Thread Top 10 Most Livable Cities

[OzSTEEZ]

Melbourne has vaulted Vancouver to become the best city in the world to live, according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Survey.

Top 10

Country	City	Rank	Overall Rating (100=ideal)
Australia	Melbourne	1	97.5
Austria	Vienna	2	97.4
Canada	Vancouver	3	97.3
Canada	Toronto	4	97.2
Canada	Calgary	5	96.6
Australia	Sydney	6	96.1
Finland	Helsinki	7	96.0
Australia	Perth	8	95.9
Australia	Adelaide	9	95.9
New Zealand	Auckland	10	95.7

http://www.businessday.com.au/busin...o-live-20110830-1jj9d.html?rand=1314669119171




Yet I would live in Melbourne if you payed me to.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

I hear Melbourne is full of weirdos and idiots. What criteria is all this based on? I'd only like to live in Finland or Canada from that list.

 

[JAXvillain]

I hear Melbourne is full of weirdos and idiots. What criteria is all this based on? I'd only like to live in Finland or Canada from that list.

the same criteria that made atlanta #1
http://www.maxim.com/amg/STUFF/Slideshows/The+40+Best+Man+Cities

 

[Coqui]

I hear Melbourne is full of weirdos and idiots. What criteria is all this based on? I'd only like to live in Finland or Canada from that list.

The Economist Intelligence Unit has been criticized by the New York Times for being overly anglocentric, stating that "The Economist clearly equates livability with speaking English."

 

[water]

the same criteria that made atlanta #1
http://www.maxim.com/amg/STUFF/Slideshows/The+40+Best+Man+Cities

LOL N U LIVE THERE! HOW AWWSUM!

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Clearly that's only for metrosexual "men".

I don't see anything about tractors, excavators, chainsaws, firearms, or sheep on their list.

 

[OzSTEEZ]

"The Economist Intelligence Unit has been criticized by the New York Times for being overly anglocentric, stating that "The Economist clearly equates livability with speaking English."

People don't speak English in Finland. People speak English in the US, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, but they are not on the list.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

People don't speak English in Finland. People speak English in the US, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, but they are not on the list.

Actually most Finnish people do speak English, as well as Swedish.

 

[OzSTEEZ]

Actually most Finnish people do speak English, as well as Swedish.

And Japan, and Denmark, and Switzerland, and a butt load of other countries. He's talking about a nation's official language.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

And Japan, and Denmark, and Switzerland, and a butt load of other countries. He's talking about a nation's official language.

Japan not so much.

 

[my little brony]

japan speaks tentacle rape

 

[OzSTEEZ]

Japan not so much.

It's a compulsory subject in school there.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

It's a compulsory subject in school there.

And? So is maths here and I can barely do simple addition.

 

[OzSTEEZ]

And? So is maths here and I can barely do simple addition.

You said people speak English in Finland. It's the exact same in Japan. Not their official language, but they all learn it in school.

 

[Coqui]

And Japan, and Denmark, and Switzerland, and a butt load of other countries. He's talking about a nation's official language.

I don't write for the NY Times.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

You said people speak English in Finland. It's the exact same in Japan. Not their official language, but they all learn it in school.

The difference being that while the Japanese may learn English they speak Japanese whereas Finnish people tend to speak English even to other Fins. Or even Swedish as they know Finnish is quite a minority language.

 

[Petunia]

yaaaaaaay Canada

 

[OzSTEEZ]

The difference being that while the Japanese may learn English they speak Japanese whereas Finnish people tend to speak English even to other Fins. Or even Swedish as they know Finnish is quite a minority language.

I don't believe that.

 

[OzSTEEZ]

I don't write for the NY Times.

I know, you write for the Pedantic Times.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

I don't believe that.

You can believe whatever you like. My belief is based on people who have lived in those countries or people I know in those countries.