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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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Of their US List, the only one of those I would rate as worth living in is Atlanta...and that’s much better if you live in Alpharetta. I know because I’ve lived in Atlanta twice (once in Marietta and once inside the perimeter in Brookhaven).
I’ve also lived in Minneapolis. Nice city but cold and gray for 6 months of the year. Pass. Very unlivable due to that alone - nevermind the scandalous lack of good barbecue and the beer in the grocery stores being that weak ass 3:2 beer.
Boston, Chicago, San Fransisco, Washington DC, Miami? LOLOLOL!!!!! Hell no.
Ding!
Sadly it didn’t used to be the fishwrapper it is now. I used to read it religiously cover to cover back in the 90s. Its gone to chit since then.
IMO, Austrians tend to be cold unless you really know them well personally - and I’ve lived in Innsbruck and Vienna and I speak German.
Thanks.
If London had been mentioned I would have recognized “random acid attacks”. But those other cities have not experienced those attacks that I know of.
As noted above, affordability was not a factor in this survey.
"Livability" (whatever that means) is their determinant.
I doubt that a country's military budget has a great deal of weight when it comes to judging that rather nebulous characteristic of big cities. Sort of like "vibrant" and "dynamic" when applied to places like Las Vegas and Norfolk, you are taking the chamber of commerce's word for it. YMMV.
Calgary used to probably be the most conservative large city in the world. It’s still pretty conservative as far as large cities go, but it’s gotten more liberal (and diverse) over the last decade or so. In the U.S., I would probably rate Oklahoma City, Colorado Springs, or Mesa, AZ as the most conservative large city.
They overlooked a quaint college town. Served by two freeways it is just minutes away from the Los Angeles International Airport, the beaches of Orange County to the southeast and Santa Monica and the South Bay to the west, as well as downtown LA. Yet despite being in the heart of one of the country’s largest metropolitan areas, it still retains its small-town charm. Barbara Bush, the former First Lady, who lived there with her husband George and son George W., described the town as “lovely.”
The name of this lovely town? Compton, Calif.
I am aware of acid attacks in London but since we were not discussing London, I didn’t recognize your “random acid attacks”. I am not aware of acid attacks in any of those other cities.
Amazing how many of these so called liveable cities are governed by DEMOCRATS!They obviously did not consider crime rates!
“... and I’ve lived in Innsbruck and Vienna and I speak German”.
How did you like those cities?
“A post office was established at Mahalasville in 1854, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1928”
Maybe you should have learned to speak Austrian?
I agree.
Published every two weeks, as I recall.
I read it faithfully in the 1970s and 1980s.
I barely glance at it now, unless they have a white paper issue on some technology subject or scientific subject (besides their usual Global Warming propaganda).
I also used to read the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal every day, and National Review magazine and Commentary magazine.
The WSJ editorials began collapsing in the mid-90s.
National Review died politically shortly after Buckley died.
Commentary (the first neo-Con publication) almost died after going All-In on massive immigration in 2005, and it has become politically quadriplegic and viciously anti-Trump since 2015.
ROFLOL.
It’s hard to make an apples-to-oranges comparison, because the nicest parts of foreign cities are often near the downtown core whereas the nicest parts of US cities are usually outside the city limits - edge cities in the suburbs.
Innsbrueck is pretty - especially the mountains around it - but its pretty small and insular.
Vienna looks like the old imperial city it was. It is gorgeous and has art and history museums that reflect its imperial past. It was the cultural capital of Europe (not Paris) for centuries. The music written and performed first - and still performed - there is stunning. Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Strauss to name a few. There are really nice restaurants and Coffee Houses/Cafe’s like the famous and ornate Cafe Zentral. Viennese pastries are delicious. The city looks wealthy and well cared for.
That said, I did find Austrians to be cold for the most part. Not rude. Just cold.
” I am not aware of acid attacks in any of those other cities.”
Be patient.
I was thinking the same thing. It’s only a matter of time.
I agree... I lived there. Loved it but that was when America was still America in the 60’s.
Yes....and they are valuing things like Public Transport which European cities have because of their high population density but which American cities either do not have on anything like the scale or which are New York City or San Francisco which have high population density.
Most of my complaints stem from....high population density. I do not like being packed in like a sardine. I like open space. That means like most Americans, I drive a car. That means I want nice convenient parking....another thing European cities do not have in their city centers. Ergo I would repeatedly ding them for things the Economist credits them for and vice versa.
They’re also big fans of socialized medicine and are for gun control. I am once against staunchly against both. Ergo, their ratings are worthless IMO.
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