Where’s Philly????
You will find more statistics at Statista
If you want to live in one of the most “liveable” cities in the world, you’d better pack your bags and head for Canada or Australia. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Global Liveability Ranking, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth in Australia all make the list of the top-10 most liveable cities. It’s the same story for Canada with Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary all in the top-10. Vienna, Helsinki and Hamburg are also notable cities in Europe. Read the full story on the indy100.
As for me, I would prefer not to live in any of those cities. By prefer meaning I would be doing all I could to move elsewhere if I did live there.
But, to each his own.
Wonder why they come out on top and for whom and why they appeal to those that do?
So is assume by your comment you’ve spent some good time in each of those cities?
Liveable doesn’t mean affordable. A couple months ago there was a post of Vancouver’s house prices — almost all above 1 million.
How often does it rain in Vancouver? Twice a year. 6 months at time. Ok, seriously, it rains about 161 days a year.
Calgary? WTF? The average low daily temperature is below freezing 7 months of the year.
Helsinki — also cold and wet.
On the indy100 link at the bottom of post, that article had a link to ‘The 10 best countries to live in when you’re old”.
Sweden is no. 3 on that list.
Soooooo, both these lists are BS, BS, BS.
Do you want to live in Sweden – in 5 years it will be Sharia law.
Ditto
I have been to some of the cities…what may have been true once,
is no longer the case/things, they are a changing.
Maybe they have an article called the universe’s most livable planet.
As most noted, the cities on the list are white and cold.
They are also in places where the day is shorter; time goes by much faster than in the regions closer to the equator.
People in those places have a relative lifespan of a Mayfly.
Toronto? Seriously? Jeebers. Does’t say much for the rest of the planet.
What to those cities have in common?
Same as the states with the highest public school test scores.
This list is ridiculous. I think it’s more a ranking of how proud these cities are of themselves. Here are ones I know:
Toronto – Canada’s Manhattan with the problems of 1990’s NYC. Unreal traffic, mediocre public transit, sky high prices, homeless, crime, corruption. Not livable.
Vancouver – good luck finding a habitable house under $1.5 million.
Calgary – you will freeze to death in winter, broil in summer, and be jobless after the Canadian oil boom ended.
Helsinki – if you are a Finn or otherwise awesomely cold hardy, this is probably a great place. If you are used to the temperate zone, you will freeze in winter.
I haven’t been to Australia. Maybe LLPOH can comment on those.
Canada could belly up in a few short years if they keep importing savages. Australia would be a better bet because of the isolation.
As for the US:
Hamburg. Funny. Musloids are overrunning the place. That’s a serious cold weather list. Even the aussie cities are on the wrong side
Maybe correlation is causation in this case. Northern Italy is richer than southern Italy, for example. Cold weather demands forward planning. It’s like the fable of the ants and the grasshopper. Necessity is the mother of invention. And what Mark said, above. Y’all Southerners can enjoy your weather, but count your blessings that most of you are the products of Northern European breeding and culture.
Sour grapes much?? You can keep all your US conglomerations – I’ll keep Melbourne. Adelaide’s a really close second for us, and if you like isolation – Perth is the Planet’s most isolated State Capital.
Until you’ve visited OUR rather nice and VERY WELL PLANNED Cities, zip it.
Even our “second echelon” Cities leave almost “anything American” in the dust, especially where the REALLY essential services are concerned – those trivial things like affordable healthcare when you need it (not “if you can afford it”).
Who are you yelling at, Phil? Nobody said anything bad about Australia.
Phil – Melbourne is “well planned”? Bullshit. Wall to wall traffic. No train to the airport. Public transportation sucks.
And “affordable healthcare when you need it” is total horseshit.
Tell me, oh wise one, what is the wait time to get knee surgery? Hip replacement? Dental care? Would the answer be months, or is it years?
If you do not have private health insurance in Oz, you sure as hell do not get medical care when you need it. Emergency care, yes. Healthcare? Not a fucking chance.
LLPOH – to quote you, “If you don’t like it, leave”.
Obviously you don’t live in Melbourne. I do. It works, and works very well indeed. People may “choose” to get stuck in traffic, but they can also choose to use the pretty good Public Transport system, or all our cycleways – which are very under-utilised in comparison to Europe.
As for your sour grapes commentary on our Medical System – you KNOW we can get timely medical care WHEN NEEDED, without the “need” for Private Insurance (which is of course far, FAR less costly than the “oh so fantastic” US cartel system).
Private cover really only provides a “convenience” aspect – and that’s the case where all Private systems are concerned – convenience over genuine Clinical need. Over 80% of my Patients are “public” (not Private) and all are seen in a timely fashion – since the cost of delayed care / missed care can be very high – so the “public” system manages costs by timely management. Even “remote” areas receive a remarkably high standard of care via our justifiably famous Royal Flying Doctor Service – something the “wealthy” USA seems to be unable to afford . . . . . . .
You’ll also know that dental care here is mostly Private, but affordable. In most “cities” competition is sufficient to manage pricing, and the standard of care (as well as service availability) is very good indeed, including “out of hours” emergency care.
Don’t lecture me on our Healthcare system. I’ve seen (and fixed) the mistakes caused by YOUR system with some of our US visitors – mistakes that arose through laziness or downright incompetence, especially where “leaving things inside post-op” seems to be concerned.
That settles it then, I’m headed down under. Let me just pack up my guns here…
Oh. Never mind.
This list could also double as the ten whitest cities in the world or of British influence.
Oh yeah, it’s an exceptionally white list.
Dat list is rayciss’.
An enduring legacy from a tiny Nation.
A Nation forged from centuries of invasion and conflict.
Makes you think, doesn’t it . . . . . . .