2010 - Cities in Canada and Australia are most liveable in the world

[Ali G. 37]

http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name...&page=noads

Keen on comments, well comments that exclude the clownish 'what are you still doing here'..

Edited February 13, 2010 by Booyah

[natty bumppo 297]

http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name...&page=noads

Keen on comments, well comments that exclude the clownish 'what are you still doing here'..

so ... what are you stil doing here

[Ali G. 37]

so ... what are you stil doing here

Natty, how did I know you would be the one to win gold..

Edited February 13, 2010 by Booyah

[Calypso 464]

I am thinking of my own criteria as to how to call a place "liveable." Do low prices and high wages go together?

Aside from wages and prices of goods and services, a place is "lievable" for me if there's little or no crime rate, there are suitable schools for my children because I would surely have three or four someday, I have real neighbors, it's not so cold, seafood, vegetables, and meat are always fresh... I love lobsters...

The point is the economy or anything related to it isn't the only way to decide whether or not the place is "liveable." After all, good economy doesn't always mean everything else is functioning the right way.

Edited February 13, 2010 by Calypso

[Danno 1,228]

http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name...&page=noads

Keen on comments, well comments that exclude the clownish 'what are you still doing here'..

Liveable for whom?

What is the average home purchase price for Melbourne and is the medium wage?

[Darnell 8,478]

I had thought and researched the Jump to OZ about 4 years ago, to jump THERE from Singapore, instead of back to the USA.

It was a hard decision, I wish now, in hindsight, that I had jumped to OZ instead of coming back to USA.

I'd be happy to look at Vancouver again though, in a few years, after the twins are born.

[scandal 951]

I lived in Ottawa for 20+ years, in Toronto for 6. I love both cities, particularly Toronto. It's an extremely livable and fun city.

I had the choice 2 years ago to return to either Canada (most likely Toronto) or the US and ultimately picked the US, and Chicago as the city that made most sense for me. I'm happy with that choice, and am excited to be making Chicago my new home, it's also a very livable and fun city.

Livability surveys are useful, but they don't tell you where you'll personally be happy, have your circle of friends, the job you want, the lifestyle you want. Where to live is an individual choice and anyone who makes that choice based solely on a magazine article needs to get out a bit more.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

I lived in Ottawa for 20+ years, in Toronto for 6. I love both cities, particularly Toronto. It's an extremely livable and fun city.

I had the choice 2 years ago to return to either Canada (most likely Toronto) or the US and ultimately picked the US, and Chicago as the city that made most sense for me. I'm happy with that choice, and am excited to be making Chicago my new home, it's also a very livable and fun city.

Livability surveys are useful, but they don't tell you where you'll personally be happy, have your circle of friends, the job you want, the lifestyle you want. Where to live is an individual choice and anyone who makes that choice based solely on a magazine article needs to get out a bit more.

I base all of my decisions on surveys, charts, graphs and what people here suggest.

[scandal 951]

I base all of my decisions on surveys, charts, graphs and what people here suggest.

For you, I suggest sheep. And New Jersey.

[Calypso 464]

I base all of my decisions on surveys, charts, graphs and what people here suggest.

Then at the end of the day, you find yourself sleeping on the street and drinking Belgian Pale Ale due to confusion.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Then at the end of the day, you find yourself sleeping on the street and drinking Belgian Pale Ale due to confusion.

I'm confused without drinking.

[scandal 951]

I'm confused without drinking.

You believe everything you read. Therefore you believe that you're sleeping on the street drinking premium imported beer. Stop arguing and just accept this.

[Ali G. 37]

I lived in Ottawa for 20+ years, in Toronto for 6. I love both cities, particularly Toronto. It's an extremely livable and fun city.

I had the choice 2 years ago to return to either Canada (most likely Toronto) or the US and ultimately picked the US, and Chicago as the city that made most sense for me. I'm happy with that choice, and am excited to be making Chicago my new home, it's also a very livable and fun city.

Livability surveys are useful, but they don't tell you where you'll personally be happy, have your circle of friends, the job you want, the lifestyle you want. Where to live is an individual choice and anyone who makes that choice based solely on a magazine article needs to get out a bit more.

You seem to have some sort of complex with accepting reality. This is not some sort of online questionnaire based on opinion. Nonetheless, as per usual with you, international studies are apparently wrong, yet your opinion is what others should go by. Why can you not face it that by world standards, Chicago is far from anything special?

Such studies are not there to tell you or any other tool where to live, they're simply comparing international cities based on a set criteria and ranking them. Evidently, a criteria which Chicago ranks poorly against.

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About the Global liveability report

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s liveability rating quantifies the challenges that might be presented to an individual's lifestyle in 140 cities worldwide. Each city is assigned a score for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories:

* Stability

* Healthcare

* Culture and environment

* Education

* Infrastructure

Edited February 14, 2010 by Booyah

[MrsCat 6]

Curious, how does one measure culture and environment? # of museums? # of powwows held each year by bona fide Indians? Part per million of smog? # of mountains with/without condos? # of fish in the streams?

[Ali G. 37]

Curious, how does one measure culture and environment? # of museums? # of powwows held each year by bona fide Indians? Part per million of smog? # of mountains with/without condos? # of fish in the streams?

Here is the methodology: http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name...&page=noads

Culture is based on the following:

Category 3: Culture & Environment (weight: 25% of total)

• Humidity/temperature rating
  
• Discomfort of climate to travellers
  
• Level of corruption
  
• Social or religious restrictions
  
• Level of censorship
  
• Sporting availability
  
• Cultural availability - EIU field rating of 4 cultural indicators
  
• Food and drink - EIU field rating of 4 cultural indicators
  
• Consumer goods and services