Melbourne: "World’s Most Liveable City"

Sorry, Goofed! Did not mean to post here. But some two in Europe did very well. Vienna as number two and Helsinki ranked ninth.

Congratulations to Melbourne!! From the London/UK Telegraph yesterday, they have this headline: "crowned the best to live in for the sixth year in a row" with these highlights: "Melbourne has been awarded the title of "world’s most liveable city" for the sixth year in a row. The Australian city pipped Vienna to the top spot by the narrowest of margins in the annual study by the Economist. Its rankings take into account stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure, and the top five remained unchanged from last year, with three Canadian cities, Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary, taking third, fourth and fifth, respectively. Only 0.3 points separated the top four cities."

Melbourne got a rating of 97.5. Close behind at sixth, seventh and eighth positions were: Adelaide, Australia (96.6), Perth, Australia (95.9) and Auckland, New Zealand (95.7). Vancouver was the last city to rank first before Melbourne’s run at the top.

The worst? Here was their "top four" for the lowest of the least livable cities: Damascus, Syria (overall score: 30.2), Tripoli, Libya (35.9), Lagos, Nigeria (36) and Dhaka, Bangladesh (38.7)

Their web-available report does not give more details for other cities in the ranks from 11-50. They do note a certain part of their rankings involve safety. They note: "The continuing weakening of global stability scores has been made uncomfortably apparent by a number of high-pro le incidents that have not shown any signs of slowing in recent years. Violent acts of terrorism have been reported in many countries, including Turkey, Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, France, Belgium and the US."

Full story at:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/revealed-the-worlds-most-liveable-cities/

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

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Not so fast for Melbourne and Australia to be celebrating on their top world ranking.

From the London/UK Telegraph yesterday morning, they have this headline: "Move over Melbourne – this is really the world’s most ‘liveable’ city" with these highlights: "If you’re confused about which city really is the world’s most “liveable”, now a new survey has given Copenhagen the bragging rights. The Danish capital came out on top in Metropolis Magazine’s annual study, which judges major cities around the world on housing, transportation, sustainability and culture. Berlin came second and Helsinki third. Copenhagen was praised for its public amenities, environmental ethos and transport infrastructure, which has a strong emphasis on cycling."

Lots of interesting background in this story for Copenhagen, Berlin and Helsinki, plus comparisons with other such world survey that have been completed to rank top cities.

Congratulations to Copenhagen and its wonderful people for their great history, architecture and character, etc.

But for Melbourne, this Metropolis Magazine survey had them ranked as eighth best in the world. Being "Top Ten" is still very good.

Full story at:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/move-over-melbourne-this-is-really-the-worlds-most-liveable-city/

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

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