World's Most Livable Cities

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The World's Most Livable Cities is an informal name given to any list of cities as they rank on a reputable annual survey of living conditions. The two best-known are the Mercer Quality of Living Survey and the Economist's Worlds Most Livable Cities.

The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey report said Vancouver, Canada, "with low crime, little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed infrastructure," is the most livable destination in the world, and tied for first place with Melbourne, Australia. (See: CNN article). According to the survey, Vancouver was the "best city to live", while other top-ranking Canadian cities were Toronto, Calgary and Montreal.

Australia's other major cities (Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth) all claimed positions well inside the top 10 - Perth in 4th place, and Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide tied for 6th place, strengthening the idea that Australia is a desirable destination.

Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, with its high level of violent crime, was rated the worst city in the world to call home.

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Melbourne Age article - Melbourne ranked joint first (with Vancouver in the EIU's 2004 survey, and the 2005 survey). Houston as well tied second with Austin in 2005.

Vancouver Melbourne and Vienna named worlds most liveable cities from CityMayors.com, regarding October 2005 EIU survey

Vancouver is 'best city to live' CNN.com October 5, 2005

Pittsburgh Voted One Of World's Most Livable Cities WTAE-TV Channel 4, ThePittsburghChannel, claims Cleveland and Pittsburgh were joint 39th in the EIU survey of 127 countries.

Pittsburgh, Cleveland top U.S. cities, survey says Pittsburgh Tribune Review October 6 2005 claims Cleveland and Pittsburgh were joint 26th in the EIU survey of 127 countries.