Vancouver is 'best city to live'

[Suga Foot]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/04/eui.survey/


LONDON, England (CNN) -- Vancouver is the world's most desirable place to live, according to a new survey, while Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby is at the other end of the scale.

The Canadian city, nestled on the Pacific coast, was one of four locations in that country to rank at the top of the Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey, which looked at conditions in 127 cities.

The other top-ranking Canadian cities were Toronto, Calgary and Montreal.

Australia also fared well in the survey by the London-based group, with Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney scoring high marks along with Vienna, Austria, and Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland.

The EIU study assessed nearly 40 indicators in five broad categories -- stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

"In the current global political climate, it is no surprise that the most desirable destinations are those with a lower perceived threat of terrorism," said Jon Copestake, editor of the report.

Joining Port Moresby at the bottom of the list were Algiers, Algeria, and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Karachi, Pakistan, and Lagos, Nigeria, also ranked poorly. The EIU said 10 cities -- all in Asia, Africa or the Middle East -- had aspects of daily life that "present challenges."

By contrast, the EIU said 63 cities fell into the top livability bracket.

"This reflects the fact that many global business centers have a developed infrastructure and widespread availability," the report states. "Still, the overwhelming majority of cities in the top livability range are based in western Europe and North America."

The report said Canada, "with low crime, little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed infrastructure," is the most livable destination in the world.

"Although higher crime rates and a greater threat of terror puts U.S. cities below those of Canada, U.S. cities are still among the world's most livable." Cleveland and Pittsburgh had the highest American scores.

Only three cities in eastern Europe fall into this bracket along with 13 cities from Asia, the EUI said.



 

[mauzip]

what abouit Tha A-L-K?

[ωεεźγ ғ]

hey! i live there 

[Lincoln]

I read this earlier today, it lost all credibility with me by putting Toronto on the list.

[white Boy]

^ toronto is dope, but ive never been to vancouver.

[Lincoln]

^ toronto is dope, but ive never been to vancouver.

No way in hell, Toronto is terrible. You couldn't give me a house for free to live there. It's violent, crowded, full of foreigners and  dirty. I've never understood why people like it.

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

Yeah Im not a fan of Toronto either.. Edmonton is my city of choice.

[white Boy]

^ toronto is dope, but ive never been to vancouver.

No way in hell, Toronto is terrible. You couldn't give me a house for free to live there. It's violent, crowded, full of foreigners and dirty. I've never understood why people like it.

well violent, im from philly, so its def not more violent, crowded, i like a lot of people, im a city guy, and toronto has a great city, and foreigners, i like em , well to an extent. My fav city in the world is NY, so that may be why i like toronto.

[Lincoln]

Yeah Im not a fan of Toronto either.. Edmonton is my city of choice.

Edmonton is great! So's Calgary. I've always toyed with the idea of fucking off to Alberta, such a great province.

[J Bananas]

hmmm, how'd Oakland California fare?

[Machiavelli]

Fuck all those cities...Rio is and always will be the best city to live and visit...Unfuckwitable....

[Doggystylin]

I swear you atleast make 1 of these threads a year, maybe even 2

[eS El Duque]

^ toronto is dope, but ive never been to vancouver.

It's violent, crowded, full of foreigners and  dirty.

Sounds like vancouver lol

[ωεεźγ ғ]

o man i was born in edmonton haha in your face!

[Jome]

which looked at conditions in 127 cities.

Not much to go by, seems like they only chose Capitals, and the biggest cities in the big countries..