Just like in 2008, Vancouver proves the be the best city in the Western Hemisphere, as confirmed by recent Mercer's study of quality of living in various cities.
Every year the analysis aims to help multinational companies and governments placing their employees on various international assignments by evaluating 215 cities worldwide.The 215 cities are compared to the base city - New York with the index score 100 in 37 various criteria such as social and political indicators, standard of transportation or security.
Vienna scored as the best city of 2009 with 108.6 points, leaving the former no. 1 Curych behind with 108 points.Only three non-European cities squeezed within the top ten: Vancouver (4th), Auckland (4th as well) and Sydney (10th).As New York occupies 49th place, 47 cities managed to score anywhere between 100 and 108.6 points.Even though Baghdad scored by 0.9 point more than last year, it still finished at the bottom of the list. The difference between Baghdad and the second worst Bangui is 15 outstanding points.
Canadian cities preoccupied the Americas tables: already mentioned Vancouver (4th), Toronto (15th), Ottawa (16th), Montreal (22th) and Calgary (26th) were followed by the US cities Honolulu (29th), San Francisco (30th), Boston (35th), Portland (42nd), Washington DC and Chicago (both 44th).
Of course I have always believed that Vancouver is on of the nicest cities on Earth.Ending within the top 5 best cities in the world only confirms what I already thought.Should you consider moving to this wonderful city, this guide for buying real estate in Vancouver may help you a lot
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