Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack (Post 7859265)

You dirty lying bastard..:p

Come on..care to share your spreadsheet on Brisbane's ladies..

Originally Posted by sr71 (Post 7859292)

No, but many have a buy 10 and get your next one free. A bit like coffe or muffins.

Originally Posted by lol (Post 7856115)

Perth has been ranked the 5th best city to live in the world....

FORGET Dullsville, Perth is one of the world's top five places to live, according to a British survey ranking the liveability of 140 major cities.

Australian cities occupy five of the top 20 places in the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2009 Liveability survey, with Melbourne ranked third in the world, behind Vancouver in Canada and the Austrian city of Vienna.

The survey assessed 140 cities based on stability, health care, education, infrastructure and culture and environment, giving each one a rating out of 100.

Perth was equal fifth with Calgary in Canada, with Sydney sharing ninth place with Zurich in Switzerland, Adelaide in 11th place and Brisbane 16th on the list.

As well as Vancouver and Calgary, Canadian cities also featured strongly in the top 20, with Toronto (4th) and Montreal (17th).

The New Zealand cities of Auckland and Wellington finished 12th and 23rd respectively.

US centres were well down the list. Pittsburgh ranked highest, in 29th place.

The highest-ranked Asian city was Osaka in Japan (13th). The next highest was Hong Kong (equal 39th with Madrid, Spain) followed by Singapore (54th) and Seoul, South Korea (58th).

The worst city to live on earth is Harare, the strife-torn capital of Zimbabwe.

"The performance of Asian cities reflects the diverse levels of development throughout the region,'' EIU spokesman Jon Copestake said.

"Australian cities represent many of the best aspects of liveability, while instability in countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh means that cities in South Asia fare much worse.''

The Economist Intelligence Unit is a branch of The Economist Group, which publishes The Economist, a weekly news magazine, in London.

Originally Posted by the troubadour (Post 7859430)

(Toulouse,Avignon,Bordeaux,Lyon,Aix-en-Provence,Lille,all in France,
,Antwerp,Leige,Brugge,inBelgium, Helsinki,Turku,Finland,Aarhus,Aalbourg,
Copenhagen,Denmark. Bergen,Oslo,Norway.Berne,Lucerne,Switzerland,as well as some German and Dutch cities.
Could it be not a little slanted towards Anglo speaking New World Canada and Australia ?

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 7859247)

They are actually 28% cheaper...










I read that somewhere............ :rofl:

Originally Posted by sr71 (Post 7859438)

I can pick a lot of holes in those cities having lived in Europe. Europe can be a very difficult place to live and I think the vast majority of people would struggle to live their happily unless they were extremely committed and spoke the local languages at a proficient level.

Originally Posted by The_Wookie (Post 7858746)

May as well be closed in all honesty. It's certainly not gone in the direction I had hoped.

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 7859298)

Can't do that, I am kept on a very tight leash here :thumbsup:

Originally Posted by Geelong Gent (Post 7863003)

How much extra is that:p

Originally Posted by ABCDiamond (Post 7863150)

It took 24 hours to get a bite on that one !! :lol: