Next to perfection, Vienna is the best city in the world to live in

2022-12-27 22:26:24Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Next to perfection, Vienna is the best city in the world to live in
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For the third time in the last five years, Vienna took first place in the Global Living Index 2022 in the annual report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

The top ten were dominated by the cities of Western Europe. Copenhagen follows Vienna in second place, with Zurich taking third place and followed by Calgary in Canada.

Geneva is in sixth place, followed by Frankfurt in seventh place, while Amsterdam secured number nine. The concept of living assesses which cities around the world offer the best living conditions.

The report identifies the challenges that may be presented to an individual in any given location and then compares the results between locations.

Each city is assigned an amenity rating for over 30 factors in five general categories: stability, health care, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

Vienna scored near perfection with 99.1 (out of 100) on its final index; 100.0 in stability, 100.0 in health, 96.3 in culture and environment, 100.0 in education and 100.0 in infrastructure.

Towards the bottom of the list, Damascus in Syria (172), Lagos in Nigeria (171) and Tripoli in Libya (170) continue to lag behind.

The report attributes their respective results to social unrest, terrorism and conflict in each of the countries.

The EIU warned that although the pandemic is resolving itself, a new threat to livelihoods emerged with Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February this year.

There is no score for Kyiv in the 2022 report because the EIU correspondent had to abandon the survey when fighting broke out.

Moscow and St. Petersburg fell 15 and 13 places in the ranking. Other war-affected cities, such as Budapest and Warsaw, saw their stability scores drop.



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