BEST CITIES IN THE WORLD

They always say the grass is greener on the other side. Well, that is true if you live in a city call Johor Bahru. I am sure any grass at any side is greener than Johor Bahru. If stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure are to be used as benchmarks to compare who has greener grass, Johor Bahru will easily be at the bottom of the list. Give me Singapore anytime!

Well, we heard of the world's top cities offering the best quality of life and best infrastructure some time ago. You can read the full details in the link below with the ranking tables. Now, the Economist Intelligence Unit released a survey result of 140 cities worldwide in terms of liveability ranking by looking at nearly 40 individual indicators grouped into five categories of stability; healthcare; culture and environment; education and infrastructure.

I wonder what will the score for Johor Bahru be if it is in the list. Singapore is placed at No.54. Time to move to a better city to live in? Who don't?

The ranking (not in full):
1 Vancouver
2 Vienna
3 Melbourne
4 Toronto
5 Perth & Calgary
7 Helsinki
8 Geneva,Sydney & Zurich
11 Adelaide
12 Auckland
13 Osaka
14 Stockholm & Hamburg
16 Brisbane
17 Montreal & Paris
19 Tokyo & Frankfurt
21 Copenhagen
22 Berlin
23 Wellington
29 Pitsburgh
35 Washington DC
39 Hong Kong & Madrid
46 Manchester
48 Los Angeles
51 London
52 Rome
54 Singapore
58 South Korea
59 Lexington
63 Athens
64 Montevideo, Santiago & Buenos Aires
68 San Juan
69 Moscow
70 San Jose
76 Beijing
92 Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo
100 Bangkok
108 Manila
114 New Delhi & Cairo
117 Bogota
120 Mumbai
122 Nairobi
126 Lusaka
129 Tehran
131 Dakar
132 Abidjan
133 Kathmandu
134 Douala
135 Karachi
136 Lagos
137 Port Moresby
138 Algiers & Dhaka
140 Harare

Read more at:
UK cities among the world's most liveable according to Economist Intelligence Unit's latest liveability survey

Swiss and German cities dominate top places of best cities in the world

The world's top cities offering the best quality of life
(New York City is the base city with a score of 100 points)

2009 Rank	2008 Rank	City	Country
1	=2	Vienna	Austria
2	1	Zurich	Switzerland
3	=2	Geneva	Switzerland
=4	4	Vancouver	Canada
=4	5	Auckland	New Zealand
6	6	Düsseldorf	Germany
7	=7	Munich	Germany
8	=7	Frankfurt	Germany
9	9	Bern	Switzerland
10	10	Sydney	Australia
11	11	Copenhagen	Denmark
12	12	Wellington	New Zealand
13	13	Amsterdam	Netherlands
14	14	Brussels	Belgium
15	15	Toronto	Canada
+16	19	Ottawa	Canada
=16	16	Berlin	Germany
18	+17	Melbourne	Australia
19	=17	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
20	20	Stockholm	Sweden
21	21	Perth	Australia
22	22	Montreal	Canada
23	23	Nürnberg	Germany
24	24	Oslo	Norway
25	=25	Dublin	Ireland
=26	32	Singapore	Singapore
=26	25	Calgary	Canada
28	27	Hamburg	Germany
29	28	Honolulu	USA
=30	=29	San Francisco	USA
=30	=29	Helsinki	Finland
=30	=29	Adelaide	Australia
32	32	Paris	France
34	34	Brisbane	Australia
=35	35	Tokyo	Japan
=35	37	Boston	USA
37	36	Lyon	France
=38	38	Yokohama	Japan
=38	38	London	UK
40	40	Kobe	Japan
41	41	Milan	Italy
=42	48	Portland	USA
=42	42	Barcelona	Spain
=44	=44	Washington DC	USA
=44	=44	Osaka	Japan
=44	=44	Lisbon	Portugal
=44	=44	Chicago	USA
48	43	Madrid	Spain
49	49	New York City	USA
50	49	Seattle	USA

Research by Mercer Consulting

The world's top cities offering the best infrastructure
(New York City is the base city with a score of 100 points)

2009 Rank	City	Country
1	Singapore	Singapore
2	Munich	Germany
3	Copenhagen	Denmark
4	Tsukuba	Japan
5	Yokohama	Japan
=6	Düsseldorf	Germany
=6	Vancouver	Canada
=8	Frankfurt	Germany
=8	Hong Kong	China
=8	London	UK
11	Sydney	Australia
12	Tokyo	Japan
13	Paris	France
14	Zurich	Switzerland
=15	Bern	Switzerland
=15	Montreal	Canada
=15	Atlanta	USA
=18	Toronto	Canada
=18	Vienna	Austria
=20	Hamburg	Germany
=20	Helsinki	Finland
=20	Oslo	Norway
=20	Stockholm	Sweden
=24	Brussels	Belgium
=24	Washington DC	USA
26	Amsterdam	Netherlands
27	Nürnberg	Germany
28	Chicago	USA
=29	Berlin	Germany
=29	Nagoya	Japan
=29	Osaka	Japan
32	New York City	USA
33	Boston	USA
34	Kobe	Japan
=35	Dubai	UAE
=35	Geneva	Switzerland
=35	Melbourne	Australia
=38	Adelaide	Australia
=38	Brisbane	Australia
=38	Perth	Australia
41	Honolulu	USA
42	Ottawa	Canada
=43	Auckland	New Zealand
=43	Madrid	Spain
=45	Birmingham	UK
=45	Glasgow	UK
=47	Wellington	New Zealand
=47	Miami	USA
=49	Houston	USA
=49	Seattle	USA
=49	Milan	Italy

Research by Mercer Consulting