Beijing,Mexico City,Bogota & Harare are more livable than SG

• lionnoisy

  10 Jun 09, 14:25

  Beijing,Mexico City ,Bogota (capital of Columbia) & Harare of

  Zimbabwe are more livable than SG!!

  I salute the wisdom of EIU to produce this survey.

  I cant see how the above four cities can be ranked more livable than SG

  in the followings factors.I assume these factors carry equal weights.

  SG is ranked 54 th in the world!!

  2.All these survey cant put foods on the table directly.

  U have to face serious consequence if u just depend on them.

  Stability

  Health care

  culture and environment

  Education

  infrastructure

  3.In case u are not familiar the cities in the top 10 as ranked by

  EIU,u can read from the links of Yankees assessments.

  Just the crimes will turn u away,not to mention the poor air like

  u find in Bejing!!

  4.can u tell me how SG is faired in different factors?

  i am sure the culture and environment will be ranked very low---

  lack of freedom!!

  Wow! Cities full of drive by shooting ,drugs and ATM blasts can

  be ranked much higher than SG!!wat a livable city!!

  EIU says

  Vienna (Austria) is ranked second, followed by Melbourne (Australia) in third place. Toronto (Canada) has seen a slight improvement in its index, bringing it up to fourth place, from sixth previously. Canadian and Australian cities account for six of the top ten, with Vienna, Helsinki (Finland), Zurich and Geneva (both Switzerland) making up the most liveable destinations surveyed. Cities that score best tend to be mid-sized, in developed countries with a low population density, benefiting from cultural or recreational availability but with lower crime levels or infrastructure problems that can be caused by large populations.

  At the other end of the ranking, most of the poorest-performing locations are in Africa or Asia, where civil instability and poor infrastructure present significant challenges (the survey does not include locations such as Afghanistan or Iraq). The prospect of violence, whether through domestic protests, civil war or the threat of foreign incursion, plays a significant role in the poorest-performing cities. This can exacerbate the impact of instability on other key liveability categories, such as infrastructure, healthcare indicators or the availability (or freedom) of certain activities.

  http://www.eiuresources.com/mediadir/default.asp?PR=2009060801

  

  

  Mexico City,Bogata (capital of Columbia)

  & Harare (capital of Zimbabwe)more livable?

  http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25608742-5013244,00.html

   

  http://business.asiaone.com/Business/News/Story/A1Story20090608-147068.html

  http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1063.html

  http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_970.html

  http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1090.html