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[–] neokabuto 63 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Saved you a click:

2023’s Global Liveability Index: The top 10

  1. Vienna, Austria
  1. Copenhagen, Denmark
  1. Melbourne, Australia
  1. Sydney, Australia
  1. Vancouver, Canada
  1. Zurich, Switzerland
  1. Calgary, Canada
  1. Geneva, Switzerland
  1. Toronto, Canada
  1. Osaka, Japan
[–] TwistedTurtle 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I find it surprising that there's 2 Australian cities on here but nowhere from the US. I've been under the impression Australia was similar to US in "Liveability" metrics, for good and ill.

The rest are no surprise at all

[–] partial_accumen 28 points 1 year ago

My guess is that all USA cities were disqualified for possibilities of gun violence and lack of socialize medicine. I can't really disagree with that either.

[–] metaphortune 16 points 1 year ago

They talk more about the methodology here, for what it's worth. I think crime is pretty heavily weighted, guessing that's what sinks a lot of US cities.

[–] WallCactus 10 points 1 year ago

Places I can't afford to move to. Naturally.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Something's very strange in this ranking.

Osaka is a nice city but few Japanese would choose it as the no. 1 "livable" city in the nation. For a businessman it'd be much more convenient to live in some neighborhood city around Tokyo. To favor Osaka like that you'd need to mistake your personal preference as a universal measure.

[–] grue 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LOL, Australian and Canadian cities? Pretty sure most urbanists would disagree; those are car-dependent shitholes.

[–] fbuslop 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe it's not obvious to you, but city design/planning isn't the only thing that makes a city "livable". Reading the article may help.

[–] grue 2 points 1 year ago

It may not be sufficient, but it is necessary as a baseline precondition. Perhaps not all cities with good urbanism are "livable," but all "livable" cities must have good urbanism.