18/06/2009

Monocle's Quality of Life 2009

According to the chic global design and lifestyle magazine Monocle...
The magazine ranks cities not just on usual livability measures such as the cost of housing and infrastructure but also tries to provide a sense of what makes big cities truly great. Its reviewers looked at the aesthetic of the built environment, the efficiency of bureaucracies, whether you can eat late at night and the safety and comfort of walking the streets.

The full ranking for Monocle's Quality of Life 2009 is:

1. Zurich

2. Copenhagen

3. Tokyo

4. Munich

5. Helsinki

6. Stockholm

7. Vienna

8. Paris

9. Melbourne

10. Berlin

11. Honolulu

12. Madrid

13. Sydney

14. Vancouver

15. Barcelona

16. Fukuoka

17. Oslo

18. Singapore

19. Montreal

20. Auckland

21. Amsterdam

22. Kyoto

23. Hamburg

24. Geneva

25. Lisbon




I've lived in Lisbon and now Sydney. What comes next? Maybe Melbourne...