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These are the world's most livable cities for 2015



Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
59,192
The Fatherland
25. Portland, OR, USA
24. Barcelona, Spain
23. Oslo, Norway
22. Geneva, Switzerland
21. Hamburg, Germany
20. Amsterdam, Netherlands
19. Hong Kong, China
18. Lisbon, Portugal
17. Auckland, New Zealand
16. Madrid, Spain
15. Paris, France
14. Kyoto, Japan
13. Singapore
12. Fukuoka, Japan
10. Copenhagen, Denmark (tied)
10. Zürich, Switzerland (tied)
9. Munich, Germany
8. Helsinki, Finland
7. Vancouver, Canada
6. Stockholm, Sweden
5. Sydney, Australia
4. Melbourne, Australia
3. Berlin, Germany
2. Vienna, Austria
1. Tokyo, Japan

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/na...ey-2015-ranks-world-cities-livability?share=c


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Pogue Mahone

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Apr 30, 2011
10,719
Geneva, though beautiful, is dull, dull, dull.

Fukuoka is beautifully named.

I love Barcelona, Paris and Berlin.

NOTHING in Italy! :eek:

New York?
 


Pogue Mahone

Well-known member
Apr 30, 2011
10,719
Word, the presence of Paris on that list immediately makes it invalid.

Oh and shouldn't the title be world's most livable cities in the view of Gianni Jaccoma staff writer of the list website thrillist.com

That would be a bit of a boring title though. As it would be every time lists like this are produced. :rolleyes:
 




mona

The Glory Game
Jul 9, 2003
5,470
High up on the South Downs.
They've got it right about London. Beautiful parks and the Thames is lovely but central London is claustrophobic, overcrowded and manic with a poor transport system.
 


Machiavelli

Well-known member
Oct 11, 2013
16,544
Fiveways
Geneva, though beautiful, is dull, dull, dull.

Fukuoka is beautifully named.

I love Barcelona, Paris and Berlin.

NOTHING in Italy! :eek:

New York?

I'm v keen on Barcelona and Berlin -- not that I've spent enough time in either -- but Bologna would certainly be on my list, Genoa probably too.
 








Steve in Japan

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May 9, 2013
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East of Eastbourne
This list came from Monocle magazine - no, I've never read it either. But I do know that Tyler Brule, who runs the magazine, is a bit of a fan of all things Japanese. I struggle to see Tokyo top of the list - overcrowding and rents/property prices alone would rule it out. Same for Hong Kong and Singapore. Maybe this is the list of most liveable places for the well-heeled expat.
 


Simster

"the man's an arse"
Jul 7, 2003
54,110
Surrey
Pretentious nonsense. There are slums all over the place in Lisbon and Madrid is bang average too.

Plenty of far better cities have been left off, including the whole of Italy and a good chunk of North America. How can you have Vancouver at #4 and Seattle nowhere to be seen? They're next door to each other with virtually the same quality of life!
 






glasfryn

cleaning up cat sick
Nov 29, 2005
20,261
somewhere in Eastbourne
They've got it right about London. Beautiful parks and the Thames is lovely but central London is claustrophobic, overcrowded and manic with a poor transport system.

full of people from the other cities
love Paris
 




Vegas Seagull

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Jul 10, 2009
7,782
Only an American survey would have the first named criteria of a 'liveable' city the one that has the highest number of routes OUT OF IT the winner. Pathetic
 




Diego Napier

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Mar 27, 2010
4,416
Geneva, though beautiful, is dull, dull, dull.

Fukuoka is beautifully named.

I love Barcelona, Paris and Berlin.

NOTHING in Italy! :eek:

New York?

I'm v keen on Barcelona and Berlin -- not that I've spent enough time in either -- but Bologna would certainly be on my list, Genoa probably too.

I'm with you guys, Bologna, Florence, Milan all missing. And no place either for the jewel in the crown, la Serenissima!
 


Seagull kimchi

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Oct 8, 2010
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Korea and India
Ha! Fukuoka is a city on an island between Korea and Japan - well know to esl teachers as a visa run place. Yes it's pretty and clean but it's never gonna soak you in culture and spice.
 



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