Global Culture » port elizabeth http://global-culture.org Sustainable, Memorable, Livable Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:49:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 liveability rankings 2009 http://global-culture.org/liveability-rankings-2009/ http://global-culture.org/liveability-rankings-2009/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:37:34 +0000 juan http://global-culture.org/blog/?p=627 Not much has changed since the last time I reported on the Liveability report from The Economist Intelligence Unit in 2007. Vancouver is still the best place to live overall according to the 2009 ranking:

Vancouver, Canada Vienna, Austria Melbourne, Australia Toronto, Canada Perth, Australia Calgary, Canada Helsinki, Finland Geneva, Switzerland Sydney, Australia Zurich, Switzerland

I’m finding the Mercer’s 2009 Quality of Living survey much more useful as it provides a special ranking for hubs with the best infrastructure. Note that Mercer’ survey is meant to be used as a comparison tool to determine compensation packages for companies with personnel abroad. Yet, as usual, it is fun to make a list of the cities where you would want to live next, right?

Here are the Top 5 cities in each region, according to the Mercer survey:

Americas Asia Pacific Europe Middle East & Africa Vancouver Auckland Vienna Dubai Toronto Sydney Zurich Port Louis Ottawa Wellington Geneva Abu Dhabi Montreal Melbourne Dusseldorf Cape Town Calgary Perth Munich Port Elizabeth ]]> Not much has changed since the last time I reported on the Liveability report from The Economist Intelligence Unit in 2007. Vancouver is still the best place to live overall according to the 2009 ranking:

  1. Vancouver, Canada
  2. Vienna, Austria
  3. Melbourne, Australia
  4. Toronto, Canada
  5. Perth, Australia
  6. Calgary, Canada
  7. Helsinki, Finland
  8. Geneva, Switzerland
  9. Sydney, Australia
  10. Zurich, Switzerland

I’m finding the Mercer’s 2009 Quality of Living survey much more useful as it provides a special ranking for hubs with the best infrastructure. Note that Mercer’ survey is meant to be used as a comparison tool to determine compensation packages for companies with personnel abroad. Yet, as usual, it is fun to make a list of the cities where you would want to live next, right?

Here are the Top 5 cities in each region, according to the Mercer survey:

Americas Asia Pacific Europe Middle East & Africa
Vancouver Auckland Vienna Dubai
Toronto Sydney Zurich Port Louis
Ottawa Wellington Geneva Abu Dhabi
Montreal Melbourne Dusseldorf Cape Town
Calgary Perth Munich Port Elizabeth
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