No U.S. city cracks the top 30 on this well-regarded list of the world’s best places to live

Market Watch ^ | March 13, 2019 | Catey Hill

[C19fan]

Maybe we do need to make America great — to live in — again.

Global consulting firm Mercer has released its quality-of-living rankings, and, for a 10th year in a row, Vienna took the No. 1 spot. It was followed by Zurich, with Auckland, Munich and Vancouver tying for third place.

The company ranks hundreds of global cities based on a number of factors, including recreation, housing, economy, public services and transport, political and social environment, education, medical and health considerations, and the natural environment.

[C19fan]

/src on/The people who compiled the list hate people of color and that includes people from the Mediterranean./src off/

[ClearCase_guy]

Not even Baltimore made the list???

[PGR88]

Detroit is getting better, honest!

[EQAndyBuzz]

No San Fransicko?

[Mr. Jeeves]

The world standard is to make the inner cities gleaming showplaces and push the scum out to the suburbs.

We do the opposite. Dangerous for oblivious foreign tourists and city guide rankings, alike.

[irishjuggler]

Oh, so the towns loaded up with blond Germanic people are the best, eh? This list is obviously racist!

[dfwgator]

I was in Vancouver last year, bums all over the place.

[dainbramaged]

Hongcouver tied for third place? What a joke.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

American cities? Welcome to the jungle.
 

[ClearCase_guy]

No San Fransicko?

San Francisco didn't make the top 30, but it did get listed as the top place in America. Must be something about the poop on the sidewalks that makes the place attractive.

[Reno89519]

A BS list. "San Francisco [34], ... Boston (36), Honolulu (37), New York (44), Seattle (46), Chicago (49), Washington, D.C. (53), Philadelphia (54) and Pittsburgh (59)."

I cannot see any of these being top on a list, even on a list. That is, unless it is talking about filth, graffiti, crowding, homeless, and intolerance.

[dfwgator]

Detroit - Where the Weak Are Killed and Eaten

[Lurkinanloomin]

Too bad GHW Bush did not get to live to see his dream of North Mexico come true.

[budj]

from the article: "...down to the 34th spot to find an American city. That honor goes to San Francisco..."

So much for "well regarded list."

[Migraine]

Vancouver? They can have it!

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Munich? Not a good place if you are a young, good looking woman who wants to go out on New Year’s Eve.

[goldstategop]

They missed Silver Cliff, CO. Great place to live and the views are to die for not to mention the absence of light noise pollution.

What’s wrong with their list? Plenty.

[Spirochete]

Fake. Disreqard.

These "Top X" lists are published frequently, specifically to give the USA low rankings.

[jospehm20]

I guess 1 moose limb with a gun pretty much shutting down the entire city a couple years back didn’t hurt Munich in this survey.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Vancouver is ungodly expensive.