World’s Most Liveable City: And The Winner Is…?
Vienna, a city that has managed to remain clean, green and safe, and known for its music, theatre, art, history, coffee-bars and trams, is “world’s most liveable city”. According to a recent survey, Vienna is followed by Zurich and Geneva, while Auckland and Vancouver come joint fourth.
All of these cities have a reputation – perhaps undeserved – for crashing dullness, reports The Independent. Cities with romantic, glitzy reputations, from New York (49th) to Rome (55th), fare badly. Baghdad remains at the bottom of the table.
“No American city comes in the top 25. The highest is Honolulu in Hawaii, scarcely a city at all, which ranks 29th. Of the top 10 most liveable cities in the Mercer table, seven are European; three are German (Dusseldorf, Munich, Frankfurt); three are Swiss (Zurich, Geneva, Berne) and one is Austrian (Vienna).
“The criteria used by Mercer’s Worldwide Quality of Living Survey to rate cities include political stability, crime, medical services, schools (especially international schools), public services, transport, recreation, shops, housing, climate and pollution.” More here…
Photo above: Vienna Court Opera, Vienna, Austria, 1902. © BHHC; all rights reserved.
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One Response to “World’s Most Liveable City: And The Winner Is…?”
Interesting, no US city represented in the top 25? All I can say is this: The USA isn't the country it used to be. Even the small city I grew up would have made the top 25 back in the 60s. We dropped the ball.