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Old Oct 4th 2005, 3:07 pm
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Talking BBC: Vancouver is 'best place to live'

Last Updated: Tuesday, 4 October 2005, 00:29 GMT 01:29 UK
Vancouver is 'best place to live'

Vancouver is the world's best place to live, a survey by the Economist
Intelligence Unit (EIU) has found.

The EIU ranked 127 cities in terms of personal risk, infrastructure
and the availability of goods and services.

All the cities that fell into the top "liveability" bracket were based
in Canada, Australia and Western Europe.

The worst places were Algiers in Algeria, and Port Moresby in Papua
New Guinea because "many aspects of daily life present challenges",
the EIU said.

Safe havens?

Canadian cities scored well, as did Austria's Vienna and Switzerland's
Geneva, because they are not seen as targets for terror attacks.

TOP TEN
Vancouver
Melbourne
Vienna
Geneva
Perth
Adelaide
Sydney
Zurich
Toronto
Calgary
Source: EIU

The main uncertainty for people living in the those cities are
climate-related, the EIU said.

"In the current global political climate, it is no surprise that the
most desirable destinations are those with the lower perceived threat
of terrorism," said Jon Copestake, editor of the EIU report.

The survey has produced a mixed picture of the world's cities. London
was ranked in the 10th group, on a par with Dublin and Los Angeles,
but one place below Manchester, four behind Berlin, five lower than
Tokyo, and six off Helsinki, Frankfurt and Stockholm.

Bottom 10 cities
Tehran
Douala
Harare
Abidjan
Phnom Penh
Lagos
Karachi
Dhaka
Algiers
Port Moresby
Source: EIU

In Latin America, "no city manages to present ideal living conditions,
neither do any fall into the category where extreme difficulties are
faced", the EIU said.

Montevideo in Uruguay, Santiago in Chile and Buenos Aires in Argentina
offer the region's best conditions. Bogota in Colombia and Caracas in
Venezuela score the least favourably.

In Asia, cities in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China and Taiwan all
score well, as do Australia's main hubs.

Africa and the Middle East fare less well, with the EIU citing
concerns about terror attacks, and economic and political instability.

Some of the worst performing cities include Harare in Zimbabwe and
Lagos in Nigeria.
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Old Oct 4th 2005, 3:29 pm
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Surprise surprise!! Calgary in the top ten! But where is Winnipeg the crown jewel of the praries?
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I'm not surprised. I really liked the Vancouver area when I stayed there this summer! It says a lot when you see 3 Canadian cities in the top 10
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Originally Posted by MJ23
I'm not surprised. I really liked the Vancouver area when I stayed there this summer! It says a lot when you see 3 Canadian cities in the top 10
That the compilers are Canadians ?
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?????

Economist Intelligence Unit is part of The Economist magazine - a British magazine - and all are part of The Economist Group based in UK.

http://www.eiu.com/

http://www.economistgroup.com/


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That the compilers are Canadians ?
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Hey! What about Montreal?!?!

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I'm not surprised. I really liked the Vancouver area when I stayed there this summer! It says a lot when you see 3 Canadian cities in the top 10
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Hey! What about Montreal?!?!
Still too French
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http://store.eiu.com/index.asp?layou...66&ref=pr_list

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Hey! What about Montreal?!?!
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That the compilers are Canadians ?
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Vancouver is 'best place to live'
Hmmm, looks like they forgot to mention this....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HongCouver
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Folks who live around Hastings St., New West, etc may disagree that YVR is the best place to live.
Alternatively, folks who live in northern Burnaby, West Vancouver, and west-end around UBC, Coquitlam, or North Vancouver may say YVR is the best place to live.
I used to live in northern Burnaby somewhere around Canada Way and Royal Oak and I like it.

Caveat emptor: The best always comes with a price.

Honk if you think housing/renting price in the lower mainland is reasonable.....
I hear crickets chirp
FYI: Richmond = Hongcouver
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Hmmm, looks like they forgot to mention this....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HongCouver
The irony of immigrants complaining about the number of immigrants is seldom lost around here.
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Originally Posted by iaink
The irony of immigrants complaining about the number of immigrants is seldom lost around here.
What else is there to complain about .
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What else is there to complain about .
Well...in fact...what I really wanted to do initially, was to buy me a superduper large sail yacht and cruise the tropic seas for the rest of my life. Instead I choose to move to Canada to work my butt off ... once again ....looks like I made the right choice
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Originally Posted by iaink
The irony of immigrants complaining about the number of immigrants is seldom lost around here.
You are absolutely right Iain! The people who gave me the hardest time in my short stay in Vancouver were the people who I spoke much better English than they did

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