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Vancouver at least has a nice climate. Nate Send a noteboard - 30/08/2011 09:40:31 PM
It doesn't snow there, at any rate. It's overcast and rainy in the winter, but it stays warm and green. But yeah, Calgary and Toronto can be kind of rough in the winter. But they're certainly not the worst Canada has to offer as far as winter weather.

I also noticed the availability of public health care was a factor so I guess they rated free health care as being more important than quality health care and US cities need not apply.


Quite possibly true, but then, they are probably trying to rate them for liveability for everyone, not just for those who can afford it. The higher average crime rate in many American cities likely also contributed to lower scores. Maybe the public education system as well? I don't know enough about that in the US to say if it would play a negative role in such a ranking.

But like I said to Jens, there's really no telling where the American cities are on the list. They could still have pretty good scores and just not be in the top ten. Obviously American cities are a lot better than a lot of places in the world. That said, there are countries I would choose over the United States. Lots of opportunity in the US, and lots of good people, but a lot of things I don't like as well.

EDIT - countries, not counties.
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The world's top ten and worst ten most livable cities Nate - 30/08/2011 07:06:50 PM 1276 Views
How do you call towns "cities"? Tom - 30/08/2011 08:12:27 PM 560 Views
I thought you were going to mention Perth. The rest are clearly cities, if you ask me. Legolas - 30/08/2011 08:23:33 PM 544 Views
Perth has 1.7 million people. Nate - 30/08/2011 08:30:26 PM 694 Views
You kind of inadvertently prove the point... Legolas - 30/08/2011 09:21:18 PM 775 Views
So I see! Nate - 30/08/2011 09:45:27 PM 793 Views
A million people isn't a city? Nate - 30/08/2011 08:28:20 PM 710 Views
Not necessarily. Tom - 30/08/2011 10:49:08 PM 680 Views
You could be right re: population density. Nate - 30/08/2011 11:06:36 PM 621 Views
Re: Not necessarily. Zaphod - 30/08/2011 11:56:20 PM 616 Views
He's spoilt by living in New York Stephen - 31/08/2011 01:26:02 AM 778 Views
That probably is part of it. Tom - 31/08/2011 02:14:41 AM 558 Views
to meet their definition of best it also seems to help if you have mostly white random thoughts - 31/08/2011 01:52:11 PM 569 Views
Have you been to Toronto or Vancouver ? wheelwright - 31/08/2011 04:02:01 PM 584 Views
no but I have the internet and they meet the ethnic description I gave random thoughts - 31/08/2011 05:25:40 PM 693 Views
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you're fairly off with that one. Nate - 31/08/2011 04:52:25 PM 661 Views
OK you did see where I included Asians didn't you and I would call less than 2% significant random thoughts - 31/08/2011 05:31:45 PM 630 Views
I believe your words ... Nate - 31/08/2011 05:49:26 PM 607 Views
yeah sprinkling was probably an understatement random thoughts - 31/08/2011 07:36:16 PM 826 Views
As a comparison ... Nate - 30/08/2011 08:37:28 PM 740 Views
that can be a little misleading random thoughts - 30/08/2011 09:18:22 PM 675 Views
Point taken. Nate - 30/08/2011 09:49:54 PM 715 Views
Not enough Europe, apparently ironclad - 30/08/2011 08:13:48 PM 629 Views
Re: Europe Nate - 30/08/2011 09:32:17 PM 646 Views
Interesting ironclad - 30/08/2011 09:59:27 PM 809 Views
but everything tries to kill you in Oz Yunalesca - 30/08/2011 08:41:51 PM 590 Views
That's what keeps you fit and healthy. *NM* Nate - 30/08/2011 09:17:32 PM 330 Views
weather is a factor and three Canadian cities made the top ten? random thoughts - 30/08/2011 09:22:32 PM 702 Views
Vancouver at least has a nice climate. Nate - 30/08/2011 09:40:31 PM 827 Views
yeah there are not vey many US cities I would want to raise kids in random thoughts - 30/08/2011 11:16:52 PM 535 Views
For the record, I found Vancouver quite lovely. Joel - 31/08/2011 05:09:37 PM 775 Views
Quality health care in the US, really? Macharius - 31/08/2011 12:27:41 AM 655 Views
seriously... LadyLorraine - 31/08/2011 05:24:47 AM 597 Views
all you are arguing is quality=free random thoughts - 31/08/2011 12:11:30 PM 618 Views
Also, Aeryn - 31/08/2011 12:53:00 PM 678 Views
no it works out that nicely for most people random thoughts - 31/08/2011 01:36:13 PM 638 Views
How can he afford a week in Vail and not afford insurance? nossy - 31/08/2011 04:22:47 PM 636 Views
a lot of the uninsured are that way from choice random thoughts - 31/08/2011 06:41:42 PM 563 Views
Getting care, getting timely care, getting quality care and paying for it are all different things. Joel - 31/08/2011 03:39:30 PM 789 Views
tha tis becuase the hospital is run by republicans and they were out to get you *NM* random thoughts - 31/08/2011 07:37:47 PM 467 Views
Nothing in Travis County is run by Republicans. Joel - 31/08/2011 07:46:42 PM 648 Views
Livability obviously doesn't include "Concentration of Venomous Creatures". *NM* TaskmasterJack - 30/08/2011 11:43:43 PM 339 Views
or perhaps Australian cities rank so high because they're so much better than the alternative Zaphod - 30/08/2011 11:58:47 PM 646 Views
Actually, the reason our cities are so liveable is because they're built to keep said creatures out Colonel Logain - 31/08/2011 12:59:01 AM 564 Views
How? ironclad - 31/08/2011 08:20:01 AM 534 Views
I can't risk putting the answer on a public forum, the venomous creatures may find out Colonel Logain - 01/09/2011 07:26:52 AM 481 Views
Why no Boston? *NM* Ghavrel - 31/08/2011 12:16:28 AM 329 Views
Annoyingness of local sports fans was also taken into consideration. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 31/08/2011 12:31:21 AM 424 Views
Obviously the study group consists of Yankees fans. Poor, unfortunate souls. *NM* Ghavrel - 31/08/2011 12:46:17 AM 304 Views
A low population density seems to be a key determinant in these rankings Colonel Logain - 31/08/2011 12:51:45 AM 526 Views
There is an obvious mistake Druid - 31/08/2011 03:07:31 AM 815 Views
I was almost killed by a wombat LadyLorraine - 31/08/2011 05:26:28 AM 514 Views
you should print that on a tee shirt and sell it random thoughts - 31/08/2011 09:11:18 PM 533 Views
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