[xerxes]

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Vancouver named world's best place to live

Owen Bowcott
Wednesday October 5, 2005
The Guardian

Vancouver vanquishes all cities. Low crime, highly developed infrastructure and an absence of terrorist threats has secured the Canadian city the title of "the best place to live".

The Pacific coastal settlement tops a survey of cities compiled to assess quality of life. Almost all of those in the upper tier are in North America, Australia or western Europe.

Devised by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the liveability ranking examined 127 cities under five main categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

The Canadian city has a population of 560,000. It has a temperate climate and sits beneath a mountain range. Vancouver's economy is booming, enhanced by its position on the Pacific rim and powered by its software and biotechnology industries. "It is no surprise that the most desirable destinations are those with the lower perceived threat of terrorism," said Jon Copestake, editor of the EIU report.

London came in at 47th place sharing its ranking with Houston, Los Angeles and Dublin. Other European capitals - notably Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Copenhagen and Vienna - all scored better.

The worst places to live were judged to be Algiers in Algeria and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby, the EIU report explained, "suffers from high crime rates, corruption, instability, low availability of entertainment, goods or services and a dilapidated infrastructure".

Best six

1 Vancouver

2 Melbourne

3 Vienna

4 Geneva

5 Perth

6 Adelaide

Worst six

1 Port Moresby

2 Algiers

3 Dhaka

4 Karachi

5 Lagos

6 Phnom Penh

We in Vancouver have been saying this for years, now we have confirmation.

Take that Toronto!!

[FireWire]

LIES I say, LIES!!

Congrats to you and to us

[xerxes]

Thank you. Montreal should be in the top 5 IMO.

[FireWire]

xerxes xerxes:

Thank you. Montreal should be in the top 5 IMO.

Give us few more years to clean up

[ManifestDestiny]

xerxes xerxes:

Thank you. Montreal should be in the top 5 IMO.

Have you been to Montreal ? outside of the downtown its full of empty store fronts.

[FireWire]

Hold on let me give you another FLAMER medal....OOOPS it's already up in your ass. Have a nice day

[ManifestDestiny]

FireWire FireWire:

Hold on let me give you another FLAMER medal....OOOPS it's already up in your ass. Have a nice day

WOOOO what did I say? Its not like I said Montreal is a dump! I happen to like Montreal. But the truth is the economy there is not that great.

[xerxes]

True, but the city has character and that counts for a lot.

[ManifestDestiny]

xerxes xerxes:

True, but the city has character and that counts for a lot.

I agree thats why I like the city. But if you cant make a living character kinda falls by the way side.

[Canadian_Mind]

ManifestDestiny ManifestDestiny:

xerxes xerxes:

True, but the city has character and that counts for a lot.

I agree thats why I like the city. But if you cant make a living character kinda falls by the way side.

i can make 30 000 a year in vancouver without a highschool education. most folks that can't find a job are either to lazy too or have a physical ailment that prevents the from working. only a few have the qualifications, but can't actually find a job in vancouver or surrounding areas. what award has vancouver not won when it comes to the "best this" or the "best that"?

[ridenrain]

Top of the list if you're a communist, drug addict, homeless, car thief, especially if you don't like public events like tall ships, hockey riots and fireworks. Make sure to move to the East side because they have all the shooting galleries.

I'll stick with nice, tranquil Surrey.

[PluggyRug]

ridenrain ridenrain:

Top of the list if you're a communist, drug addict, homeless, car thief, especially if you don't like public events like tall ships, hockey riots and fireworks. Make sure to move to the East side because they have all the shooting galleries.

I'll stick with nice, tranquil Surrey.

Can you give me the 'Horses Mouth' regarding Surrey.

Will be moving out West soon.

Frank

[xerxes]

Pluggy, avoid Surrey like the plague. For starters, the women are trailer trash, also, it's a prime exmaple of the horrors of urban sprawl.

Try White Rock, New Westminster, or North Vancouver.

[xerxes]

Oh yeah, plan on having your car stolen as Surrey is the GTA capital of N. America. You also have to watch out for street racers and their rice rockets at night as well.

[Canadian_Mind]

xerxes xerxes:

Pluggy, avoid Surrey like the plague. For starters, the women are trailer trash, also, it's a prime exmaple of the horrors of urban sprawl.

Try White Rock, New Westminster, or North Vancouver.

If he can afford it. try langly or aldergrove if you want more affordable living without all the plauge shit going on in surrey.