livable”.
Seems like only smaller towns and rural are likely conservative friendly livable places in America.
I found Vienna to be both oppressive and depressing. No one makes eye contact, no one smiles or laughs. Yuk.
Where’s Camden, NJ? Cairo, IL? East St. Louis? Gary, IN? P
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