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Vienna is the world’s best city to live in; Baghdad is the worst, and London, Paris and New York do not even make it into the top 35, according to international research into quality of life.

German-speaking cities dominate the rankings in the 18th Mercer Quality of Life study, with Vienna joined by Zurich, Munich, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt in the top seven.

Paris has tumbled down the league, falling 10 places to 37th, just ahead of London at 39th, almost entirely because of the city’s vulnerability to terrorist attacks.

The study examined social and economic conditions, health, education, housing and the environment, and is used by big companies to assess where they should locate and how much they should pay staff.


Which city have you visited (and not one in which you have lived) that you imagine would be the best place in the world to live?

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Originally posted by FMF
http://tinyurl.com/jnygvp2

[quote]Vienna is the world’s best city to live in; Baghdad is the worst, and London, Paris and New York do not even make it into the top 35, according to international research into quality of life.

German-speaking cities dominate the rankings in the 18th Mercer Quality of Life study, with Vienna joined by Zurich, Munich, Düsseld ...[text shortened]... not one in which you have lived) that you imagine would be the best place in the world to live?
Best for me, in my medical and familial and financial circumstances, or for some theoretical person?

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Originally posted by JS357
Best for me, in my medical and familial and financial circumstances, or for some theoretical person?
According to your own criteria.

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Originally posted by FMF
http://tinyurl.com/jnygvp2

[quote]Vienna is the world’s best city to live in; Baghdad is the worst, and London, Paris and New York do not even make it into the top 35, according to international research into quality of life.

German-speaking cities dominate the rankings in the 18th Mercer Quality of Life study, with Vienna joined by Zurich, Munich, Düsseld ...[text shortened]... not one in which you have lived) that you imagine would be the best place in the world to live?
Vienna and Madrid were two of my favourite European cities but cant imagine living
in either because my Spanish is poor and my German non-existent.

Fond memories of Brisbane.

Love Italy but the cities stink (not literally).

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Which provincial British town would you most like to live on the outskirts of?

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With a family I would choose one of those beautiful rural places in England - without a family I would live in London.

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You would love Vancouver Island. It is a tiny paradise. Well, not THAT tiny, it is a couple hundred miles long and 50 miles wide. You get there by ferry to Port Nanimo and there is an inland roadway to the west coast. Idyllic.

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Kyoto (Japan) was an amazing place to visit. (Though a little bit touristy).

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Mogadishu not in the list 🙁

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Vienna's prostitutes are not precisely clean, mind you.

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Originally posted by Seitse
Vienna's prostitutes are not precisely clean, mind you.
Prostitution is regulated and requires regular check-ups.

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I don't think you and I use the term "clean" in the same way 😵

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Zurich scored second after Vienna. I work in Zurich, live in Bern. Bern's my first choice for living. I have 100Mbit fibre optic to the door and I get raw milk from the farmer 200 meters down the road. Perfect combination of hi-tech infrastructure and pastoral traditions.