AZKomet Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 I have been to a few here....I would agree with some of the choices. Interesting no U.S. cities on the list. Guess it would depend on the definition of "best." http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/106994/The-Worlds-Best-Places-to-Live-2009
Kathy R Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 The U.S. also fares poorly, barely making it into the top 30 with Honolulu and San Francisco in the bottom two places. Obviously expense was not a consideration.
Shaman97 Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Honolulu and San Francisco come in at 29 & 30. The survey uses NYC as the 'baseline' for it's comparison, so you're going to have to buy-in to the whole metropolis/urban thing if the survey means anything. Given that it was conducted by Business Week, I wouldn't necessarily book a vacation based on these rankings, but many of the cities are nice. Would love to visit Vienna for a while
Lets_Play_Two Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 "The quality-of-living survey covers 215 cities and is conducted to help governments and major companies place employees on international assignments." Leaves Torrey out right off the bat!!
Francois_Dumas Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Would love to visit Vienna for a while I am sure after a few days there you'd decide however it is NOT a place to live
chrisd Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Would love to visit Vienna for a while I am sure after a few days there you'd decide however it is NOT a place to live Why do you think Vienna is not a place to live, and if you could live anywhere in Europe, where would that be?
Kitsap Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Would love to visit Vienna for a while I am sure after a few days there you'd decide however it is NOT a place to live Why do you think Vienna is not a place to live, and if you could live anywhere in Europe, where would that be? Goteborg, Sweden
AZKomet Posted April 30, 2009 Author Posted April 30, 2009 Seriously, Vienna is not? Sydney is one of my favs.....love OZ period. Except fot for the Outback which is too much like Phx.!!!!
Mike Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Guess it would depend on the definition of "best." I live in Naperville, IL, which frequently appears in the top two or three of "best to live" places in the U.S. Civic pride being one it is, that makes me happy, but the criteria and the weight assigned to the criteria are, by definition, completely arbitrary. In looking at the best international cities, I would note, having been to some of the "top" cities, that many of them are a little . . . well . . . dull.
skinny_tom (aka boney) Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 The authors of that article have obviously never been to Sonoma.
Hermes Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Valparaiso/Chile for me. At least it was when visiting with the Merchant Marine in 1962. Never seen a more beautiful place. A small city built around a horseshoe shaped harbour with emerald turqouise water so clear our ship appeared suspended in midair when seen from the many terrace shape streets circling the harbour ever higher.
Huzband Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 The authors of that article have obviously never been to Sonoma. Nor Lickskillet, Al.
Bullett Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 And I was thinking that there must be a reason that my French Horn teacher in college started every other sentence with, "When I was a student in Vienna . . ."
Selden Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 "The quality-of-living survey covers 215 cities and is conducted to help governments and major companies place employees on international assignments." That's the answer -- I don't know about Auckland and Vancouver, but even 25 years ago the cost of living in Vienna, Zurich, and Geneva was out of sight, unless your employer was picking up the tab. I applied for a job once with the IAEA in Vienna, and was glad I didn't get the job -- I would probably weigh over 200 pounds now, if I had gotten it. Such food!
philbytx Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 IMHO, This somewhat arbitrary list is a right "load of old bollocks", as we would say in the "Old Country"
Mister Tee Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 I guess this is technically a thread jack, but on the OTHER side of the spectrum: Motto of Stockton, California - "Original City of Trees" Motto of Fresno, California - "At least we aren't Stockton"
Bob Palin Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 IMHO, This somewhat arbitrary list is a right "load of old bollocks", as we would say in the "Old Country" Yeah, it is, but you choose to live in Texas so you don't have the right to say nowt. I'll get my coat...
Huzband Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 Edited by Bullett (04/30/09 09:40 PM) Edit Reason: too buzzed to type That there is the funniest thing I've ever read on this board! :rofl:
upflying Posted May 1, 2009 Posted May 1, 2009 Sandpoint, Idaho.. IIRC, it is the #1 destination for burned out and retired California cops. Most famous of those burned out cops is Mark Fuhrman.
AZKomet Posted May 1, 2009 Author Posted May 1, 2009 Sandpoint, Idaho.. IIRC, it is the #1 destination for burned out and retired California cops. Most famous of those burned out cops is Mark Fuhrman. I went to Sandpoint in the 80's looking for a suspect. Fell in love with Sandpoint. Beautiful area in the summer but the winters are ugly. My plans is to visit there this summer. Mark from the OJ caper is up there?? Hmmm....
Francois_Dumas Posted May 2, 2009 Posted May 2, 2009 Would love to visit Vienna for a while I am sure after a few days there you'd decide however it is NOT a place to live Why do you think Vienna is not a place to live, and if you could live anywhere in Europe, where would that be? Vienna, like most other major European cities, is expensive, impossible to get into in the morning and out of after work, smells in the summer, has no place to park your car most of the time and is swamped with tourists when the 'holiday times' come for the inhabitants My choice (and we are working on that, bar the current crisis-thank-you-very-much) is somewhere on the country side, near mountains, clean air, few people and with nice motor- and jeep roads.... we're aiming for the SE of France, but there are great places in Northern Italy, southern Austria, southern Germany even too...... I'd also like to live in Norway.... but my Better Half has ruled that one out unfortunately. Basically ANY place with great nature and without hordes of career-hunting fast-laners and traffic jams is fine with me... I can always VISIT the other places... such as Vienna... that's what they're there for
chrisd Posted May 2, 2009 Posted May 2, 2009 Thanks, Francois. Having never been to Europe, I have romantic visions of cities like Vienna.
BabyCow Posted May 3, 2009 Posted May 3, 2009 I have been to everyone of those cities in the top 10. Air pollution is a problem in some. Look at life expectancy in the top 10 and then figure out which is no.1
James Clark Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 Thanks, Francois. Having never been to Europe, I have romantic visions of cities like Vienna. But the will drive you insane.
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