April 24, 2024

Reign as most livable city ends

Melbourne has supplanted Vancouver as the world’s most livable city, according to The Economist’s Livability Index. The change interrupts Vancouver’s multi-year string of No. 1 rankings in the survey, which measures political stability, health care, culture, the environment, education and infrastructure. Vancouver is now ranked No. 3, behind the … [Read more...]

UPDATE: Report author defends Vancouver not so livable anymore

OK Vancouver.  You can start blaming Victoria.That's because after ten years at the top, Vancouver is no longer the "Most Livable City in the World". It's now number three.And why blame Victoria? The survey of 140 cities around the world by the Economist Magazine has a baffling reason for dropping the Olympic city out of number one. It says … [Read more...]