Survey says the best place to live is...

[Ingrid Brunkhorst Hurrell 990]

Survey says the best place to live is...

Top 10 in Mercer Quality of Living survey

1 Vienna Austria

2 Zurich Switzerland

3 Auckland New Zealand

4 Munich Germany

5 Duesseldorf Germany

5 Vancouver Canada

7 Frankfurt Germany

8 Geneva Switzerland

9 Bern Switzerland

9 Copenhagen Denmark http://www.mercer.com/qualityoflivingpr#city-rankings

(Reporting by Sylvia Westall)

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/vienna-best-place-live-baghdad-worst-survey-121226526.html

[OutOfSa 656]

Survey says the best place to live is...

Top 10 in Mercer Quality of Living survey

1 Vienna Austria

2 Zurich Switzerland

3 Auckland New Zealand

4 Munich Germany

5 Duesseldorf Germany

5 Vancouver Canada

7 Frankfurt Germany

8 Geneva Switzerland

9 Bern Switzerland

9 Copenhagen Denmark http://www.mercer.com/qualityoflivingpr#city-rankings

(Reporting by Sylvia Westall)

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/vienna-best-place-live-baghdad-worst-survey-121226526.html

Wow ! And I did not want to go to NZ??

BTW, where is SA on this list, surely this great nation is in the top 10 - that's sort of what they keep telling us - how great we are. After all we have Table Mountain (which is a wonder now - "wonder if it's safe to visit it") and we had a world cup once, and we won some rugby games. This is outrageous. I demand better ratings, or I will toi-toi and burn some buses and loot a few shops.

[QRM 30]

Munich Germany ??????????!

Edited November 30, 2011 by linton

[QRM 30]

I like this one here

1. Canada Vancouver 1 98.0 95 100 100 100 96.4
2. Australia Melbourne 2 97.5 95 100 95.1 100 100
3. Austria Vienna 3 97.4 95 100 94.4 100 100
4. Canada Toronto 4 97.2 100 100 97.2 100 89.3
5. Canada Calgary 5 96.6 100 100 89.1 100 96.4
6. Finland Helsinki 6 96.2 100 100 91 91.7 96.4
7. Australia Sydney 7 96.1 90 100 94.4 100 100
8. Australia Perth 8 95.9 95 100 88.7 100 100
9. Australia Adelaide 9 95.9 95 100 94.2 100 92.9
10. New Zealand Auckland 10 95.7 95 95.8 97 100 92.9

[Jules 1,391]

All of these lists cannot measure or predict your personal happiness in a foreign city. Topics like climate, language and culture have profound impact yet are near impossible to measure... It's all subjective. There are happy and miserable people in every city on earth.

[Hendie 142]

Well said Jules!

[canuck nick 301]

Show this list to a Philipino doctor or senior health and safety manager, who works at 7-11 in Vancouver because his degree isn't recognized and he is supporting his wife and 2 kids and he will laugh at you. Many foreigners work 2 or more part-time jobs because they can't find any full time work and that is very hard on their families. As all you electricians and nurses know, shift work is very tough on your families.

[smurf 3]

Cape Town 88

Johannesburg 94

[Karen 166]

The best place to live is where you can find a decent job, afford a decent home in a good neighbourhood, have your kids educated in decent schools and become part of a decent, caring community.

As far as I am concerned, nothing else matters, and these lists put out, are pointless.

[Jules 1,391]

The best place to live is where you can find a decent job, afford a decent home in a good neighbourhood, have your kids educated in decent schools and become part of a decent, caring community.

As far as I am concerned, nothing else matters, and these lists put out, are pointless.

Very very true!

[Chambolin 4]

The best place to live is where you can find a decent job, afford a decent home in a good neighbourhood, have your kids educated in decent schools and become part of a decent, caring community.

As far as I am concerned, nothing else matters, and these lists put out, are pointless.

You just said it all Karen. What has a great city got to offer if qualified people can not cater for the well being of their family?