The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) 2011 Global Liveability Report says Melbourne is the 2nd most liveable city in the world, just behind Vancouver and up one place from 3rd last year. Sydney ranks 7th. But any elation is likely to be short-lived. The Mercer Annual Quality of Living survey for 2011, due in late May, [...]
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Sydney or Melbourne – which is more liveable (part 2)?
I noted on Friday that the 2010 Mercer annual quality of living survey says Sydney is more liveable than Melbourne. However neither of these surveys define what liveability is from the point of view of the residents of a city, begging the question: what makes one city more liveable than another? And in particular, which [...]
READ MOREIs Sydney really more liveable than Melbourne (part 1)?
On Wednesday the Sydney Morning Herald reported the release of the 2010 Mercer annual quality of living survey with the headline, “Sydney beats Melbourne in world’s top cities league”. This is not news. Sydney beat Melbourne in the 2009 Mercer survey too. Sydney has stayed in 10th position and Melbourne has “slipped” from 17th to [...]
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