Canada rules best-cities list...
Aug 10th 2004 | 7:58 am
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Canada rules best-cities list...
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Canada rules best-cities list
Canadian cities have taken the top four spots in a ranking of the best places in the world for expatriates to live.
The list – which was created by combining rankings of cities' quality of life and cost of living – was released Tuesday. It placed Canadian cities in five of the top six spots, the Australian city of Perth breaking the Canuck streak with a fifth-place showing.
The list comes from Research Worldwide, which calls itself “The Worldwide Commercial Real Estate Information Portal.�
The methodology behind the list led to high rankings by cities that represent a compromise between quality of life and cost. Those that scored well had to show a sufficiently good quality of life, but could not be too expensive to live in.
Ottawa and Wellington, New Zealand's capital, were the only national capitals in the 20 spots on the list, which was generally made up of solidly second-tier cities.
“We computed a schedule of the 20 best cities, that is, ranking the difference where the quality of living is highest and the cost of living is lowest,� the company said. “Corporate real estate players may find this worldwide comparison of interest.�
Canada's capital ranked first on the list, followed by Vancouver, Calgary and then Montreal. Toronto came sixth, barely half a point behind Perth on a 100-point scale.
None of the cities generally acknowledged to be the world's most interesting and exciting made the list. New York, London, Paris and Tokyo were nowhere to be found, a reflection of the much higher cost of living there compared with smaller cities.
The United States made the list only once, scoring 16th place with the tropical paradise of Honolulu. The majority of the other 19 cities were in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. There was also a smattering of European entries, the bulk of them in Germany.
Research Worldwide's list was compiled by combining two studies completed earlier by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Mercer's quality-of-life survey evaluated 39 criteria in more than 200 cities, including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport and other public services. Their cost-of-living survey was based on the consumer behaviour of expatriates living in a foreign city.
Each survey used New York as a baseline, giving that city 100 points and extrapolating all the other cities off it.
To create their own list, Research Worldwide subtracted each city's cost-of-living result from its quality-of-living score. Doing so gave Ottawa a table-leading score of 40.4 points, four points ahead of runnerup Vancouver.
Canada rules best-cities list
Canadian cities have taken the top four spots in a ranking of the best places in the world for expatriates to live.
The list – which was created by combining rankings of cities' quality of life and cost of living – was released Tuesday. It placed Canadian cities in five of the top six spots, the Australian city of Perth breaking the Canuck streak with a fifth-place showing.
The list comes from Research Worldwide, which calls itself “The Worldwide Commercial Real Estate Information Portal.�
The methodology behind the list led to high rankings by cities that represent a compromise between quality of life and cost. Those that scored well had to show a sufficiently good quality of life, but could not be too expensive to live in.
Ottawa and Wellington, New Zealand's capital, were the only national capitals in the 20 spots on the list, which was generally made up of solidly second-tier cities.
“We computed a schedule of the 20 best cities, that is, ranking the difference where the quality of living is highest and the cost of living is lowest,� the company said. “Corporate real estate players may find this worldwide comparison of interest.�
Canada's capital ranked first on the list, followed by Vancouver, Calgary and then Montreal. Toronto came sixth, barely half a point behind Perth on a 100-point scale.
None of the cities generally acknowledged to be the world's most interesting and exciting made the list. New York, London, Paris and Tokyo were nowhere to be found, a reflection of the much higher cost of living there compared with smaller cities.
The United States made the list only once, scoring 16th place with the tropical paradise of Honolulu. The majority of the other 19 cities were in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. There was also a smattering of European entries, the bulk of them in Germany.
Research Worldwide's list was compiled by combining two studies completed earlier by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Mercer's quality-of-life survey evaluated 39 criteria in more than 200 cities, including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport and other public services. Their cost-of-living survey was based on the consumer behaviour of expatriates living in a foreign city.
Each survey used New York as a baseline, giving that city 100 points and extrapolating all the other cities off it.
To create their own list, Research Worldwide subtracted each city's cost-of-living result from its quality-of-living score. Doing so gave Ottawa a table-leading score of 40.4 points, four points ahead of runnerup Vancouver.
Aug 26th 2004 | 7:53 am
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Re: Canada rules best-cities list...
Originally Posted by oceanMDX
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Canada rules best-cities list
Canadian cities have taken the top four spots in a ranking of the best places in the world for expatriates to live.
The list – which was created by combining rankings of cities' quality of life and cost of living – was released Tuesday. It placed Canadian cities in five of the top six spots, the Australian city of Perth breaking the Canuck streak with a fifth-place showing.
The list comes from Research Worldwide, which calls itself “The Worldwide Commercial Real Estate Information Portal.�
The methodology behind the list led to high rankings by cities that represent a compromise between quality of life and cost. Those that scored well had to show a sufficiently good quality of life, but could not be too expensive to live in.
Ottawa and Wellington, New Zealand's capital, were the only national capitals in the 20 spots on the list, which was generally made up of solidly second-tier cities.
“We computed a schedule of the 20 best cities, that is, ranking the difference where the quality of living is highest and the cost of living is lowest,� the company said. “Corporate real estate players may find this worldwide comparison of interest.�
Canada's capital ranked first on the list, followed by Vancouver, Calgary and then Montreal. Toronto came sixth, barely half a point behind Perth on a 100-point scale.
None of the cities generally acknowledged to be the world's most interesting and exciting made the list. New York, London, Paris and Tokyo were nowhere to be found, a reflection of the much higher cost of living there compared with smaller cities.
The United States made the list only once, scoring 16th place with the tropical paradise of Honolulu. The majority of the other 19 cities were in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. There was also a smattering of European entries, the bulk of them in Germany.
Research Worldwide's list was compiled by combining two studies completed earlier by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Mercer's quality-of-life survey evaluated 39 criteria in more than 200 cities, including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport and other public services. Their cost-of-living survey was based on the consumer behaviour of expatriates living in a foreign city.
Each survey used New York as a baseline, giving that city 100 points and extrapolating all the other cities off it.
To create their own list, Research Worldwide subtracted each city's cost-of-living result from its quality-of-living score. Doing so gave Ottawa a table-leading score of 40.4 points, four points ahead of runnerup Vancouver.
Canada rules best-cities list
Canadian cities have taken the top four spots in a ranking of the best places in the world for expatriates to live.
The list – which was created by combining rankings of cities' quality of life and cost of living – was released Tuesday. It placed Canadian cities in five of the top six spots, the Australian city of Perth breaking the Canuck streak with a fifth-place showing.
The list comes from Research Worldwide, which calls itself “The Worldwide Commercial Real Estate Information Portal.�
The methodology behind the list led to high rankings by cities that represent a compromise between quality of life and cost. Those that scored well had to show a sufficiently good quality of life, but could not be too expensive to live in.
Ottawa and Wellington, New Zealand's capital, were the only national capitals in the 20 spots on the list, which was generally made up of solidly second-tier cities.
“We computed a schedule of the 20 best cities, that is, ranking the difference where the quality of living is highest and the cost of living is lowest,� the company said. “Corporate real estate players may find this worldwide comparison of interest.�
Canada's capital ranked first on the list, followed by Vancouver, Calgary and then Montreal. Toronto came sixth, barely half a point behind Perth on a 100-point scale.
None of the cities generally acknowledged to be the world's most interesting and exciting made the list. New York, London, Paris and Tokyo were nowhere to be found, a reflection of the much higher cost of living there compared with smaller cities.
The United States made the list only once, scoring 16th place with the tropical paradise of Honolulu. The majority of the other 19 cities were in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. There was also a smattering of European entries, the bulk of them in Germany.
Research Worldwide's list was compiled by combining two studies completed earlier by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Mercer's quality-of-life survey evaluated 39 criteria in more than 200 cities, including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport and other public services. Their cost-of-living survey was based on the consumer behaviour of expatriates living in a foreign city.
Each survey used New York as a baseline, giving that city 100 points and extrapolating all the other cities off it.
To create their own list, Research Worldwide subtracted each city's cost-of-living result from its quality-of-living score. Doing so gave Ottawa a table-leading score of 40.4 points, four points ahead of runnerup Vancouver.
It's good to know.
Me and my wife are both working under H1B visa in US. We just received our Canadian PR and are planning to settle in Vancouver early next year. We're planning to drive our MDX up to Vancouver from LA sometimes this fall. I know we're going to enjoy every minute of it especially with the Whistler and Victoria trip.
Aug 26th 2004 | 8:58 am
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Re: Canada rules best-cities list...
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But they forgot about "paradise"....Victoria.....doesn't seem like we're even listed.......well., their loss......we are known as the "world's best kept secret".....guess that's why!!!!
But they forgot about "paradise"....Victoria.....doesn't seem like we're even listed.......well., their loss......we are known as the "world's best kept secret".....guess that's why!!!!
