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Vancouver 'best city in the world' |
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Vancouver is the best city in the world to live, according to a new
survey by the respected Economist Intelligence Unit. Toronto and
Calgary also made it into the Top 10 in the list of 127 cities surveyed.
With low crime, little threat from instability or terrorism and a
highly developed infrastructure, Canada has the most liveable
destinations in the world, the report said.
"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.
The EIU's "liveability ranking" assesses living conditions by looking
at nearly 40 individual indicators grouped into five categories:
stability; healthcare; culture and environment; education; and
infrastructure. All the cities that fell into the top "liveability"
bracket were based in Canada, Australia and Western Europe.
The main uncertainty for people living in the those cities are climate-related, the EIU said.
On a scale of 0%-100%, Vancouver came in with a rating of just 1% on
the crime front (as a result of a small threat from petty crime).
Montreal and Toronto also feature in the top five in this list with
ratings of just 3%.
All four Canadian cities surveyed (Calgary was the fourth) scored well in all respects.
Alongside Canada, Australia has some of the most liveable places in the world, the report revealed.
Melbourne is ranked joint second overall. Perth, Adelaide and Sydney
join Zurich, Toronto and Calgary in joint 5th place. Just below this is
Brisbane in joint 11th place.
Elsewhere in the region cities in Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, South
Korea, Singapore and Taiwan all offer a good standard of living, with a
humid climate bringing scores down slightly.
Just north of Australia, however, a very different picture emerges,
with Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, returning the joint worst score of
all 127 cities surveyed.
THE TOP TEN CITIES
- Vancouver
- Melbourne
- Vienna
- Geneva
- Perth
- Adelaide
- Sydney
- Zurich
- Toronto
- Calgary
BOTTOM TEN
- Tehran
- Douala
- Harare
- Abidjan
- Phnom Penh
- Lagos
- Karachi
- Dhaka
- Algiers
- Port Moresby
Source: EIU
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