Which cities have the best quality of living?

[CrazyHorse]

Lol - good city, shame about all the people!

I say similar things about Yorkshire and France.

You know, the London 2012 people could unite the entire country and get everyone behind their Simpson-esque logo, simply by saying that the French think that it's shit.

Speaking of which; we were over at EuroDisney when they made the announcement that London had won the Olympics in 2012. The French were so confident that they'd win the bid they'd started selling commemorative t-shirts for twenty Euros a pop before the winner was read out. It was pish funny seeing them sulkily reducing the price of them to only one Euro each when they lost the bid.

[Bruce Rioja]

Speaking of which; we were over at EuroDisney when they made the announcement that London had won the Olympics in 2012. The French were so confident that they'd win the bid they'd started selling commemorative t-shirts for twenty Euros a pop before the winner was read out. It was pish funny seeing them sulkily reducing the price of them to only one Euro each when they lost the bid.

Aye, Hoss. Ya never get sick o' seeing this;

[Montreal Wanderer]

A great and highly apt pic.

[Manny]

Found this.......

"Bolton is one of the more deprived boroughs in England according to the Indices of Deprivation 2000.[23] It is the 28th most deprived in England in terms of numbers of people who are income deprived. A third of the borough's population lives in seven wards which are amongst the 10% most deprived in England."

but also on the same page............

"According to a survey of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Boltonians are the friendliest people in Britain.[21][22]"

[Montreal Wanderer]

Found this.......

"Bolton is one of the more deprived boroughs in England according to the Indices of Deprivation 2000.[23] It is the 28th most deprived in England in terms of numbers of people who are income deprived. A third of the borough's population lives in seven wards which are amongst the 10% most deprived in England."

but also on the same page............

"According to a survey of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Boltonians are the friendliest people in Britain.[21][22]"

I suppose the conclusion is that wealth does not make you friendly. I think I already knew that. Most of the rich people I chat up tell me to eff off.

[Dujon]

I haven't banged around the site to find them but I cannot understand what criteria would be used to have Sydney (the Australian one) so highly ranked. The public transport system is generally appalling which transports to the roads being clogged during and outside peak hours. There are enclaves of various nationalities in which, until recently (due to the introduction of legislation), businesses refused to display signage in English. Many such areas are the refuge of serious criminals and districts in which turf wars erupt - drug dealers, protection rackets and their ilk. Shootings and knife attacks are daily occurrences.

The price of houses is ridiculous - not that that is new. 35 years ago I was forced to move to the Blue Mountains because as a bank employee, a loans officer at that time, I could not afford to buy or build in Sydney proper. Apart from the travel aspect - I live about 65 Km from the CBD in which I worked for over two decades - I have never regretted the shift. If nothing else it gave my children a decent community in which to develop.

I suppose that living in Sydney would, in some respects, be pleasant. Like most cities it's where the action is, whether that be concerts, museums or other cultural interests. The beaches are nearby, the sun always shines (ha ha) and all the girls are pretty and all the men are 'studs' (a second ha ha).

Maybe living in the vicinity of the place makes me some sort of cynic, I dunno. I know that some of you have visited the place and wonder if you are prepared to post your comments. You might well see the place somewhat differently to myself.

[Athers]

As noted, London did not make the sanitation list, while Glasgow did, so it may not be all that clean.

There is rubbish piled up on the streets everywhere, so that's not a surprise!

[Mich Caine]

Some of those cities in Switzerland are beautiful, classy and magical. Doesn't surprise me to see them at the top.

Am kind of surprised maybe the likes of Oxford and Cambridge aren't on the list.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Some of those cities in Switzerland are beautiful, classy and magical. Doesn't surprise me to see them at the top.

Am kind of surprised maybe the likes of Oxford and Cambridge aren't on the list.

They probably were not considered because of size (as noted above). I expect they took only the ten largest cities in each country or something like that.