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2011 Quality of Living worldwide city rankings – Mercer survey

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Desmond

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  European cities dominate worldwide quality of living rankings

Vienna ranks highest for quality of living; Baghdad, the lowest

Luxembourg ranks highest for personal safety; Baghdad, the lowest

In UK, Aberdeen and Glasgow rank 44 for personal safety; London ranks 68 out of 221 cities
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1 Vienna Austria
2 Zurich Switzerland
3 Auckland New Zealand
4 Munich Germany
5 Düsseldorf Germany
5 Vancouver Canada
7 Frankfurt Germany
8 Geneva Switzerland
9 Bern Switzerland
9 Copenhagen Denmark
11 Sydney Australia
12 Amsterdam Netherlands
13 Wellington New Zealand
14 Ottawa Canada
15 Toronto Canada
16 Hamburg Germany
17 Berlin Germany
18 Melbourne Australia
19 Luxembourg Luxembourg
20 Stockholm Sweden
21 Perth Australia
22 Brussels Belgium
22 Montreal Canada
24 Nurnberg Germany
25 Singapore Singapore
26 Canberra Australia
26 Dublin Ireland
28 Stuttgart Germany
29 Honolulu, HI United States
30 Adelaide Australia
30 Paris France
30 San Francisco, CA United States
33 Calgary Canada
33 Oslo Norway
35 Helsinki Finland
36 Boston, MA United States
37 Brisbane Australia
38 London United Kingdom
39 Lyon France
40 Barcelona Spain
41 Lisbon Portugal
42 Milan Italy
43 Chicago, IL United States
43 Madrid Spain
43 Washington, DC United States
46 Tokyo Japan
47 New York City, NY United States
48 Seattle, WA United States
49 Kobe Japan
49 Pittsburgh, PA United States
49 Yokohama Japan


http://www.mercer.com/qualityoflivingpr#City_Ranking_Tables
 
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bjaelke

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Desmond said:
1 Vienna Austria
2 Zurich Switzerland
3 Auckland New Zealand
4 Munich Germany
5 Düsseldorf Germany
6 Vancouver Canada
7 Frankfurt Germany
8 Geneva Switzerland
9 Bern Switzerland
9 Copenhagen Denmark
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Not a lot has changes since last year:
1 Vienna Austria
2 Zurich Switzerland
3 Geneva Switzerland
4 Auckland New Zealand
4 Vancouver Canada
6 Düsseldorf Germany
7 Frankfurt Germany
7 Munich Germany
9 Bern Switzerland
10 Sydney Australia
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Wads

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Hmm, Tokyo and Yokohama? Having spent much of the last year there going back in forth to both I can't say I agree. Sure, it's very safe, but these people work so damn much and people jumping in front of trains to kill themselves is a regular occurance. Add to that - small living spaces and people cramming into the subway cars like sardines and it's not a place I want to live...
 
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Raiden

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Lol Brussels really? That place went to shit a long time ago. Unless you talk about that little nice area that is extremely expensive.
 
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Previous

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Yeah DC represent! Yeah 43!
And look at all of those other cities tied for 43, Looks like we dodged a bullet not getting 45.
 
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marrec

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Previous said:
Yeah DC represent! Yeah 43!
And look at all of those other cities tied for 43, Looks like we dodged a bullet not getting 45.
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The fact that DC is higher than Pittsburgh makes my head spin.

I mean, you guys have the Redskins.

THE REDSKINS.
 
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brucewaynegretzky

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Previous said:
Yeah DC represent! Yeah 43!
And look at all of those other cities tied for 43, Looks like we dodged a bullet not getting 45.
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43 for DC seems right. DC to me has some of the BEST living standards in the world, depending on where you are. Other areas are horrible. When you combine the two we come in at just "above average." Personally there are very few places on earth that would be equally desirable as DC as a place to live. London, San Fran, Seattle, and Chicago come to mind. I can't really think of anywhere else I would willingly live. A lot of that has to do with only speaking English though...
 
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Munin

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Düsseldorf is a hole (I'm German so I am allowed to say it). Most of the other German cities have stuff going for them but I would not even remotely consider them having a particularly high standard of living. Are they high when they put these lists together?
 
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marrec

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So most of the North American Cities listed are in colder climates (Barring Honolulu of course).

What is it about being cold that makes living awesome?
 
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Ermac

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Um, I grew up in DC and it is a shithole. No way should it be top 50, let alone top 200. It's blowing my mind that it's on the list.
 
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ahoyhoy

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marrec said:
The fact that DC is higher than Pittsburgh makes my head spin.

I mean, you guys have the Redskins.

THE REDSKINS.
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I think they can ignore the crappiness of our sports franchises.

However, it's also questionable how they can ignore that we have to share a living space with all those inept individuals on Capitol Hill.
 
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ahoyhoy

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Ermac said:
Um, I grew up in DC and it is a shithole. No way should it be top 50, let alone top 200. It's blowing my mind that it's on the list.
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When's the last time you've visited? While it certainly depends on which side of the Anacostia you're on, a lot of neighborhoods are being transformed into hipster/young-professional paradises.

Plus, I think they include NoVa (or at least the income those people bring into the 10x10) into the figure.
 
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Ermac

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ahoyhoy said:
When's the last time you've visited? While it certainly depends on which side of the Anacostia you're on, a lot of neighborhoods are being transformed into hipster/young-professional paradises.

Plus, I think they include NoVa (or at least the income those people bring into the 10x10) into the figure.
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Lived there till I was 15, then moved to NoVa, now I'm in Maryland, but I still go to the city quite often. There just doesn't seem to be much culture to me, it's such a hogwash of different things going on. I agree with your hipster / yuppie comment, but I wouldn't call them 'paradises.' A lot of my yuppie friends live in those areas so I usually stay the night on the weekends. They really aren't that much different than other areas, it needs time.

I'm in California at the moment and it's a million times better IMO

to each his own though.
 
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clemenx

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At the other end of the personal-safety scale, Caracas, Venezuela (205), Port-au-Prince, Haiti (202), Bogotá, Colombia (196), and Kingston, Jamaica (192), rank lowest in the region.
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Jesus fucking Christ, how on earth are we worst than Haiti!? And Bogota is too low, most beautiful city in South America by far, IMO. FARC shit is almost controled there.
 
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brucewaynegretzky

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Ermac said:
Lived there till I was 15, then moved to NoVa, now I'm in Maryland, but I still go to the city quite often. There just doesn't seem to be much culture to me, it's such a hogwash of different things going on. I agree with your hipster / yuppie comment, but I wouldn't call them 'paradises.' A lot of my yuppie friends live in those areas so I usually stay the night on the weekends. They really aren't that much different than other areas, it needs time.

to each his own though.
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You prefer NoVA to DC? Really? I doubt we'd agree on ANY place to live then. You're right that DC doesn't really have its own culture. It's by far the biggest drawback. I think it's interesting to watch though. The most annoying thing is people who come here and spend years talking about how much worse it is than place X (usually some shithole rural area or NYC). Why those people don't just fucking move is beyond me. If it's because of work than accept the fact that there actually IS something you like about DC, it's the only place where you're employable.
 
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thezerofire

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So I don't know a whole lot about living in Europe, but I was under the impression that Sweden was an amazing place to live, yet it's only there a couple times. What's the deal?
 
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Ermac

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brucewaynegretzky said:
You prefer NoVA to DC? Really? I doubt we'd agree on ANY place to live then. You're right that DC doesn't really have its own culture. It's by far the biggest drawback. I think it's interesting to watch though. The most annoying thing is people who come here and spend years talking about how much worse it is than place X (usually some shithole rural area or NYC). Why those people don't just fucking move is beyond me. If it's because of work than accept the fact that there actually IS something you like about DC, it's the only place where you're employable.
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I would say out of the three I prefer Maryland the most only because of College Park, where I went to college. NoVa's alright, I went to high school there so it's special to me / I made a lot of good friends there, I don't really go there much now that I'm 22.

Yeah I agree that the majority of people come here because of work, you don't see to many people choose to come here for the city / nightlife / culture. But yeah, people complain like mad about DC and it irks me. Honestly I did it to for a while, but eventually got so tired with the lack of culture / all the politics that I decided on moving. I'm in Santa Monica now looking for places, I'm moving in January.

Do you live in DC? Nice username btw.
 
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Something Wicked

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So disposable income is not considered in one's quality of living?... To each their own I suppose.


Zionyx said:
The lack of Nordic cities confuses me somewhat.
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thezerofire said:
So I don't know a whole lot about living in Europe, but I was under the impression that Sweden was an amazing place to live, yet it's only there a couple times. What's the deal?
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There are not too many large-ish cities in Scandinavia/Nordic countries- there are about the same amount of people in metro NYC as Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland combined. From looking at the list, I'd assume a city needs to be the hub of a metro area of around 1 million to make the list.
 
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MetatronM

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Honolulu? Isn't that supposed to be a high crime shit hole? I don't think I've ever heard anything good about Honolulu.
 
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