http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name...=noads&rf=0

Canadian and Australian cities dominate the rankings. I think the highest ranked American city was Pittsburgh.

Following is a list of the top 10 most liveable cities as ranked by The Economist:

1. Vancouver, Canada

2. Vienna, Austria

3. Melbourne, Australia

4. Toronto, Canada

5. Calgary, Canada

6. Helsinki, Finland

7. Sydney, Australia

8. Perth, Australia

9. Adelaide, Australia

10. Auckland, New Zealand

The bottom 10 cities were:

1. Harare, Zimbabwe

2. Dhaka , Bangladesh

3. Algiers , Algeria

4. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

5. Lagos, Nigeria

6. Karachi, Pakistan

7. Douala, Cameroon

8. Kathmandu, Nepal

9. Colombo, Sri Lanka

10. Dakar, Senegal

I have no idea what "livable" means in this context, but, looking at the list, I'm glad I don't live in a livable city.

Said like a true New Yorker ;-)



This is an article refuting the livabliity rankings.

http://www.newgeography.com/content/00957-...kings-are-wrong

...unless you're into Luge.

hold on, theres just been an update posted to the bottom 10: port au prince

also, the economist is a joke. the article posted in refutation is 100% right.

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Also, its funny that no city on yhe list has an illegal immagrant problem.

HMMMM maybe thats why .

uhh Schaumburg, IL.. DUH, that list sucks

If by "livable" they mean "nice looking and relatively quiet", then these rankings make more sense.


LOL at ****ing Pittsburgh being the highest ranked US city by ANY metric.

Cane - have you seen the documentary called "Cocaine Cowboys" about the drugs wars in Miami in the 80's - it is available on itunes.. really good doc done by the same guy who did the Univ Miami ESPN 30 on 30 film...

seen it a couple times. great documentary.

is cocaine cowboys 2 worth renting?

lol, I was not even aware that there was a sequel. Now, I have something to try and find.