View Poll Results: Is your city on the top 100 "Most Livable" List?
Yes
26
57.78%
No
19
42.22%
06-12-2009, 08:32 AM
Location: Minneapolis
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World's Top 100 Most Livable Cities
11ZURICHSwitzerland108.1 108.2 22GENEVASwitzerland108.0 108.1 33VANCOUVERCanada107.7 107.7 34VIENNAAustria107.7 107.5 55AUCKLANDNew Zealand107.3 107.3 56DUSSELDORFGermany107.3 107.2 77FRANKFURTGermany107.1 107.0 88MUNICHGermany106.9 106.8 99BERNSwitzerland106.5 106.5 99SYDNEYAustralia106.5 106.5 1111COPENHAGENDenmark106.2 106.2 1212WELLINGTONNew Zealand105.8 105.8 1313AMSTERDAMThe Netherlands105.7 105.7 1414BRUSSELSBelgium105.6 105.6 1515TORONTOCanada105.4 105.4 1616BERLINGermany105.2 105.1 1717MELBOURNEAustralia105.0 105.0 1818LUXEMBOURGLuxembourg104.8 104.8 1818OTTAWACanada104.8 104.8 2020STOCKHOLMSweden104.7 104.7 2121PERTHAustralia104.5 104.5 2222MONTREALCanada104.3 104.3 2323NURNBERGGermany104.2 104.1 2425CALGARYCanada103.6 103.6 2426HAMBURGGermany103.6 103.4 2631OSLONorway103.5 102.8 2724DUBLINIreland103.3 103.8 2727HONOLULU, HIUnited States103.3 103.3 2928SAN FRANCISCO, CAUnited States103.2 103.2 3029ADELAIDEAustralia103.1 103.1 3029HELSINKIFinland103.1 103.1 3231BRISBANEAustralia102.8 102.8 3333PARISFrance102.7 102.7 3434SINGAPORESingapore102.5 102.5 3535TOKYOJapan102.3 102.3 3637LYONFrance101.9 101.6 3636BOSTON, MAUnited States101.9 101.9 3837YOKOHAMAJapan101.7 101.6 3939LONDONUnited Kingdom101.2 101.2 4040KOBEJapan101.0 101.0 4144BARCELONASpain100.6 100.2 4245MADRIDSpain100.5 100.1 4251OSAKAJapan100.5 99.6 4441WASHINGTON, DCUnited States100.4 100.4 4441CHICAGO, ILUnited States100.4 100.4 4643PORTLAND, ORUnited States100.3 100.3 4753LISBONPortugal100.1 98.9 4846NEW YORK CITY, NYUnited States100.0 100.0 4951MILANItaly99.9 99.6 4947SEATTLE, WAUnited States99.9 99.9 5148LEXINGTON, KYUnited States99.8 99.8 5249PITTSBURGH, PAUnited States99.7 99.7 5249WINSTON SALEM, NCUnited States99.7 99.7 5453NAGOYAJapan99.5 98.9 5555BIRMINGHAMUnited Kingdom98.3 98.3 5555TSUKUBAJapan98.3 98.3 5555GLASGOWUnited Kingdom98.3 98.3 5555LOS ANGELES, CAUnited States98.3 98.3 5959CLEVELAND, OHUnited States98.2 98.2 6060MINNEAPOLIS, MNUnited States97.9 97.9 6162ROMEItaly97.4 97.4 6263MIAMI, FLUnited States96.3 96.3 6364YOKKAICHIJapan96.2 96.2 6465DETROIT, MIUnited States96.1 96.1 6461ST. LOUIS, MOUnited States96.1 97.6 6666ATLANTA, GAUnited States95.7 95.7 6768LEIPZIGGermany95.5 95.4 6868HOUSTON, TXUnited States95.4 95.4 6967OMUTAJapan94.9 95.5 7068HONG KONGHong Kong94.3 95.4 7172SAN JUANPuerto Rico92.9 92.9 7273PRAGUECzech Republic92.3 91.8 7371KATSUYAMAJapan91.4 93.1 7474BUDAPESTHungary90.2 90.8 7575KUALA LUMPURMalaysia88.9 88.9 7676MONTEVIDEOUruguay88.2 88.1 7777PORT LOUISMauritius87.7 87.7 7879ATHENSGreece87.6 86.8 7978BUENOS AIRESArgentina87.4 87.3 8080LJUBLJANASlovenia87.0 86.6 8085DUBAIUnited Arab Emirates87.0 85.2 8284VILNIUSLithuania86.6 85.9 8381SANTIAGOChile86.5 86.5 8381TAIPEITaiwan86.5 86.5 8583CAPE TOWNSouth Africa85.7 86.0 8586WARSAWPoland85.7 85.1 8789SEOULSouth Korea85.2 83.0 8892ABU DHABIUnited Arab Emirates84.1 82.6 8991TALLINNEstonia83.7 82.8 9087JOHANNESBURGSouth Africa83.3 84.0
06-12-2009, 08:38 AM
Location: US Empire, Pac NW
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Seattle
I'm actually not surprised our northern neighbor, Vancouver, BC, ranked so high. It is a very nice place to live, if one can afford to do so. Vancouver lacks a robust industry base and office work has been leaving in droves, even during the good times, because of a lack of reasonable business taxes. Businesses are taxed something like 6x what residents are taxed.
Perhaps someone who lives in Vancouver can say where the businesses to support the locals are?
06-12-2009, 08:45 AM
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Munich baby!!
I kind of find it somewhat surprising that Minneapolis is more livable than a city like Rome. Not hating it, I like Minneapolis.
06-12-2009, 08:49 AM
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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so Philadelphia didn't make the list...
great, Bagdad is more livable that here. that's about right
06-12-2009, 08:56 AM
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some formatting please!
06-12-2009, 09:29 AM
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Abu Dhabi is not more liveable than Santiago. Puhleeze.
Montevideo and Santiago are way too low. Those cities are wonderful.
06-12-2009, 09:31 AM
Location: West Michigan
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No, thank God. Too small to be included on just about any list.
06-12-2009, 10:29 AM
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Another meaningless list.
06-12-2009, 12:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
john_starks
so Philadelphia didn't make the list...
great, Bagdad is more livable that here. that's about right
I would not put to much trust in that list, they actually listed Detroit,lol.
06-12-2009, 01:15 PM
Location: Omaha
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Does YOKOHAMA, Japan count?
And how did Detroit and Baghdad make the top 200?
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