Excerpted from DailyMail.com
New York, Paris and London might dominate when it comes to
fashion, nightlife and entertainment. But it is a more low-key city that has been crowned the best
place in the world to live.
The Austrian capital of Vienna beat 229 other cities to take
the title in the 18th Mercer Quality of Life survey.
Vienna, Austria
Photo by Cynthia Dial
It was followed by Zurich, Switzerland in second place and
the New Zealand capital of Auckland in third.
Access to healthcare, quality of education, housing and
environmental factors are all taken into consideration by the team at Mercer,
one of the world's largest HR consultancy firms.
The results of the study, the most comprehensive of its
kind, are used by international corporations to assess how safe it is to send
their employees to a given city.
Seven of the top 10 places with the best quality of life
were in Europe, and nearly half of them were in Germany. Munich, Dusseldorf and
Frankfurt ranked at four, six and seven respectively.
The Danish capital of Copenhagen, which was recently named
one of the happiest places in the world to live, came in ninth place.
Despite its high cost of living, Geneva, also made the list,
coming in at number eight. Residents of the Swiss city, among the richest in
the world, enjoy high standards of education and low crime rates.
Sydney, Australia,
was named the 10th most desirable place to live. Its stunning natural
environment, beautiful weather and thriving cultural scene all work in its
favor.
Vancouver, Canada, one of the country’s most diverse cities,
was came in fifth place.
But British cities have failed to make an impact on the list
this year, with London the highest place at 39. The only other English city to
make the cut is Birmingham at number 53.
Scotland fares slightly better with three cities -
Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen - ranked at 46, 55 and 59, respectively.
Belfast was ranked in 64th place.
One place where safety has become a more pressing issue over
the last year is Paris, where a string of high-profile terror strikes causing
the French capital to fall 10 places to 37th.
Crime and personal safety are also factors that keep many US
cities out of the top spots, with none of them managing to break the top
20.
San Francisco is the highest ranking at 28, followed by
Boston at 34 and the Hawaiian city of Honolulu at 35. Chicago and New York City
come in at 43 and 44 respectively.
Bottom line: Vienna is the best city in the world to live in, while London, Paris and New York don't make top 35 as German-speaking cities dominate quality of life rankings.
COMPLETE LIST OF THE BEST (AND WORST) CITIES IN THE WORLD TO
LIVE
1 Vienna, Austria
2 Zurich, Switzerland
3 Auckland, New Zealand
4 Munich, Germany
5 Vancouver, Canada
6 Dusseldorf, Germany
7 Frankfurt, Germany
8 Geneva, Switzerland
9 Copenhagen, Denmark
10 Sydney, Australia
11 Amsterdam, Netherlands
12 Wellington, New Zealand
13 Berlin, Germany
14 Bern, Switzerland
15 Toronto, Canada
16 Melbourne, Australia
17 Ottawa, Canada
18 Hamburg, Germany
19 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
20 Stockholm, Sweden
21 Brussels, Belgium
22 Perth, Australia
23 Montreal, Canada
24 Stuttgart, Germany
25 Nurnberg, Germany
26 Singapore, Singapore
27 Adelaide, Australia
28 San Francisco, United States
29 Canberra, Australia
30 Helsinki, Finland
31 Oslo, Norway
32 Calgary, Canada
33 Dublin, Ireland
34 Boston, United States
35 Honolulu, United States
36 Brisbane, Australia
37 Paris, France
38 Lyon, France
39 Barcelona, Spain
39 London, United Kingdom
41 Milan, Italy
42 Lisbon, Portugal
43 Chicago, United States
44 New York City, United States
44 Tokyo, Japan
46 Edinburgh, United Kingdom
46 Kobe, Japan
46 Seattle, United States
49 Los Angeles, United States
49 Yokohama, Japan
51 Washington, United States
52 Madrid, Spain
53 Birmingham, United Kingdom
53 Rome, Italy
55 Glasgow, United Kingdom
56 Pittsburgh, United States
57 Philadelphia, United States
58 Osaka, Japan
59 Aberdeen, United Kingdom
60 Leipzig, Germany
61 Minneapolis, United States
62 Nagoya, Japan
63 Dallas, United States
64 Belfast, United Kingdom
65 Houston, United States
66 Miami, United States
67 Atlanta, United States
68 St. Louis, United States
69 Prague, Czech Republic
70 Detroit, United States
70 Hong Kong
72 Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe
73 Seoul, South Korea
74 San Juan, Puerto Rico
75 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
76 Ljubljana, Slovenia
77 Budapest, Hungary
78 Montevideo, Uruguay
79 Vilnius, Lithuania
79 Warsaw, Poland
81 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
82 Bratislava, Slovakia
83 Port Louis, Mauritius
84 Taipei, Taiwan
85 Durban, South Africa
86 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
87 Athens, Greece
88 Limassol, Cyprus
89 Tallinn, Estonia
90 Riga, Latvia
91 Busan, South Korea
92 Cape Town, South Africa
93 Buenos Aires, Argentina
94 Santiago, Chile
95 Johannesburg, South Africa
96 Panama City, Panama
97 Victoria, Seychelles
98 Zagreb, Croatia
99 Wroclaw, Poland
100 Taichung, Taiwan
101 Shanghai, China
102 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
103 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
104 Tel Aviv, Israel
105 San Jose, Costa Rica
106 Brasilia, Brazil
107 Muscat, Oman
108 Monterrey, Mexico
109 Bucharest, Romania
110 Doha, Qatar
111 Noumea, New Caledonia
112 Nassau, Bahamas
113 Tunis, Tunisia
114 Asuncion, Paraguay
115 Sofia, Bulgaria
116 Rabat, Morocco
117 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
118 Beijing, China
119 Guangzhou, China
120 Amman, Jordan
121 Sao Paulo, Brazil
122 Istanbul, Turkey
123 Lima, Peru
124 Kuwait City, Kuwait
125 Manaus, Brazil
126 Casablanca, Morocco
127 Mexico City, Mexico
128 Quito, Ecuador
129 Bangkok, Thailand
130 Bogota, Colombia
131 Windhoek, Namibia
132 Colombo, Sri Lanka
133 Manama, Bahrain
134 Chengdu, China
135 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
136 Manila, Philippines
137 Nanjing, China
137 Shenzhen, China
139 Hyderabad, India
139 Xi'an, China
141 Belgrade, Serbia
142 Jakarta, Indonesia
142 Gaborone, Botswana
144 Pune, India
145 Bangalore, India
146 Chongqing, China
147 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
147 Qingdao, China
149 Lusaka, Zambia
150 Chennai, India
151 Kingston, Jamaica
152 Guatemala City, Guatemala
152 Mumbai, India
152 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
155 Hanoi, Vietnam
156 La Paz, Bolivia
157 Shenyang, China
158 Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
159 Skopje, Macedonia
160 Kolkata, India
161 New Delhi, India
162 Dakar, Senegal
163 Libreville, Gabon
164 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
165 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
166 Accra, Ghana
167 Moscow, Russia
168 Jilin, China
169 Kampala, Uganda
170 Vientiane, Laos
171 Cairo, Egypt
172 Managua, Nicaragua
173 San Salvador, El Salvador
174 Saint Petersburg, Russia
175 Blantyre, Malawi
176 Almaty, Kazakhstan
176 Kiev, Ukraine
178 Maputo, Mozambique
179 Tirana, Albania
180 Beirut, Lebanon
181 Cotonou, Benin
182 Yerevan, Armenia
183 Banjul, Gambia
184 Nairobi, Kenya
185 Caracas, Venezuela
186 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
187 Algiers, Algeria
188 Tbilisi, Georgia
189 Djibouti, Djibouti
190 Minsk, Belarus
191 Kigali, Rwanda
191 Havana, Cuba
193 Islamabad, Pakistan
194 Yaounde, Cameroon
195 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
196 Douala, Cameroon
197 Baku, Azerbaijan
198 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
199 Lahore, Pakistan
199 Luanda, Angola
201 Yangon, Myanmar
202 Karachi, Pakistan
203 Tehran, Iran
204 Lome, Togo
205 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
206 Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
207 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
208 Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan
209 Harare, Zimbabwe
210 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
211 Lagos, Nigeria
212 Abuja, Nigeria
212 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
214 Dhaka, Bangladesh
215 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
216 Tripoli, Libya
217 Niamey, Niger
218 Antananarivo, Madagascar
219 Bamako, Mali
220 Nouakchott, Mauritania
221 Conakry, Guinea
222 Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic of
223 Brazzaville, Congo, Republic of
224 Damascus, Syria
225 N'Djamena, Chad
226 Khartoum, Sudan
227 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
228 Sana'a, Yemen
229 Bangui, Central African Republic
230 Baghdad, Iraq
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