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06-12-2008, 09:01 PM
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1. Zurich
2. Geneva, Vienna
4. Vancouver
5. Auckland
6. Dusseldorf
7. Munich, Frankfurt
9. Bern
10. Sydney
From BusinessWeek
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06-12-2008, 10:18 PM
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Rep Power: 48 | | | According to who? I've been to Vancover, pretty but the food is expensive. Been to Munich as well, wasn't impressed that much (nice architecture) but on the whole I like Phoenix.
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06-12-2008, 10:40 PM
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06-12-2008, 10:42 PM
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06-12-2008, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Toro  1. Zurich
2. Geneva, Vienna
4. Vancouver
5. Auckland
6. Dusseldorf
7. Munich, Frankfurt
9. Bern
10. Sydney
From BusinessWeek | been to 80% of the top ten.......would not trade the bay area.....
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06-12-2008, 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Swamp Fox According to who? | ...Consultants rated each city on a variety of factors including the level of traffic congestion, air quality, and personal safety reported by expatriates living in more than 600 cities worldwide... |
06-13-2008, 03:41 AM
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Rep Power: 28 | | | assuming anyone would want to live in a city. personally I'll take the wide open spaces and the mountains where population density approaches single digits per square mile over any over crowded city
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06-13-2008, 05:20 AM
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06-13-2008, 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by manu1959 been to 80% of the top ten.......would not trade the bay area..... | Note that seven of the ten are in Germanic nations.
Hmmmm...
I've lived in Vancouver. It certainly deserves to be there.
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06-13-2008, 02:55 PM
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Canadian cities dominate the rankings in the Americas with the highest entry for the United States being Honolulu (28).
| ... no bias in this roundup. 
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06-13-2008, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by editec Best city to live if you're a well paid corporate tool, perhaps. | I'm not a corporate tool, and I'm with what's his face. I'd rather live in the bush.
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06-13-2008, 03:58 PM
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06-13-2008, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by manu1959 been to 80% of the top ten.......would not trade the bay area..... | You have to be to afford them first. None of these places are cheap. |
06-13-2008, 05:02 PM
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You have to be to afford them first. None of these places are cheap.
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06-13-2008, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by roomy Why isn't Newcastle Upon Tyne in the list? | Chuck a blue roomy - they've left out Geordieland 
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