Talk:World's Most Livable Cities

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According to the Melbourne article:

Melbourne has twice ranked first in a survey by The Economist of The World's Most Livable Cities on the basis of its cultural attributes, climate, cost of living, and social conditions such as crime rates and health care, once in 2002 [1], and again in 2004 – a year in which the Economist truly took a shine to Australian cities, with the five largest cities in Australia given rankings of 6 or better. In 2005, however, it was ranked 2nd, behind Vancouver, Canada.

Thus it appears that there is more than one reputable survey entitled to be called the World's Most Livable Cities. I suggest that verifiable sources be provided for both, with specific references. The article then needs to be expanded to accomodate both surveys (if not more).--Couttsie 16:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Pilatus, before my edits there were no verifiable references whatsoever for this article. In addition, it was seriously incomplete and biased, favouring a relatively obscure Mercer Human Resource Management survey over a world renowned survey by the EIU team from The Economist.

I suggest that you read the newspaper references that I have now provided, remove the copyright voliation tag. Also, note my earlier post to this discussion page. Wikipedia already references the EIU information on the Melbourne article (and no doubt elsewhere). --Couttsie 17:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I have addressed the issue on your talk page. Pilatus 18:30, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Contentious?

Saying this about Melbourne: "strengthening the idea that Australia is a desirable destination", sounds fine and objective, but then: "which further proves Canada is one of the greatest and most desirable places to live in or visit"... Seriously, proves and then 2 superlatives? I changing it. Electriceel 04:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Why does the link to the definition of "living conditions" go to a Buffy reference?203.110.137.114 07:57, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I have something to say... they say that Vancouver is one of the best place to live, cuz of low crime....what about the drug use? Vancouver has the highest drug rate in Canada....some places are known to have tons of stonned people taking drugs on the side walk. i thing that should be considered...ChrisDVD

[edit] A point of code/grammar (or something related)

I have a question for the Wiki gurus... why is there a link "Mercer Quality of Living Survey" that leads from this page to this page? Seems like a circular waste of time and needlessly obfuscatory. Angelsy1 03:39, 12 May 2007 (UTC)Angelsy1

You're right, it shouldn't be like that, so I've just fixed it. Don't forget though, it's generally ok to fix things like this yourself or make changes as you see fit without asking permission first... one of Wikipedia's mottos is "Be bold" :-) Easel3 13:24, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] There are 13 Cities said to be in the top 10.

Discuss.

It actually says 11, but it's still a problem... In fact, looking at it, this whole article needs an overhaul. It's out of date (only showing the 2005 results) and pretty poorly set out. Anybody should add good links and things if they find them. Electriceel [ə.lɛk.tʃɹɪk il] 02:50, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

.........++ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.83.97.81 (talk) 13:37, 19 March 2008 (UTC)