UKCamaroSS

.... and 4 other Canadian cities in the top 25 !!

Notice there is no US or UK cities in the top 10 ....

The top 10 city rankings, plus Canadian cities, for overall quality of living according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting's 2007 global quality of living survey:

1. Zurich, Switzerland 108.1.

2. Geneva, Switzerland. 108.

3-4. Vancouver, Canada. 107.7; Vienna, Austria. 107.7 (tie).

5-6. Auckland, New Zealand. 107.3; Dusseldorf, Germany. 107.3 (tie).

7. Frankfurt, Germany. 107.1.

8. Munich, Germany. 106.9.

9-10. Bern, Switzerland. 106.5; Sydney, Australia 106.5 (tie).


15. Toronto. 105.4.

18. Ottawa. 104.8.

22. Montreal. 104.3.

24. Calgary. 103.6.

iaink

Naturally the canadian media reported this as


"Not one US city was higher on the list than the canadian ones...."



Thats probably a definintion of "parochial"

Danny B

But the most expensive city in Canada to buy a house in..

http://www.demographia.com/dhi-ix2005q3.pdf

Souvenir

Meaningless drivel. The base score (New York) is 100. The top 24 cities are spread over less than 5 points. Most opinion polls would admit to margins of error greater than that.

startwin

We can now expect such comments from everyone living in other cities in Canada!! Notice that Calgary, much esteemed by so many on here, came in at 24, but of course it's meaningless drivel. No basis in fact.

iaink

Perhaps this is a more meaningfull list:

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/rank...Cols=&content=


Calgary is the highest of the "big" cities, but its draging along at 9th within Canada

Toronto is in 33rd and Vancouver is way down in 69th.

Londonuck

My mate was just showing a new complex on the corner of Keith and Chesterfield on the north shore. $699 for a 2 bed and its 560 sqft. What a joke!

Vancouver is a supermodel, nice to look at but...

stepnek

Now this is the kind of list that I like. It's puts Cornwall at number 19.

Souvenir

With Ottawa-Gatineau at 18. I'm sure Gatineau residents will be delighted to discover that they live in ON.

Rich_007

...if you had a chance you would, wouldn't you ? Go on, admit it. With playful Miss Vancouver, you're just pretending you're not interested. But the yearning runs deep. Hard to admit it for some. In BC, we know, we just know.

Rich.

Londonuck

I tried mate... she was too expensive.

virion

I can't trust any poll that puts Zurich and Geneva as first and second, they bore me to tears.

iaink

Likewise Leamington!

Rich_007

At least you weren't shy in revealing your yearning for this westernmost beauty

Rich.

dingbat

There was a documentary on Knowledge Network here in BC last night called "Rage". Did anyone else know that Canada is ranked 4th worst in the western world for workplace violence?

Not sure if the second punch-up in a week for queue jumping at the Timmies drive-thru beside my office counts, but it was rather funny. I watched two grown adults punch the crap out of each other yesterday over who got to the drive thru microphone area first.