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The world's top ten and worst ten most livable cities Nate Send a noteboard - 30/08/2011 07:06:50 PM
The Economist's Livibility index for 2011 has been released, listing the top ten most livable cities and the ten least livable cities around the globe.

According to the report they rated the following factors: Stability (including crime rate, terror, civil unrest), Health (including health care and general health indices), Culture & Environment (including climate, corruption, social freedoms, restaurants, services), Education (private and public), and Infrastructure (roads, public transportation, water, housing, telecommunications, etc). You can see a full list of their criteria in the report, linked at the bottom.

This year's list:

Top Ten
1. Melbourne, Australia
2. Vienna, Austria
3. Vancouver, Canada
4. Toronto, Canada
5. Calgary, Canada
6. Sydney, Australia
7. Helsinki, Finland
8. Perth, Australia
9. Adelaide, Australia
10. Auckland, New Zealand


Bottom Ten (from "best" to worst)
1. Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
2. Tehran, Iran
3. Douala, Cameroon
4. Karachi, Pakistan
5. Tripoli, Libya
6. Algiers, Algeria
7. Lagos, Nigeria
8. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
9. Dhaka, Bangladesh
10. Harare, Zimbabwe



I'm happy that three Canadian cities (including my city) are in the top five. I like that Australia scores well too, as that would be my second choice of country to live in.

It should be noted that recent events, such as the Vancouver hockey riots and the rebel war in Libya, are not reflected in this report, so the rankings might change next year. I expect Vancouver will be hurt in the rankings especially. It was #1 in 2010, and dropped two spots due to traffic congestion. I imagine the riot will really take a bite out of their ranking.

Any thoughts on the rankings?
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The world's top ten and worst ten most livable cities Nate - 30/08/2011 07:06:50 PM 1564 Views
How do you call towns "cities"? Tom - 30/08/2011 08:12:27 PM 831 Views
I thought you were going to mention Perth. The rest are clearly cities, if you ask me. Legolas - 30/08/2011 08:23:33 PM 799 Views
Perth has 1.7 million people. Nate - 30/08/2011 08:30:26 PM 956 Views
You kind of inadvertently prove the point... Legolas - 30/08/2011 09:21:18 PM 1030 Views
So I see! Nate - 30/08/2011 09:45:27 PM 1044 Views
A million people isn't a city? Nate - 30/08/2011 08:28:20 PM 959 Views
Not necessarily. Tom - 30/08/2011 10:49:08 PM 934 Views
You could be right re: population density. Nate - 30/08/2011 11:06:36 PM 867 Views
Re: Not necessarily. Zaphod - 30/08/2011 11:56:20 PM 958 Views
He's spoilt by living in New York Stephen - 31/08/2011 01:26:02 AM 1006 Views
That probably is part of it. Tom - 31/08/2011 02:14:41 AM 818 Views
to meet their definition of best it also seems to help if you have mostly white random thoughts - 31/08/2011 01:52:11 PM 823 Views
Have you been to Toronto or Vancouver ? wheelwright - 31/08/2011 04:02:01 PM 834 Views
no but I have the internet and they meet the ethnic description I gave random thoughts - 31/08/2011 05:25:40 PM 924 Views
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you're fairly off with that one. Nate - 31/08/2011 04:52:25 PM 881 Views
OK you did see where I included Asians didn't you and I would call less than 2% significant random thoughts - 31/08/2011 05:31:45 PM 871 Views
I believe your words ... Nate - 31/08/2011 05:49:26 PM 862 Views
yeah sprinkling was probably an understatement random thoughts - 31/08/2011 07:36:16 PM 1079 Views
As a comparison ... Nate - 30/08/2011 08:37:28 PM 987 Views
that can be a little misleading random thoughts - 30/08/2011 09:18:22 PM 916 Views
Point taken. Nate - 30/08/2011 09:49:54 PM 1007 Views
Not enough Europe, apparently ironclad - 30/08/2011 08:13:48 PM 872 Views
Re: Europe Nate - 30/08/2011 09:32:17 PM 916 Views
Interesting ironclad - 30/08/2011 09:59:27 PM 1052 Views
but everything tries to kill you in Oz Yunalesca - 30/08/2011 08:41:51 PM 827 Views
That's what keeps you fit and healthy. *NM* Nate - 30/08/2011 09:17:32 PM 444 Views
weather is a factor and three Canadian cities made the top ten? random thoughts - 30/08/2011 09:22:32 PM 967 Views
Vancouver at least has a nice climate. Nate - 30/08/2011 09:40:31 PM 1084 Views
yeah there are not vey many US cities I would want to raise kids in random thoughts - 30/08/2011 11:16:52 PM 783 Views
For the record, I found Vancouver quite lovely. Joel - 31/08/2011 05:09:37 PM 1030 Views
Quality health care in the US, really? Macharius - 31/08/2011 12:27:41 AM 920 Views
seriously... LadyLorraine - 31/08/2011 05:24:47 AM 842 Views
all you are arguing is quality=free random thoughts - 31/08/2011 12:11:30 PM 858 Views
Also, Aeryn - 31/08/2011 12:53:00 PM 924 Views
no it works out that nicely for most people random thoughts - 31/08/2011 01:36:13 PM 895 Views
How can he afford a week in Vail and not afford insurance? nossy - 31/08/2011 04:22:47 PM 887 Views
a lot of the uninsured are that way from choice random thoughts - 31/08/2011 06:41:42 PM 809 Views
Getting care, getting timely care, getting quality care and paying for it are all different things. Joel - 31/08/2011 03:39:30 PM 1095 Views
tha tis becuase the hospital is run by republicans and they were out to get you *NM* random thoughts - 31/08/2011 07:37:47 PM 605 Views
Nothing in Travis County is run by Republicans. Joel - 31/08/2011 07:46:42 PM 906 Views
Livability obviously doesn't include "Concentration of Venomous Creatures". *NM* TaskmasterJack - 30/08/2011 11:43:43 PM 449 Views
or perhaps Australian cities rank so high because they're so much better than the alternative Zaphod - 30/08/2011 11:58:47 PM 988 Views
Actually, the reason our cities are so liveable is because they're built to keep said creatures out Colonel Logain - 31/08/2011 12:59:01 AM 793 Views
How? ironclad - 31/08/2011 08:20:01 AM 790 Views
I can't risk putting the answer on a public forum, the venomous creatures may find out Colonel Logain - 01/09/2011 07:26:52 AM 740 Views
Why no Boston? *NM* Ghavrel - 31/08/2011 12:16:28 AM 431 Views
Annoyingness of local sports fans was also taken into consideration. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2011 12:31:21 AM 548 Views
Obviously the study group consists of Yankees fans. Poor, unfortunate souls. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/08/2011 12:46:17 AM 416 Views
A low population density seems to be a key determinant in these rankings Colonel Logain - 31/08/2011 12:51:45 AM 784 Views
There is an obvious mistake Druid - 31/08/2011 03:07:31 AM 1114 Views
I was almost killed by a wombat LadyLorraine - 31/08/2011 05:26:28 AM 757 Views
you should print that on a tee shirt and sell it random thoughts - 31/08/2011 09:11:18 PM 778 Views
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