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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Replicant on June 01, 2005, 11:49:12 AM
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Dunno how pukka this is but....
Rankings for overall quality of life
Mercer's overall quality of life survey has revealed that Geneva and Zurich remain the world’s top-scoring cities with 106.5 points. Other high-scoring cities include Vancouver and Vienna in joint 3rd place (score 106).
Cities in Europe, New Zealand, and Australia continue to rank highly. Munich and Düsseldorf both move up the rankings, from 10th and 12th place respectively, to share joint 5th place with Frankfurt. Munich’s rise is due to more efficient waste removal systems and better housing for expatriates, while Düsseldorf’s transport and standards of international schooling have improved. Bern, Copenhagen, and Sydney are pushed down slightly to rank 8 with scores of 105.
In the US, Honolulu and San Francisco rank highest in joint 25th position (score 102), mainly because they have lower crime levels than other US cities. Boston, New York, Portland, and Washington follow in positions 36, 39, 42, and 42 respectively (score 100.5, 100, 99, 99), while Houston ranks lowest at position 68 (score 94).
The analysis was based on an evaluation of 39 quality of life criteria for each city, including political, social, economic, and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport, and other public services.
Baghdad remains the world’s least attractive city for expatriates. Its low score (14.5) is due to the recurrent threat of attacks against people, multinational organisations, and government institutions in the area. Other poor-scoring cities for overall quality of life include Bangui in the Central African Republic (score 29), Brazzaville in Congo, and Khartoum in Sudan (29.5 and 31 respectively).
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Vancouver, enh?
Guess they didn't include the weather. Nice place to live if yer a duck.
;)
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Funny, Geneva and Zurich scored at the top of the "quality of life survey" and yet according to the World Health Organization, Switzerland has one of the higher suicide rates in the world (19.1 per 100,000 which is almost twice that of the USA).
Ironic eh?
- SEAGOON
PS: Then again, Russia's is twice as high as Switzerlands.
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lousy fast food in both places.
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Originally posted by Seagoon
Funny, Geneva and Zurich scored at the top of the "quality of life survey" and yet according to the World Health Organization, Switzerland has one of the higher suicide rates in the world (19.1 per 100,000 which is almost twice that of the USA).
Ironic eh?
- SEAGOON
PS: Then again, Russia's is twice as high as Switzerlands.
Do you really think Switzerland is made of 2 parts one called Genève and the other called Zurich ?
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It is for cities not countries.
The base unit is New York city at 100. I think Paris rates higher than all the African cities so at least you have that going for you. :lol
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Nice to see Auckland still there with Sydney. :)
Though I would of thought Sydney would rank slightly higher because of it's transport system.
...-Gixer
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Where can you get food/tang from damn near every culture on the planet?
Eat Greek for lunch and Dominican for dinner. Somewhere in the middle, stop by a Vietnamese place for actual food.:p
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Sydney or Melbourne and do it without someone asking you for your wallet.
...-Gixer
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Originally posted by Gixer
Though I would of thought Sydney would rank slightly higher because of it's transport system.
...-Gixer
You obviously don't have to use it on a regular basis.........
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The cost of living is getting pretty high in Vancouver. Crime, drug use and the homeless problem have all risen as well in the past few years. They got 3rd??? I spose its all relative.
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Originally posted by Pei
You obviously don't have to use it on a regular basis.........
Not yet,
But atleast it has a train network into the CBD.
...-Gixer
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Originally posted by Seagoon
Funny, Geneva and Zurich scored at the top of the "quality of life survey" and yet according to the World Health Organization, Switzerland has one of the higher suicide rates in the world (19.1 per 100,000 which is almost twice that of the USA).
Ironic eh?
- SEAGOON
PS: Then again, Russia's is twice as high as Switzerlands.
I read that Seattle has a high suicide rate, but it has more to do with the weather, I hear only 85 sunny days a year there( I hear they drink the most coffee too), but it's quality of life is pretty good. I imagine Switzerland suffers from the same, probably cloudy and snowy alot of the time.
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Originally posted by Gixer
Not yet,
But atleast it has a train network into the CBD.
...-Gixer
Depends where you live.
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If Sydney scored well, I wonder how Brisbane, Darwin and Perth stack up, IMHO, all three are far nicer places than Sydney has any hope of ever being.
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Originally posted by Bluedog
If Sydney scored well, I wonder how Brisbane, Darwin and Perth stack up, IMHO, all three are far nicer places than Sydney has any hope of ever being.
Bloody Queenslander!
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:) cant be denied.
I actually do like Sydney, it is a nice place, I just think Brisbane, Perth and Darwin are even nicer.
The rating is about quality of life though, not 'niceness', so I guess real estate pricing, grocery/utility costs etc would all play a part that Im not really factoring in.
I just judge places by how nice a time I had there, how freindly the people were and how much fun I had .
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With all I've heard on this board, I'm surprised Dixon isn't in the top 10. :confused:
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Well, I live in Munich, and it's the perhaps the cleanest, safest, excellent transport system, everything is recycled, lots and lots of beer.... and possibly the friendliest city I've ever been to. Most things are cheaper than the UK too.
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bogus stats, it's all personal perspective suiting your lifestyle. the number one place should be where you currently reside or close to it, otherwise you're daft and should move.
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I'd like to visit them all.
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I don't mind visiting big cities but the thought of actually living there gives me the creeps.
The criteria they use for picking the best places has little or no value to me. If I added the criteria that is important to me then none of them would rank very high.
lazs
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Then we atleast have one thing in common lazs.
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Those would be ?
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must not have icebears...
must not have ice for the ice bears to use.
no snow.
affordable housing for owning a home with room for at least 4 cars.
no gun bans.
not much traffic (rated 0-100)
people smile at you and wave.
people give you the "go ahead" sign and smile at 4 way stops when you both stop about the same time.
people wave and smile when you let them "go ahead".
Lots of roads with a mile or so of no homes on em close to the city limits.
lazs
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Where the lazs' aren't.
:p
JK I love you really lazs.
In a friendly, non gay way. :o
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and... in my own way.... I am very fond of you. But I am returning the flowers none the less.
lazs
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Originally posted by Siaf__csf
Where the lazs' aren't.
:p
JK I love you really lazs.
In a friendly, non gay way. :o
Its okay to tell another man that you love him in a non-gay way without explaining yourself ya studmuffin! :)
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clearly biased. any survey that doesn't conclude that the only ideally fit place for humanity is Florida is flawed.
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Shouldn't national defense be a priority when considering quality of life ?
The swiss have been doing alot of things right though. Low taxes, low socialization of government, privately owned firearms encouraged, low crime rate, the alps, white chicks that aren't fat.
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(And don't forget : banks, banks, banks... and more banks)
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The Swiss make great Knives!
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Originally posted by Skydancer
The Swiss make great Knives!
they are even better at making watches
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yep skyprancer... too bad you will have to turn yours in tho when england bans kitchen knives but.....
with rights comes responsibility eh?
lazs
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Funniest news story on the news last night not sure where it was million dollar homes were sliding down a hill think it was Malibu. Anyway the woman being interviewed comment was hysterical, I just caught her saying something like "Malibu is the best place in the world to live, Malibu is the world" now how American is that comment. Classic. :lol
...-Gixer
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Originally posted by lazs2
I don't mind visiting big cities but the thought of actually living there gives me the creeps.
The criteria they use for picking the best places has little or no value to me. If I added the criteria that is important to me then none of them would rank very high.
lazs
i'm with lasz2 here,
i was living in Munich a few years, yes it is a nice city, i then moved
to a very small town close to the swiss border. You know what, the
quality of live raised up, now i even have a swimingpool i couldnt aford
in munich. And Zürich is aprox 40km away if i need to visit a big city.
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work on a car in the garage or side yard or let the grand kid play in a pool in the back yard or pick an orange off the tree... If you, the average person, can't do that in a city then it shouldn't even rank.
I rank em by taxis. If the place has more than one taxi it goes down a point for every taxi it has. Parking meters drop it down too.
lazs