| http://www.blogto.com/city/2015/01/toronto_ranked_the_best_city_to_live_in_the_world/ Y'all can go suck it... We Torontonians rule :D Toronto has been ranked the best city to live in the world by the Economist. The ranking aggregates Toronto's performance across a range of indexes, which include safety, livability and cost of living. National level rankings like the Economist's Democracy and Global Food Security Index were also factored into the overall rank. So, like, we're the best. Give yourself a pat on the back. The overall rankings come as part of a new survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit that ranks cities based on how safe they are. According to this report, Toronto is the safest city in North America and eighth-ranked city in the world, trailing Tokyo, Singapore, Osaka, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Sydney, and Zurich. The safety index is ranked according to the following criteria: digital security, health security, infrastructure and personal safety. In the overall rankings (what the Economist calls the "index of indexes") Toronto has only one category in which it doesn't rank in the top 10 globally. Can you guess what it is? Yep, cost of living. In this category, our city comes in 70th place. That's not really surprising, and for what it's worth, most of the other cities in the top 10 of the overall rankings are deemed to be more expensive than Toronto. I guess we should remind ourselves of how good we have it the next time we're inclined to complain about tough commutes and winter weather (yeah, right -- like we're going to stop complaining). |
| Yay Toronto! Despite the snowstorm raging outside right now, we must celebrate!!! |
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| I'm not surprised at all. Canada is America's Switzerland. |
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| Whoops look like they forgot about Ottawa, and also they probably didn't take into account hockey teams, because frankly, we all know the leafs would drop Toronto back down where it came from. Also, let's not even talk about Rob Ford. |
| I have doubts about the credibility of this raking, since Rio de Janeiro is here (not even is the best city in Brazil to live). |
Chelizzle said: Why not Pyongyang? isn't that north korea? |
| That article is so confusing. It doesn't really explain if the list is just about safety, or about multiple factors. And it doesn't even post the list (here you go): lol at Montreal being #2. Guess these people love Canada. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| That's a strange way of spelling Kinshasa. Seriously if this shit ain't #1 by the morn I'm moving to Andorra. |
Mizorefan said: I have doubts about the credibility of this raking[...] You aren't the only one. Including Cities in the Top 20 of Infrastructure Safety (Page 33) like Los Angeles or New York, which are on the Verge of Decay, is more than mocking the whole Index. Also, where are Copenhagen, Munich and especially Vienna, which was very close to be 1st Place on the Index in August last year and had Top Positions in other Indexes as well? http://pages.eiu.com/rs/eiu2/images/Liveability_rankings_2014.pdf http://monocle.com/film/affairs/quality-of-life-survey-2014/ http://www.mercer.com/newsroom/2014-quality-of-living-survey.html Toronto might be a good City to live in, but with the recent Outages I kind of doubt it that it is the best City for that Purpose, not even when you consider only the Metropolises. |
NoboruJan 30, 2015 9:16 AM
| Bullshit. These stats change every year and every site has their own opinion lol - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/10/worlds-highest-murder-rates_n_5125188.html Also everyone should know that country and other small towns are the safest and healthy compared to big metropolis. |
DeathNyxJan 30, 2015 9:43 AM
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Noboru said: Mizorefan said: I have doubts about the credibility of this raking[...] You aren't the only one. Including Cities in the Top 20 of Infrastructure Safety (Page 33) like Los Angeles or New York, which are on the Verge of Decay, is more than mocking the whole Index. Also, where are Copenhagen, Munich and especially Vienna, which was very close to be 1st Place on the Index in August last year and had Top Positions in other Indexes as well? http://pages.eiu.com/rs/eiu2/images/Liveability_rankings_2014.pdf http://monocle.com/film/affairs/quality-of-life-survey-2014/ http://www.mercer.com/newsroom/2014-quality-of-living-survey.html Toronto might be a good City to live in, but with the recent Outages I kind of doubt it that it is the best City for that Purpose, not even when you consider only the Metropolises. Yeah I was thinking the same. I literally never saw any top 20 city rankings that didn't have Vienna in it so I'm really suspicious. But I think the thing is that it's not actually a 'quality of living' survey but an index of indexes that takes into account stuff like business environment and democracy index and whatnot. The 'livability' rankings are actually the same from last august as far as I can tell, they're just not all of it. Only 3 of the top 10 in terms of livability even show up on this survey so that's obviously not what it's assessing. Still, Vienna & co shouldn't be completely missing even though I wouldn't expect them to score as high as usual with these other factors considered. It's weird that they aren't even on the list (which seems very short to boot). |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| I'd still pick Montreal over any city in Canada. Suck it. |
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Sourire said: I'd still pick Montreal over any city in Canada. Suck it. Too much french. |
| who cares about safety when you can havr nyc. |
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| literally who |
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DeathNyx said: Also everyone should know that country and other small towns are the safest and healthy compared to big metropolis. True, but Public Transmit and Digital Infrastructures (Internet) could be much worse and if you had the chance between living in a calm Neighborhood with a lot of Shops and a good Public Transport Network or living in a remote Area, from which you had to commute 1-3h by Car to just get into a City to buy Things and/or to work, you would probably think twice. It doesn't have to be only extreme Cases, though, as I would personally feel the best in Cities with a Population of 100,000 to 1,000,000. Higashi_no_Kaze said: Yeah I was thinking the same. I literally never saw any top 20 city rankings that didn't have Vienna in it so I'm really suspicious. But I think the thing is that it's not actually a 'quality of living' survey but an index of indexes that takes into account stuff like business environment and democracy index and whatnot. Well, maybe Vienna might be a bit more restrictive in Business Environment, but for it to be that worse in Democracy Index or other Indexes to be not included within 50 Metropolises? I highly doubt it. Also, how can a Metropolis like New York City be ranked that high in digital and infrastructural Security, when the whole Power Grid System could be easily hacked and would put the USA back in the preindustrial Era? http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2014/March/Power-Grid-Target-in-New-Attack-on-America/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertlenzner/2014/11/28/chinese-cyber-attack-could-shut-down-u-s-electric-power-grid/ The Issue is not only that they forgot to include some other important Metropolises; it's also about ranking some Cities in some Areas so high that you can only laugh about this Index. |
NoboruJan 30, 2015 12:45 PM
| It should have been Vienna |
| Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg... and my arm... even my fingers. The body I've lost... the comrades I've lost... won't stop hurting... It's like they're all still there. You feel it, too, don't you? I'm gonna make them give back our past." |
| Bullshit |
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| @ kodei: I concur. Vienna would have beeen a better Pick than Half of the Top 25 posted in #9 @ MechaKiryu: 1) Bullshit to Toronto being the best City according to the Index 2) Bullshit to the whole Index 3) Bullshit to Vienna not being on the very Top or at least having a Top Position which one is it? |
NoboruJan 30, 2015 1:50 PM
ImmahJosh said: That article is so confusing. It doesn't really explain if the list is just about safety, or about multiple factors. And it doesn't even post the list (here you go): lol at Montreal being #2. Guess these people love Canada. Chiraq #10 Amsterdam 3rd/4th place lol nice |
| Toronto is cool but even ranked among most "best places to live in Canada list" it isn't top 5. This ranking system is fraudulent. |
kodei said: It should have been Vienna Vienna is a cool place but it's mostly a city that a person would want to visit for its art and nothing more. |
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DeathNyx said: and Ice Teakodei said: It should have been Vienna Vienna is a cool place but it's mostly a city that a person would want to visit for its art and nothing more. |
| Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg... and my arm... even my fingers. The body I've lost... the comrades I've lost... won't stop hurting... It's like they're all still there. You feel it, too, don't you? I'm gonna make them give back our past." |
Noboru said: no.1@ MechaKiryu: 1) Bullshit to Toronto being the best City according to the Index 2) Bullshit to the whole Index 3) Bullshit to Vienna not being on the very Top or at least having a Top Position which one is it? |
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| yay canada |
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ImmahJosh said: That article is so confusing. It doesn't really explain if the list is just about safety, or about multiple factors. And it doesn't even post the list (here you go): lol at Montreal being #2. Guess these people love Canada. i'm surprised san francisco is # 5 Everything is super expensive here. It's an overrated tourist trap lol. There's some sketchy ass places around here too so it ain't exactly safe either. Oh right there was a dismembered body found in a suitcase in downtown , San Francisco a couple days ago :D Lovely |
| San Francisco and New York? Really? |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| New York is #1 for Food Security?! O'rly? Lol |
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| The slums in Singapore and Rio De Janeiro are appaling. How are they even on the list? |
| Depends on which ranking you use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_most_liveable_cities#Mercer_Quality_of_Living_Survey My city, (Auckland), ranks 12th, 10th, and 4th. |
Pxi2 said: Sourire said: I'd still pick Montreal over any city in Canada. Suck it. Too much french. y u so mean Pxi2 :( |
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| I thought Toronto was Detroit there for a second. I was about to say . . . |
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| Lol Toronto is pretty bad. Enjoy garbage everywhere, lots of traffic, terrible drivers, high rent, filled with rude people who are in a hurry and the arrogance they have thinking they are the center of Canada. You know what it is like the New York City of Canada. |
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Kinkara said: I'm not surprised at all. Canada is America's Switzerland. So then the US is Germany? |
Tacoo said: Both the stereotypical American and the stereotypical German is fat, so yes, probablyKinkara said: I'm not surprised at all. Canada is America's Switzerland. So then the US is Germany? |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
Comic_Sans said: Tacoo said: Both the stereotypical American and the stereotypical German is fat, so yes, probablySo then the US is Germany? No, the stereotypical German isn't fat. Or at least far from what is common in Northern America (USA+Canada). If you want to make better fitting Analogies, you have to compare the USA to the EU, Switzerland to Puerto Rico and Canada to Continental Germanic Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Island). |
NoboruFeb 2, 2015 1:50 PM
Noboru said: Oh? I live near the German frontier, so I've been to Germany many times and I've always had the impression that there were a lot of fat people there. I don't know how Germany is compared to the States, but I think the Germans were very highly ranked on the European ''fat toplist''Comic_Sans said: Both the stereotypical American and the stereotypical German is fat, so yes, probably No, the stereotypical German isn't fat. Or at least far from what is common in Northern America (USA+Canada). If you want to make better fitting Analogies, you have to compare the USA to the EU, Switzerland to Puerto Rico and Canada to (Middle) Germanic Europe. |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| And I live directly in Germany and have mostly seen normal sized People. Of course, I'm not counting old People at Age 50+. btw. the Original Message has been changed: If you want to make better fitting Analogies, you have to compare the USA to the EU, Switzerland to Puerto Rico and Canada to (Middle) Germanic Europe Continental Germanic Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Island). |
Noboru said: I guess it varies from town to town?And I live directly in Germany and have mostly seen normal sized People. Of course, I'm not counting old People at Age 50+. btw. the Original Message has been changed: If you want to make better fitting Analogies, you have to compare the USA to the EU, Switzerland to Puerto Rico and Canada to (Middle) Germanic Europe Continental Germanic Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Island). Ah, ok. |
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| Or from State to State? Who knows? I've only been in the South(west)ern Part, anyways. In any Case; the Ranking is totally biased and doesn't reflect Reality. Else, we would have rather seen smaller Cities or if it's only about Metropolises: more from Continental Germanic Europe in the Top 20. edit: and there we go: The Economist Intelligence Unit has been criticised by the New York Times for being overly anglocentric, stating that "The Economist clearly equates livability with speaking English." |
NoboruFeb 2, 2015 2:33 PM
| About every time I see a horrible mugging, gang violence, torture, suicide etc coming out of Brazil it's 'Rio De Janeiro'. As per Toronto being the best city(even in Canada) pfft. Yeah if you like being in traffic for 2 hours to get downtown, smog, dirty streets and buildings, and crack head/alcoholic mayors, then I can't see why it wouldn't be! lmao |
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| Who on earth puts Sydney on a "best cities to live in" chart ._. |
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