AUSTRALIAN cities hold three of the top 10 places in the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2009 Liveability poll.
Melbourne ranked third in the world, behind Vancouver in Canada and Vienna in Austria. Two other Australian cities are Perth at equal 5th and Sydney at equal 8th.
The highest-ranked Asian city was Osaka in Japan (13th) followed by Tokyo in Japan (19th), Hongkong (39th) , Singapore (54th) and Seoul, South Korea (58th).
Singapore is the most livable place in South-East Asia while Phnom Penh, Cambodia is the worst place (128th). Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Jakarta in Indonesia were placed 79th and 123th respectively
Pittsburgh is the highest-rated US city, in 29th place.
It analysed 140 world’s major cities based on 5 factors: stability, health care, education, infrastructure, culture and environment. The survey is conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, a branch of The Economist Group, which publishes The Economist, a weekly magazine.
Top 10 cities
1 Vancouver Canada
2 Vienna Austria
3 Melbourne Australia
4 Toronto Canada
5/6 Perth Australia
Calgary Canada
7 Helsinki Finland
8/9/10 Geneva Switzerland
Sydney Australia
Zurich Switzerland
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Wow, we live in (nearly) the worst city.
ReplyDeleteVancouver is the most livable city!
Where do you get this information? Do you have the full list? Thanks