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Vancouver drops to world's third most liveable city

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We're number three!

Vancouver is no longer considered the world's most livable city by the Economist magazine, but the reason why has some people scratching their heads.

The British publication's Economist Intelligence Unit says the City of Glass has now fallen to third place, falling in line behind Melbourne, Australia and Vienna, Austria.

This is the first time in a decade that Vancouver hasn't been in the top spot.

Vancouver lost points this year based on its transportation infrastructure, but there's one problem. The highway with the cited problems isn't in the West Coast city – it's on Vancouver Island.

The Malahat Highway north of Victoria was closed for almost a day – 22 hours – in April after a fuel tanker truck crash. That accident, which happened about 60 kilometres away from the city and a ferry ride away, resulted in a 0.7 percentage point drop in the city's overall livability rating.

"The adjustment is minuscule and should not be considered significant in the context of the overall score, but it was sufficient to drop Vancouver to third position behind Melbourne and Vienna," the survey said.

The Economist says the Stanley Cup Riot in June came too late to hurt the city's scores, but suggested the mayhem and violence could hurt future rankings.

The survey assigns scores to cities based on 30 factors in five categories: stability, health care, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

Seven of the top cities are in Canada and Australia.

Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, ranked as the last livable city in the world, taking 140th place. London and New York sit in 53rd and 56th places.

Here are the world's 10 most livable cities, according to the survey:

Melbourne, Australia
Vienna, Austria
Vancouver, Canada
Toronto, Canada
Calgary, Canada
Sydney, Australia
Helsinki, Finland
Perth, Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand

Hard to believe that something on the island can drop Vancouver's ratings. Maybe now they'll think about upgrading that highway.

Hoping it will drop even more..............

No more visitors or immigrants........ I like Vancouver the way it is!!!!!!!

or was.............

so when victoria drops, it results in vancouver dropping? lol ok

hopefully this will result in less immigrants

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Originally Posted by jayare604 (Post 7562764)

so when victoria drops, it results in vancouver dropping? lol ok

hopefully this will result in less immigrants

I don't think Victoria is big enough to count it on the list, so they just lump it in with Vancouver.

vancovuer shouldnt even be on top 10 IMO

but our image is pretty good, its different when you living in the city

Can someone explains to me how this shit works?

Most people here are trying to save up money to buy a house and Vancouver is in top 10?

Please less immigrant

I want to be able to buy a house and grow old in GVRD.

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Originally Posted by Greenstoner (Post 7562774)

vancovuer shouldnt even be on top 10 IMO

but our image is pretty good, its different when you living in the city

pffffffft, and Calgary should?

I know people who live in Calgary that tell me they hate it there.

At least we are still beating Toronto lol

calgary :crazy2: :seriously: :fuckthatshit:

I just keep thinking that if Vancouver is that livable, what the hell does the rest of the world look like?

Is every major city in the states that bad?

these types of articles are meaningless.

that list lost all credibility with toronto and calgary mentioned :troll:

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Originally Posted by Culverin (Post 7562802)

I just keep thinking that if Vancouver is that livable, what the hell does the rest of the world look like?

Is every major city in the states that bad?

indication for you to go do some traveling

i wonder if the makers of this survey have actually lived in any of these cities...

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Originally Posted by Santoku (Post 7562785)

Can someone explains to me how this shit works?

Most people here are trying to save up money to buy a house and Vancouver is in top 10?

a lot of it is crime rate, nature, good place to raise a family, etc...not just economic indicators. ud think the
most liveable cities would actually be popular and thus lrices would be higher, so it kinda makes sense too haha

but yeah..if u love nature, stability and peace, this list is good. but if u want a very exciting life, pretty much this is "the most boring city" list...
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heard it on the radio, i was like aw shucks =[ now i cant brag to the americans lol

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Originally Posted by XplicitLuder (Post 7562898)

heard it on the radio, i was like aw shucks =[ now i cant brag to the americans lol

Sure you can, they don't even have a city in the top 10.

Vienna........really? I've been there there ain't much going on though. However their buildings are freakin beautiful and I've seen some bangin hotties there....

GOD BLESS AMERICA, not even top 10.

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Originally Posted by Santoku (Post 7562785)

Can someone explains to me how this shit works?

Most people here are trying to save up money to buy a house and Vancouver is in top 10?

the economist does a list every year that companies that have expat packages refer to when they need to pay there employees an obscene amount of money who generally favour anglo-saxon cities and immigrants or people who make money off immigrants fap over

the list is ment to appeal to people who are 40+ relocating and has nothign to do with growing up in the city, the city is slowly losing its culture because you can't be creative in a 500 foot condo.

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Originally Posted by MG1 (Post 7562760)

Hoping it will drop even more..............

No more visitors or immigrants........ I like Vancouver the way it is!!!!!!!

or was.............

What an ignorant comment. No visitors or immigrants? Say buh-bye to our tourism industry and thousands of jobs that depend on it.

I would've failed you 10 times for the comment if I could.

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Originally Posted by Bonjour43MA (Post 7563098)

What an ignorant comment. No visitors or immigrants? Say buh-bye to our tourism industry and thousands of jobs that depend on it.

I would've failed you 10 times for the comment if I could.

+1
immigrants and visitors :thumbsup:
freeloaders coming on a boat :gtfo:

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Originally Posted by Bonjour43MA (Post 7563098)

What an ignorant comment. No visitors or immigrants? Say buh-bye to our tourism industry and thousands of jobs that depend on it.

I would've failed you 10 times for the comment if I could.

MG1's opinion is a view held by a significant minority in Vancouver, so I wouldn't really dismiss it. The city has changed quite a bit since Expo 1986 and it hasn't necessarily been for the better.

Even though I generally like the Economist, this survey is pretty meaningless. But, there is a big difference between living and visiting cities. I've been to a few cities in Europe and while as a visitor, I thought they were awesome, I'm sure living in them would be a much different story (particularly as I'm not a European myself.) I'd like to actually here some stories from people who have lived in other major cities for extended periods of time (aside from HK.)

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Originally Posted by Bonjour43MA (Post 7563098)

What an ignorant comment. No visitors or immigrants? Say buh-bye to our tourism industry and thousands of jobs that depend on it.

I would've failed you 10 times for the comment if I could.

You cannot read between the lines? Talk about ignorant. You only see what you want to see................. take everything literally.

I'd fail you a thousand times if I could, for being a dim wit. I've been living in Vancouver for over 50 years. I've seen this city change quite a bit - some good, some bad. You have no idea where I'm coming from. How long have you lived here? Long enough to see what?

Now go fly a kite. Remove your fail while you're at it.