http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/06/1075854028808.html
Melbourne has retained its position as the best city in the
world to call home.
Often derided as Bleak City by Sydneysiders, Melbourne topped a
survey of 130 cities, narrowly beating out the other four
Australian capitals surveyed - because its weather rated the
best.
Sydney lost ground because its crime rate was rated on a par with
New York and London.
1= Melbourne
1= Vancouver
1= Vienna
4 Perth
5 Geneva
6= Adelaide
6= Brisbane
6= Copenhagen
6= Montreal
6= Oslo
6= Sydney
6= Zurich
13= Helsinki
13= Stockholm
13= Toronto
Others:
19= Auckland
19= Honolulu
28= Paris
45= London
51= Dublin
51= New York
57= Washington
64= Athens
75= Beijing
130 Port Moresby
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey ranked Melbourne,
Vancouver and Vienna as the best cities for expatriates to live,
with Perth fourth and Adelaide, Brisbane and Sydney equal
sixth.
Geneva was ranked fifth, while Papua New Guinea's capital Port
Moresby kept the title it took in the last survey in October 2002
as the worst.
"Melbourne pretty much top scored in everything," said survey
co-editor Jon Copestake.
"But the difference between all the Australian cities is minimal.
One thing Sydney had different to the other cities was a higher
crime rate, and its climate. Its level of humidity was worse than
Melbourne's."
Victorian Tourism Minister John Pandazopoulos said the award was
based on a survey of a city's infrastructure, access, education
levels, crime rate, focus on the environment, culture and events,
its diversity and how connected it was with the rest of the
world.
Mr Pandazopoulos said even Melbourne's weather rated better than
Sydney's.
"It's a brilliant pat on the back for Melbourne, particularly for
two years in a row," he said.
"We already promote ourselves as the world's most liveable city, we
can continue doing that."
Mr Pandazopoulos said the award backed Victoria's record as the
only Australian state in which international visitor rates grew for
the past two years.
He said Melbourne was also a very affordable city, where people got
value for money for great products, including top fashion and
restaurants.
He said the government would continue to work hard to meet the
balance of stimulating a vibrant economy and social standards to
ensure Melbourne remained one of the world's best
cities.
The London-based EIU assessed the level of hardship for expatriates
in the 130 cities, using 12 factors including housing, education,
recreational activities, health, climate and terrorism.
Cities were rated one to five in the 12 categories, with one
meaning there was no hardship and five indicating extreme
hardship.
Melbourne received the perfect one in each category, including its
unpredictable weather, to give it an overall score of
one.
The other Australian cities were all given a two for climate, while
Adelaide also received two for housing, Brisbane and Perth scored
two for transport and Sydney for its crime. Port Moresby received
five for crime and an overall score of 80.
While Perth was given an overall mark of 1.1, Adelaide, Brisbane
and Sydney scored 1.2.
The heightened terrorist threat only had a minimal impact on
western cities, even those in the United States, largely because of
newly developed security measures.
The highest ranked US city was Honolulu in 19th on eight points,
while New York was 51st with 16 and Washington was the lowest of 16
American cities in the survey at 57th, mainly due to a higher risk
of terrorism giving it an overall score of 19.
London was equal 45th, along with Los Angeles, Madrid and San
Francisco.
Kuwait fell the most places, dropping from 87 to 97 because of the
war in neighbouring Iraq, while Harare suffered the greatest actual
drop in living standards as a result of ongoing unrest and slid
eight places to 118.
The Iraqi capital Baghdad was not included in the
survey.
- AAP
I believe wat you say that u have never come across a shooting
in mel,where
u have stayed for few years.Figures dunt cheat,like u play
games
in casino.If u play long,u sure will lose to a penny.
Like crime rate,this is the probability.But luck play a major
part too.
Like in Spore,some car owners have been broken in few
months,
while their frens never be so unlucky in few decades.
Figures from www.abs.gov.au that in a year if u stay in
Mel,there is a 7% chance
that u will be a victim of crime,be it against u or your
property.
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How does EIU
define High crime rate or low crime rate?
Does EIU consider 7500 crime cases in Mel per 100,000
population is still low?
u say Sydney crime rate are on par with like NY and London.
But Sydney still get 9 th position!!
I dunt think there are too much different in crime rates in Mel
and Sydney.
But read wat EIU said:
http://www.economist.com/markets/rankings/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8908454
Liveability
Aug 22nd 2007
From Economist.com
With low crime,
little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed
transport and communications infrastructure, Canada and Australia
are home to the most liveable destinations in the world. Four of
the ten most liveable cities surveyed by the Economist Intelligence
Unit are in Australia, and two of the top five are Canadian (see
full report). Vancouver is the most attractive destination, with a
liveability index of just 1.3% (see table).''
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crime rate in
oz major cities
u are correct.In Sydney,in a year,7% or households and 4% of
persons
were victims of crime.
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/Lookup/075B378CC9B92BC4CA2568A90013942E
u can see Mel crime rate is 7500 per 100,000 population.
i can figure out how a city 10 times of crime rate as
Singapore
can be the most livable.
May be i cant appreciate other factors,like freedom to shot,
freedom to possessa gun legally,or illegally etc etc
u can see many SG people interested in Oz crime rates.
Pl share more asap.Thanks.
Crime rate in
Victoria,10 times more than SG per 100,000 pax
