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| yankeeBaby |
Got this from my girl lyss: Canada rocks apparently!! :) :)
*I can accept #48 for NYC!* :)
2007 2006 City Country Index 2007
1 1 ZURICH Switzerland 108.1
2 2 GENEVA Switzerland 108.0
3 3 VANCOUVER Canada 107.7<------:)
3 4 VIENNA Austria 107.7
5 5 AUCKLAND New Zealand 107.3
5 6 DUSSELDORF Germany 107.3
7 7 FRANKFURT Germany 107.1
8 8 MUNICH Germany 106.9
9 9 BERN Switzerland 106.5
9 9 SYDNEY Australia 106.5
11 11 COPENHAGEN Denmark 106.2
12 12 WELLINGTON New Zealand 105.8
13 13 AMSTERDAM The Netherlands 105.7
14 14 BRUSSELS Belgium 105.6
15 15 TORONTO Canada 105.4<---------- :)
16 16 BERLIN Germany 105.2
17 17 MELBOURNE Australia 105.0
18 18 LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg 104.8
18 18 OTTAWA Canada 104.8<--------:)
20 20 STOCKHOLM Sweden 104.7
21 21 PERTH Australia 104.5
22 22 MONTREAL Canada 104.3<-------:)
23 23 NURNBERG Germany 104.2
24 25 CALGARY Canada 103.6<--------:)
24 26 HAMBURG Germany 103.6
26 31 OSLO Norway 103.5
27 24 DUBLIN Ireland 103.3
27 27 HONOLULU, HI 103.3
29 28 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 103.2
30 29 ADELAIDE Australia 103.1
30 29 HELSINKI Finland 103.1
32 31 BRISBANE Australia 102.8
33 33 PARIS France 102.7
34 34 SINGAPORE Singapore 102.5
35 35 TOKYO Japan 102.3
36 37 LYON France 101.9
36 36 BOSTON, MA United States 101.9
38 37 YOKOHAMA Japan 101.7
39 39 LONDON United Kingdom 101.2
40 40 KOBE Japan 101.0
41 44 BARCELONA Spain 100.6
42 45 MADRID Spain 100.5
42 51 OSAKA Japan 100.5
44 41 WASHINGTON, DC United States 100.4
44 41 CHICAGO, IL United States 100.4
46 43 PORTLAND, OR United States 100.3
47 53 LISBON Portugal 100.1
48 46 NEW YORK CITY, NY 100.0<-------:)
49 51 MILAN Italy 99.9
49 47 SEATTLE, WA United States 99.9
The index is based on 39 quality of life determinants, including politics, environment, sanitation, infrastructure, personal safety and social factors. Western European cities dominated the top 30 spots, with Milan and Seattle (tied for 49) rounding out the top 50.
All five Canadian cities also made Mercer's top 25 ranking for health and sanitation, with Calgary being the top ranked city in the world. This index was based on the quality and availability of hospital and medical supplies and levels of air pollution and infectious diseases.
One of this year's biggest improvements has been in Osaka, rising 8 places to 42 from 51. Improvement was also seen in Oslo, which climbed five places from 31 to 26.
The lowest ranked city was Baghdad, with a score of only 14.5. Other cities that didn't make the top 50 list included Brazzaville in Congo (29.6), Bangui in the Central African Republic (30.6) and Khartoum in Sudan (31). |
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| Provocative_boi |
| #15 TORONTO Canada 105.4 :whip: |
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| Cosmic Fur |
| They're so ing right about Zurich and Geneva. I love Switzerland. |
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| Cro_Addict |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
They're so ing right about Zurich and Geneva. I love Switzerland. |
+1
Its an awesome place, and so is Austria and Germany. |
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| tranceinurpants |
| source? I wana check it out. |
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| geroin |
switzerland is ing amazing
lovd it there |
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| English Rachel |
London is the only British city on the list and that is at 39.
No wonder I moved. |
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| yankeeBaby |
^thanks, my girl sent it to me so I didn't know where it was from! lol
Rachel: too much rain? lol ;) (but then canada is effin cold and snowy, and made 5 of the top 50, so I presume weather wasn't included?) ;) |
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| exstasie |
http://www.mercerhr.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1128060
Scroll down to the section where they have the top 50 cities for sanitation.
1. Calgary, Canada
2. Honolulu, US
3. Helsinki, Finland
4. Ottawa, Canada
5. Minneapolis, US
6. Oslo, Norway
6. Stockholm, Sweden
6. Zurich, Switzerland
9. Katsuyama, Japan
10. Bern, Switzerland
10. Montreal, Canada
10. Vancouver, Canada
21. Toronto, Canada |
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| Kate Manus |
nice to see Amsterdam high enough on the list! :D
(and higher than the two cities I lived in previously too)
Europe seems to dominate the top of the list.. surprised there weren't more scandanavian cities listed though! |
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| English Rachel |
| quote: | Originally posted by yankeeBaby
^thanks, my girl sent it to me so I didn't know where it was from! lol
Rachel: too much rain? lol ;) (but then canada is effin cold and snowy, and made 5 of the top 50, so I presume weather wasn't included?) ;) |
Well it is pissing down here today, very English weather!! Brrr |
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