I'm from Vienna.
Don't believe it.
You're welcome!
The most livable cities
151–160 of 300 posts
Re: The most livable cities
#152Affordability doesn't seem to count in this list. On average housing expenses (rent or mortgage) are around 60% of income in Vancouver metro.
I won't even get into weather: the first few days of blue skies just started this week after a year of bleak gray-on-blue. Depressing is an understatement.
Re: The most livable cities
#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
These lists also often ignore the weather, which makes a huge difference to what most people consider to be "livable". Nordic European winters are horrible, and no amount of amenities can compensate.
Europe in general is quite gloomy
Have you been to the Pacific Northwest?
Re: The most livable cities
#154I'm from Vienna. Don't believe it. You're welcome!
Please elaborate
Re: The most livable cities
#155The fact that there isn't a single dutch city in the top 10, but 3 in car-infested Canada tells me that I have very different standards for "livable".
Paging Not Just Bikes! Code red, someone made a lost where Amsterdam is not number 1. Outrageous!
Re: The most livable cities
#156Affordability doesn't seem to count in this list. On average housing expenses (rent or mortgage) are around 60% of income in Vancouver metro. I won't even get into weather: the first few days of blue skies just started this week after a year of bleak gray-on-blue. Depressing is an understatement.
And health care in Canada is a joke.
Unless you have terminal cancer or close to death, good luck getting any specialist’s attention. You’ll wait for a year on a waitlist for someone to care. Doesn’t matter if you have money either, no way around it.
Re: The most livable cities
#157As I wrote last year, these liveability index ignores all the best cities in Europe and I suppose in most countries by focusing on the largest cities. I enjoyed living in the US, France, Denmark and Germany, I can't find Boulder, Besançon, Nantes, Helsingor, Münster, etc. These are all smaller cities outside of the big ones and they would all have a score higher than Vienna in this index. I am 100% confident that you…
These lists also often ignore the weather, which makes a huge difference to what most people consider to be "livable". Nordic European winters are horrible, and no amount of amenities can compensate.
One person's nordic winter is another person's Californian desert.
Re: The most livable cities
#158As I wrote last year, these liveability index ignores all the best cities in Europe and I suppose in most countries by focusing on the largest cities. I enjoyed living in the US, France, Denmark and Germany, I can't find Boulder, Besançon, Nantes, Helsingor, Münster, etc. These are all smaller cities outside of the big ones and they would all have a score higher than Vienna in this index. I am 100% confident that you…
The real challenge is finding a remote job then finding a city with good internet.
Re: The most livable cities
#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I've been pleasantly surprised at just how resilient the high-street has been. In the past year, we've had a new bakery, a new arts and craft shop, a new cafe, and the farmer's market is going from strength to strength. That's awesome. To qualify my comments, I've also seen some of that change. New shops I've noticed filling in are - a bike repair shop - a "slow living" craft shop - a tailors/upholsterer - a fishmo…
Banks disappearing is awesome though. They're a blight and the small branches offer usurious services almost exclusively. Large chains being replaced by smaller establishments would be great but I don't have high hopes here.
I don't see them as a blight. I just am always rather amazed how much prime real estate bank branches take up. Yes, people need bank services now and then and often want a convenient branch to conduct business in. But I know I like doubtless many/most others, rarely use an ATM any longer much less go into a branch to interact with a human. Even the very small city nearest to me has 3 or 4 different bank branches in its tiny downtown.
Re: The most livable cities
#160As I wrote last year, these liveability index ignores all the best cities in Europe and I suppose in most countries by focusing on the largest cities. I enjoyed living in the US, France, Denmark and Germany, I can't find Boulder, Besançon, Nantes, Helsingor, Münster, etc. These are all smaller cities outside of the big ones and they would all have a score higher than Vienna in this index. I am 100% confident that you…
These lists also often ignore the weather, which makes a huge difference to what most people consider to be "livable". Nordic European winters are horrible, and no amount of amenities can compensate.
I take gray and gloomy with cold and dark winters over hot and humid summers, thank you very much.