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What are the Best Cities in the World?

Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Trey.
Categories: Uncategorized, Travel & Leisure.

After a 2 week European trip, I have returned to the States still thinking about how much better “life” is over there. Oddly enough, I’ve been coming across several lists ranking which cities of the world are the best to live in. These comprehensive lists evaluate “the brightest and most liveable cities around right now, taking into consideration their infrastructures, business opportunities, cosmopolitanism, green spaces, and of course the general well-being of their respective inhabitants.”

There were several consistent winners amongst each list, but each also seemed to skew towards a few favorite countries or continents. Not being satisfied with a clear winner(s) emerging, I decided that the only decisive way to pick the winner would be to throw all the results into Excel for a bit of data analysis. (Note: I did this on a Mac as to retain the hipness factor in the results.)

So let your mid life crisis begin as you find out exactly where you should be living these days. If you’re in America, you are not on this list (exception Hawaii).

Top 20 Cities to live: 2007

    1 Zürich
    2 Vienna
    3 Vancouver
    4 Copenhagen
    5 Sidney
    6 Geneva
    7 Melbourne
    8 Munich
    9 Montreal
    10 Düsseldorf
    10 Stockholm
    12 Auckland
    13 Frankfurt
    14 Toronto
    15 Helsinki
    16 Perth
    17 Tokyo
    18 Honolulu
    19 Amsterdam
    20 Berlin

    Sadly I’ve only been to 4 of these places; 2 of which (Helsinki and Stockholm) were part of my latest trip. Both cities offered a remarkably different quality of life compared to Los Angeles and my friend who lives in Helsinki doesn’t appear to be moving back to the States anytime soon. I’m interested to hear what the other VM readers think of this list. What cities do you think are the best? Also, all claims should be backed with at least 2-3 good reasons.

      Sources of Data


    Monocle’s List: (Anyone ever heard of Monocle Magazine?)
    The City Mayors List:
    CNN.com List:

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4 comments.

Phil

Comment on July 24th, 2007.

Well, lets just say that I think your selections are genius, and dead on. Of course, I might be biased considering that my birthplace and original home city is listd as #1.

Still, I think Zurich deserves it. It is a decidedly beautiful city, with scenery that can barely be described. A historic old European city of about a half million people rambling along a river, with another half million in little towns surrounding a perfectly proportioned turqoise lake. Vistas of green hills in the foreground and breathtaking white mountains in the background. The food is amazing, the pace of life is measured, the city is safe and clean, the trains and trams run precisely on time, and of course, the chocolate and cheese are fresh. What more could you ask for? How about having a myriad of alpine regions only a couple hours away, Italy and France nextdoor, and being smack dab in the middle of Western Europe. Still want more? Zurich is also home to a thriving music and art scene, and is a major hub of the electronic music circuit. The Zurich Street Fair in August is now bigger than the Berlin Love Parade! Oh, and I hear its a good place to do your banking.

Vitruvius

Comment on July 24th, 2007.

Way to go America! We dominate that list baby. Wait…..shit, I mean, damn, where are we? Does Honolulu even count as part of the US?

Sebastien SheBarX

Comment on July 25th, 2007.

Lol.. Vitruvius sounds like Bill Maher right there.. Gotta love it.

So you exclude all the French Speaking cities :-( Hummm…

What about Brussels?? Huh? Ask around,.. everybody who has been there loves it…. I Wanna add Brussels on the list!!!

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