In almost a decade, Vancouver has been bumped out of first place as the best city in the world, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s liveability survey. The reason for the drop: traffic and congestion issues following a 22-hour closure on the Malahat Hwy north of Victoria in April.
Melbourne, Australia took the lead spot out of 140 cities, which were evaluated in terms of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
Though the riots happened too late to affect the scoring, it's expected that Vancouver will drop further down the list in the future.
As the EIU explained, “The concept of liveability is simple: it assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions”.
In total 140 cities were surveyed. The cities were evaluated across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
Toronto placed fourth, after Vancouver, while Calgary came fifth. At the bottom of the barrel, unsurprisingly, was Harare, Zimbabwe.
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