Melbourne ranked world's most liveable city by The Economist - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Melbourne has finally knocked Vancouver off its perch as the best city in the world to live in.Melbourne claimed the title of the world's most liveable city in the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest survey, with Sydney, Perth and Adelaide also making it into the top 10. It's the first time in almost a decade of the global liveability survey that Vancouver hasn't ranked as the best place to live in the world. Advertisement: Story continues below Melbourne had shared first position with Vancouver in 2002 but finally nabbed the top spot in its own right in the August survey, released on Tuesday. Economist Intelligence Unit survey editor Jon Copestake said Melbourne managed to move up one spot to claim the top ranking thanks to a slight fall in Vancouver's infrastructure score, which is one of the measures of liveability. The Canadian city slipped to third spot, behind Vienna in Austria. Sydney made it to sixth position in the London-based research company's latest ranking of 140 cities, from seventh in the February survey, while Perth and Adelaide again shared eighth place. "Australia, with a low population density and relatively low crime rates, continues to supply some of the world's most liveable cities," Mr Copestake said in a statement. "Despite the rising cost of living driven by the strong Australian dollar, these cities offer a range of factors to make them highly attractive." Melbourne scored 97.5 per cent, just beating Vienna on 97.4 per cent and Vancouver on 97.3. A ranking of 100 per cent is considered ideal. Brisbane came in at number 21 on the survey, two spots ahead of Wellington but behind Auckland which was number 10. The debt crisis in euro zone countries led to a slight fall in European cities' liveability rankings. The Greek capital Athens dropped five places due to its austerity measures and civil unrest, with its 67th place putting it below cities in emerging economies such as Montevideo in Uruguay. Expats working in Athens could now qualify for a hardship allowance, the survey said. The survey said the `Arab Spring' uprisings and the Libyan civil war pushed down scores across the Middle East and North Africa with the Libyan capital Tripoli falling into the bottom 10 for the first time. Bottom place went to Harare in Zimbabwe, which scored 38.2 per cent. The survey ranks 140 locations as having the best or the worst living conditions, with cities scored on political and social stability, crime rates, access to quality health care, cultural events, the environment, education and the standard of infrastructure.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/melbourne-worlds-most-liveable-city-20110830-1jji5.html[/url] [IMG]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-australia.gif[/IMG]

The first time in nearly a decade that Vancouver isn't number 1.

4 Australian cities in the top 10 as well, good effort.

Why the fuck wasnt the Gold coast in there, Nobody wants to live in traffic filled Sydney.

I was born in Vancouver, and I still live there. It's pretty great.

What the fuck are they on about? With the house prices here I wouldn't put it top of the list. We had to move out to the edge of the city and build in a developing suburb just to be able to get a decent, affordable house. Otherwise I guess it's pretty cool. It's easy to travel to basically anywhere in the city. It's not too bad a place.

house prices in non-rural areas in australia are really fucking expensive. parents bought a house 10 years ago for like 170k, it's now worth 500-600k

Sydney really. I go there all the time, traffic sucks, mainly cabbies that try and cut you off and finding a carpark sucks.

The Economist doesn't taking price of living into account, because it's too much of a fluctuation and dependent on who you are, what you do etc. There's some competing one that's based in New York that sets New York as 100 points and everyone else gets ranked according to that (the highest is at like 108 I think) and that takes price of living into consideration. [editline]30th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Best4bond;32017958]Why the fuck wasnt the Gold coast in there, Nobody wants to live in traffic filled Sydney.[/QUOTE] Because results weren't based on the demographic of wogs going to schoolies.

Damn, Norway's only city was just knocked to 11th.

The public transport in Sydney is good from my experience especially with the new metro express buses that go from the suburbs into the city. [editline]30th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=LuaChobo;32018248]I live in queensland It's shit[/QUOTE]I've lived in Ipswich for a few years and spent a lot of time on the coast and in rural areas and it was a very nice place. Except for Ipswich, that place is dangerous.

I live in Townsville. It's alriiiiight.

And soon i will be moving there. Feels nice on my thighs.

I live near Dublin and I wouldn't go in alone.

[QUOTE=Aries;32018314]I live in Townsville. It's alriiiiight.[/QUOTE] That's because I'm here.

Saydnay es #1

I really enjoyed Melbourne last time I went, can't believe Shitney got on the top ten list though. I hate the traffic there. Anyways, Maitland (in the Newcastle area) representin'

[QUOTE=Antdawg;32018761]I really enjoyed Melbourne last time I went, can't believe Shitney got on the top ten list though. I hate the traffic there. Anyways, Maitland (in the Newcastle area) representin'[/QUOTE] Anyone who lives in Maitland is deemed by the rest of the Hunter valley to be incestuous Melbourne is great, Sydney is a shithole but good for a visit if you stick to the public transport.

Perth represent! I wouldn't call us part of the top 10 most liveable, but I do feel all warm inside knowing that someone out there thinks that. [editline]30th August 2011[/editline] Perth has Rottnest. Rottnest has Quokkas. Quokkas are cool. Cool is nice.

[QUOTE=killerteacup;32018791]Anyone who lives in Maitland is deemed by the rest of the Hunter valley to be incestuous[/QUOTE] You got it wrong, the only incestuous people out here are all around the Cessnock area. Actually, I guess that worries me a bit because I live in a suburb in-between Maitland and Cessnock (although before Kurri). No three-headed people where I live thankfully.

melbourne supremacy

[QUOTE=Antdawg;32018842]You got it wrong, the only incestuous people out here are all around the Cessnock area. Actually, I guess that worries me a bit because I live in a suburb in-between Maitland and Cessnock (although before Kurri). No three-headed people where I live thankfully.[/QUOTE] Cessnock is also quite bad but that doesn't make Cessnock the only bad place, New Lambton inner Newcastle represent Only a two hour trip from here to Sydney, but I have friends who live in Sydney and house prices are just exorbitant and its fucking dirty. Doesn't warrant top 10 at all.

Time to be a smug motherfucker

Oxford is probably just above Harare in Zimbabwe. I know people in Perth who love it there.

[QUOTE=tonzofgunz;32019238]I know people in Perth who love it there.[/QUOTE] I don't hate Perth. I'd just prefer to live on the Sunshine Coast.

haha more like melboring

adelaide should be first

Australia and New Zealand are the two countries I want to visit the most.

Melbourne, fuck yeah. [editline]30th August 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Zeke129;32019508]haha more like melboring[/QUOTE] It's not that boring, we have relatively large per capita crime rates.

Brisbane, why have you forsaken me?