As I mentioned in my prior post, Mercer did an independant survey of all the worlds cities. Here is the top five plus our cities and a couple of others
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Originally Posted by Newsweek
What foreign postings are most coveted by expatriate executives? To find out, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, which provides advice to multinational companies on international assignments, has come up with a global ranking of the world's most livable cities based on 39 key quality-of-life issues. They include political stability, currency-exchange regulations, political and media censorship, school quality, housing, the environment and public safety. Mercer collected the data between September and November of 2006 and considered 215 cities around the globe. Switzerland's main commercial and cultural center, Zurich, topped the list this year, followed by Geneva, and Vancouver and Vienna, which tied for third. To see how other cities fared, check out this interactive table.
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Mercer Human Resource Consulting Worldwide Quality of Living Survey 2007 as measured against major world cities, with New York as the control measure:
http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interac...ies_worldwide/
http://www.mercerhr.com/referencecon...ontent=1128060
Zurich 1st
Geneva 2nd
Vancouver 3rd (equal)
Vienna 3rd (equal)
Auckland 5th
Sydney 9th
Melbourne 17th
Perth 21st
Adelaide 30th
Brisbane 32nd
Singapore 34th
London 39th
New York 48th