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Posted on 08/19/2018 4:36:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
America just isn’t that liveable compared to the rest of the world it seems.
The annual global “liveability” ranking of cities saw the top 10 spots mostly split between Australia, Canada and Japan, according to CNBC. No American city made the top 20.
The ranking is put together by the Economist Intelligence Unit and includes 140 cities in a process which considers healthcare, culture, infrastructure, crime and conflict, and education among others as factors in scoring.
The highest-ranked American city was Honolulu at 23. Here’s a look at which cities made the top 10. [CNBC]—Erin Hudson
1. Vienna, Austria
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2. Melbourne, Australia
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3. Osaka, Japan
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4. Calgary, Canada
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5. Sydney, Australia
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6. Vancouver, Canada
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7. Toronto, Canada
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8. Tokyo, Japan
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9. Copenhagen, Denmark
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10. Adelaide, Australia
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Well, aside from the weather and the liberals, Boston, MA is a pretty nice city.
Expensive though.
“The Economist’s 10 most liveable cities in the world: Australia and Canada Dominate 6 of 10 spots”
If you don’t mind giving up your guns and random acid attacks.
Tokyo is expensive. So apparently it’s livable... if you’re a billionaire.
Economist Intelligence Unit.......isn’t that an oxymoron?
East St. Louis?
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About 10 years ago someone warned us to gas up in advance so we didn’t need stop in that dangerous place.
It must be worse now.
“Well, aside from the weather and the liberals, Boston, MA is a pretty nice city.”
They have great sea food I’ll give them that. Otherwise, MA sucks in long strokes.
If you don’t mind giving up your guns and random acid attacks.
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What is a random acid attack?
The first thing I notice about those 10 cities is that almost everyone living in them has ancestors from Northern Europe or East Asia.
“The highest-ranked American city was Honolulu at 23.”
They have to be shitting us? But then what big American city isn’t a shithole?
Mass immigration has truly made nearly all of Western Europe "unlivable."
In Calgary, we can only afford to live because we haven’t become a socialist climate change wasteland...
and chinese heroin
MA is the worst, left-wing, liberal, taxing-est gun-grabbing, state, I agree, but the historic buildings, the sea food (like you said), and the Autumn Foliage are really nice.
And there are quite a few FReepers in MA...but nor nearly enough! :-)
“Vancouver is a beautiful city only it’s infested with LIEberals. “
Canadian Seattle except you can still have guns in Seattle...barely.
Wow, based on what we’ve been told by the Moonbats, Caracas, Venezuela would have made the list.
Every one a shithole.
Great. That’s their opinion. Mine is different.
I’ve lived in Vienna (briefly). I’ve seen Copenhagen. Both are expensive as hell and crowded. Both countries have far more restrictive gun laws, not as much open space, parking is nowhere near as convenient, they don’t have as much living space as most Americans nor as much stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed certain aspects of Vienna like the palaces, architecture, art galleries and museums and seeing the Philharmonic Orchestra. All of which stems from their glorious past rather than present policies. Both are wonderful places to visit but I’d much rather live in the South where I am currently.
The economist used to be an interesting independent voice. I didn’t agree with them about everything but they had a different and often intelligent take on things. Sadly, I noticed around 2003 or so it really started turning into just another Yurp rag parrotting the same global socialist perspective as much of the rest of the MSM. It became unreadable and I dropped it. I notice they endorsed the Democrat every single time since starting in 2004. This isn’t really a news magazine which espouses the free market any longer. Any periodical which could ever endorse Obama instantly loses all credibility on that front.
Unnervingly common these days in London.
London Muslims toss acid in the faces of white people.
I don't know about other cities, though.
LOL - London has responded forcefully...
Acid is now classified as a dangerous weapon.
That’ll show those Muzzies!
“In Calgary, we can only afford to live because we haven’t become a socialist climate change wasteland..”
Stand fast mate...Illegitimi non carborundum.
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