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Home : Canada : Vancouver's quality of living ranked 4th best in world

Vancouver is the top Canadian city among 221 ranked this year, sharing the No. 4 spot with Auckland, New Zealand.

Vancouver's quality of living ranked 4th best in world

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Vancouver ranked fourth in Mercer's 2010 Quality of Living Survey, making it the top-rated city in North America.

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Vancouver is the top Canadian city among 221 ranked this year, sharing the No. 4 spot with Auckland, New Zealand.

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Date: Wed. May. 26 2010 7:57 AM ET

TORONTO — Four Canadian cities are among the top 25 in the world in terms of quality of living, according to a global survey published Wednesday.

Overall top spot on the list Mercer Quality of Living Survey is the Austrian city of Vienna.

Vancouver is the top Canadian city among 221 ranked this year, sharing the No. 4 spot with Auckland, New Zealand.

The other Canadian cities in the top 25 are Ottawa at 14, Toronto at 16 and Montreal at 21.

Calgary was ranked No. 28 on the overall quality of living ranking but got the top spot on a new ecology ranking.

No American city made the top 25 on the Mercer list. Honolulu had the top ranking in the United States at No 31.

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doug
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Auntie,Better cities in warmer climates....like where??Mexico or Rio??


Frost
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Vancouver is Beautiful.. with the charm from the people of an old Southern town.. Love it.. but 4th is to low.. should be number 1But just like ALL towns.. some people can't be happy.. as I see some of them are on here..What have you done for your city to make it better?


Donaldbain
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What, they didn't go anywhere else in the province? There are plenty of places to live that are far better than the nightmare of Vancouver. The years I had to live there were the worst. Traffic jams, huge crowds and 24 hour noise does not make a nice place to live, despite it's proximity to the mountains and Vancouver Island. The Island (excepting Victoria, Nanaimo and now Courtney/Comox) has far nicer communities and people.


ghp in Calgary
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Calgary Eco City...*Eco-City Ranking 2010 includes the following criteria: Water availability, water potability, waste removal, sewage, air pollution and traffic congestion.


Doug # BC
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There's a lot of good things to say about life in Vancover.But ratings and polls are all about the criteria.For real people living in the real world,it's all about expectations.The life style that suits your indiviudal needs. I agree with "MarK" about one thing.If you want to live here,"Bring Cash".And bring lots of it.You will be taxed until your blue collar wages have been lowered sufficiently that you too will soon be eligible for government subsidies and free homes.You will also find a self appointed do gooder and a social engineer monitoring every step you ever take.Unions now run most local governments.You pay big taxes so their union members get well paid,but your family struggles with incomes earned in the real world. In my opinion,Vancouver WAS the best place in Canada to live.I think the big changes started after Expo,in 1986.Cost of living started to rise beyond anything a average wage earner could afford.Two incomes became a necessity for most families.The choice of having one parent stay home with their children was pretty much taken away through expensive living costs.The amenities that people used to enjoy for free,or for very little money,now cost to much for many families,are unsafe for children to without close parental supervision,and are so crowded that the pleasure of our narural wonders is lost in the stampede.And,of course,we have a large community of drug pushers,car theives,and pan handlers hoping to score a free home. Normally,there are more job opportunities and schools here than other parts of BC.But,having lived in both small town BC,and Vancouver,I now believe that you give up to much in the way of family life to justify the additional income you have access to.But,I'm one who thinks the city is NOT child friendly or safe.


just sayin'
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I'd say the quality of living for the "street people" is probably better than that of the "street people" in Toronto, Montreal or Ottawa...isn't that why we have so many (mentally ill, excluded), because here they get to camp out all year round.


Auntie Guvmint
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Street people might disagree? Really?See, that requires another survey: what are the best-ranked cities in the world in which to live on the street.Vancouver is the best city to live in on the street in Canada, because elsewhere you freeze to death. On the world stage, though, there are better places in warmer climates.


clay
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it is awsome. if you dont like it leave it.


Gus
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Vancouver: where poor and unemployed people live. NO JOBS. Awful transit system. Self-centered, rude (and drugged-up) people. Mountains don't make a place, People do; and Vancouver is not that.


Chris in Ajax
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Vancouver is really wonderful. I was out there for three weeks during the Olympics and absolutely loved it. Yes it was expensive but the transit is great, the environment is top notch, the street people do not bother you, the culture of fitness is laudable, and the proximity of the mountains / ocean / Vancouver Island give you endless recreational opportunities. If only I could get a decent job there I would never have left.


doug
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Gee, anybody have anything positive to say about Vancouver...it must have one thing half decent about it as it usually rates between 1st and 5th on any given list year in and year out. Yeah and those European cities are perfect in everyway..just ask the Roma


adm
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I lived in Greater Vancouver for more than 10 years. Yes it is an expensive place to live.but there were a lot of great things too. The transit system is great. I can hop on the bus and sky train and be at a beach in under an hour, or hiking on the North shore mountians. Its those little things that made my quality of life for me.


Michael
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A park to do your drugs, free needles, free crack pipes, and a hug to tell you everything is awesome. Yeah, Vancouver a great place to live if you have no place to live. For the rest of us, it's a dirty hole that begs to be avoided.


John
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I don't think I understand your point. Are you saying that the street people of Vancouver have a detailed and thoughtful comparison of the relative merits of cities around the globe, or have you completely missed the point of the article?


Edb(Hamilton)
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I agree, Vienna is truly the best. Nothing in Canada can even compare. Culture, history, and friendly civilized citizens. Budapest 2 hours east, Prague just to the north, and the Danube snaking its way through the middle. Makes me appreciate having an EU passport more with every visit.


Mark
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Pay to play. BC = Bring Cash.


Bill in BC
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Before you start crying about the street people, consider that the majority are not the mentally ill who have little choice about being there (thanks to the NDP closing all the mental health facilities in the 90s). The majority CHOOSE to be there rather than live according to societies rules. If you want shelters etc, make them "work shelters" where (except for the mentally ill), they need to exchange labour/education/public service of some nature for room & board.TANSTAAFL!


Bill in BC
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Personally, I'm surprised Vancouver placed so highly. The criteria must be skewed a tad.


Ex Coastie
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The street people of Vancouver might disagree...


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