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Originally Posted by starpimps
its raining all the time and I guess mastercard left out the part about east hastings
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Yeah those two things suck ass, but it wasn't only MasterCard that saw past that:
From BBC News:
Vancouver is 'best place to live'
Vancouver is the world's best place to live, a survey by the Economist Magazine's Intelligence Unit (EIU) has found.
The EIU ranked 127 cities in terms of personal risk, infrastructure and the availability of goods and services.
TOP TEN
Vancouver
Melbourne
Vienna
Geneva
Perth
Adelaide
Sydney
Zurich
Toronto
Calgary
Source: EIU
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...ss/4306936.stm
and this survey:
Vancouver No. 2 in world
Ties with Vienna in quality-of-life survey of 215 major world cities
Drew Hasselback
Financial Post
Monday, March 14, 2005
Vancouver's livability puts it in the top rank of North American cities.
For the third year in a row, Vancouver has been ranked as the city with the second-best quality of life in the world.
According to a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Vancouver ties Vienna for second place, behind top ranked Geneva and Zurich.
The annual survey grades 215 cities based on 39 criteria, including safety, public services, schools, climate and recreation.
Mercer prepares the survey for governments, companies and organizations looking to place employees on international assignments.
Vancouver is no stranger to the top ranks of the survey. It placed second both last year and in 2003, third in 2002, and ranked first in 2001 and 2000.
The survey uses New York City as a base case, assigning it a grade of 100. Because many cities receive the same numerical grade, tie scores are common. The 215 cities included in this year's survey are distributed to 109 ranks. New York City placed 13th.