Vancouver now not #1

[The Brain]

My God those are some crap cities.

[The Minsky Moment]

The Economist seems to equate mind-numbing boredom with livability

[The Larch]

The Economist seems to equate mind-numbing boredom with livability

Can't be. There's not a single Swiss city in their Top 10.

[Valmy]

Can't be. There's not a single Swiss city in their Top 10.

[crazy canuck]

I'm rather unimpressed with their list.

I would put Seattle above both Calgary and Toronto - probably even above Vancouver.

[Valmy]

Toronto and Perth?  What sets those two apart from the others in your mind?

Perth is good if you hate other cities and demand to be so far away from them, you can pretend you are a living in an earthling colony on a far away planet.

[Josephus]

The hilarious part, of course, is that Vancouver got downgraded for something that happened on the island. 

Anyway, the true weakness of this list is that it does not appear to take into account housing costs. Most people can't afford to live in these livable cities ...

5.5 million live in the Greater Toronto Area. that's a huge chunk of people. Now, they don't all live in your neighbourhood, granted...

[Sheilbh]

Anyway, the true weakness of this list is that it does not appear to take into account housing costs. Most people can't afford to live in these livable cities ...

Again, not an issue for employees receiving a hardship allowance.  Generally accommodation costs will be taken care of by the company.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

never really was #1 anything. People here often call Vancouver No-Fun City... so I always blanched at that "Most livable city" crap. It's not unlivable for most, but no moreso than anywhere else I've lived.

[Neil]

Toronto and Perth?  What sets those two apart from the others in your mind?

Toronto is unbearable hot in the summer, and unbearably cold in the winter.  Perth is a desert.

[Habsburg]

I'm rather unimpressed with their list.

I would put Seattle above both Calgary and Toronto - probably even above Vancouver.

Thanks, Seattle an Vancouver are pretty much on par IMHO.

Stockholm >>> Helsinki (and I like Helsinki)
Munich or Berlin >>> Wien

Calgary?!? 

I guess they didn't take culture and the arts into account.  Or with Australia, the cost of visiting elsewhere (and culture and the arts.)

[Neil]

I guess they didn't take culture and the arts into account.  Or with Australia, the cost of visiting elsewhere (and culture and the arts.)

I think they gave culture and the arts exactly what they are due.

[crazy canuck]

I guess they didn't take culture and the arts into account.  Or with Australia, the cost of visiting elsewhere (and culture and the arts.)

I think they gave culture and the arts exactly what they are due.

That is one of many explanations why Edmonton will never appear on the list.

[Monoriu]

Anyway, the true weakness of this list is that it does not appear to take into account housing costs. Most people can't afford to live in these livable cities ...

Vancouver at least has cheap housing as far as I am concerned.

[Monoriu]

Do you have a decent job in Hong Kong?  Here civil service employees are treated little better then the chairs they sit in.

Decent job = long-term + office job