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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Safety Survey: Luxembourg Tops, Baghdad Bottom
Mon Mar 14, 9:28 AM ET
World - Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Luxembourg is the world's safest city and Baghdad the most dangerous, while Geneva and Zurich rank top for overall quality of life, according to a survey Monday.
Mercer Human Resource Consulting evaluated 215 locations for crime levels and internal stability, using New York as the base city with a score of 100 points.
Luxembourg was followed by Helsinki, Bern, Geneva and Zurich.
Unsurprisingly Baghdad, which continues to suffer regular attacks from insurgents, was rated bottom behind Ivory Coast's Abidjan.
In the United States, Honolulu, Houston, Lexington, San Francisco and Winston Salem were jointly ranked safest, with Atlanta bottom.
German cities fared well but Rome, Athens and London ranked badly compared to other western European locations because of high levels of petty crime, while Madrid scored poorly because of terrorism, Mercer said.
"The top-ranking cities for personal safety and security are in politically stable countries with good international relations and sustainable economic growth," said Slagin Parakatil, Senior Researcher at Mercer.
"Most of the low-scoring cities are in countries with civil unrest, little law enforcement and high levels of crime."
Mercer's overall quality of life survey, which evaluates 39 criteria such as crime, health, education and transport, placed Geneva and Zurich top, ahead of Vancouver and Vienna.
Honolulu and San Francisco ranked highest in the U.S, while New York was in joint 39th place alongside London. |
I wonder where Toronto was ranked with all our recent BS |
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| walkindude |
| I was listening to the radio this morning and they said that Toronto and Montreal are in the top 20. But I dont know the number... |
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| Pettiscool |
| Toronto was ranked 14th for quality of life, but they didnt add in the club factor .......so more like #1 :D |
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| jrmacca |
Vancouver - 3rd
Toronto - 14th
Ottawa - 20th
Montreal - 22nd
Calgary - 25th
sorry, i would have posted the actual article, but i'm a computer dumbass :) |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by jrmacca
Vancouver - 3rd
Toronto - 14th
Ottawa - 20th
Montreal - 22nd
Calgary - 25th
sorry, i would have posted the actual article, but i'm a computer dumbass :) |
notta bad notta bad at all ;) |
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| tatgirl |
| Does anyone have a link to see ALL the cities ranked? |
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| b4k-oz |
hmmmm Vancouver is starting to sound nicer for me.
I wondered were Ottawa faired? I've been pondering about life there ever since my last trip. |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by tatgirl
Does anyone have a link to see ALL the cities ranked? |
You have to register to the company's website (for free) to view them and all the other researches that they have ;) (which are quite interesting) but i don't want to do that now since i'm at work. |
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| k la |
| quote: | Originally posted by b4k-oz
hmmmm Vancouver is starting to sound nicer for me.
I wonder were Ottawa faired? I've been pondering about life there ever since my last trip. |
I have no clue how Vancouver placed so well. They have some serious problems in the down town core. A huge meth problem, as well as a crack problem, not to mention the vietanes mafia! |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by k la
I have no clue how Vancouver placed so well. They have some serious problems in the down town core. A huge meth problem, as well as a crack problem, not to mention the vietanes mafia! |
I guess these are well hidden undergound :p :thepirate |
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| malek |
not to burst anyone's bubble.
This study is to be taken with a grain of salt.
The survey ranks cities in regard to new arrivants, not for those who already live there.
In othere words:
| quote: | | The survey is designed to assist governments and large companies looking to place employees on international assignments. |
Another intresting note:
| quote: | | "Cities in the top 50 are generally happy with their positions. Moving a couple of ranks up or down doesn't really have any significance, most cities move down as others improve. Those cities outside the top 50 want to know what it is they are doing wrong and how to improve." |
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| dallastar |
| I can't believe that Vancouver is number 4 on the list! I would think Toronto i s a l;il' safer then that!:: @ 14?? oh well! At least Toronto is on the list:happy2: |
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