The Economist (Apr. 7-13 issue) mentions the Mercer Human Resources Consulting company’s 2007 World-wide Quality of Living Survey, which rates 215 cities throughout the world on their livibility.
The report’s top five cities are Zurich and Geneva (both in Switzerland), Vancouver (Canada), Vienna (Austria), and Aukland (New Zealand). The top United States city is Honolulu (tied for 27th), followed by San Francisco (in 29th place). It is not surprising that the lowest scoring city (with a rating of 14.5) is Baghdad in Iraq. I guess that place is off my vacation list for this year.
New Yorkers, who take a certain pride about the toughness needed to live in their city (as the song says “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. It’s up to you…”) will find Gotham at number 48. Perhaps more interesting to denizens of the Big Apple, the Mercer survey uses New York (given an index score of 100) as the city on which to base the ratings of other cities, with more livable cities garnering scores above 100 and less livable cities falling below that rating. New Yorkers, given their view of the outside world, will find this as appropriate and just.
The report’s top five cities are Zurich and Geneva (both in Switzerland), Vancouver (Canada), Vienna (Austria), and Aukland (New Zealand). The top United States city is Honolulu (tied for 27th), followed by San Francisco (in 29th place). It is not surprising that the lowest scoring city (with a rating of 14.5) is Baghdad in Iraq. I guess that place is off my vacation list for this year.
New Yorkers, who take a certain pride about the toughness needed to live in their city (as the song says “If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. It’s up to you…”) will find Gotham at number 48. Perhaps more interesting to denizens of the Big Apple, the Mercer survey uses New York (given an index score of 100) as the city on which to base the ratings of other cities, with more livable cities garnering scores above 100 and less livable cities falling below that rating. New Yorkers, given their view of the outside world, will find this as appropriate and just.
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