The Economist named the most comfortable cities in the world
The research agency Economist Intelligence Unit has prepared a traditional top of the most comfortable metropolises of our planet.
The city comfort index is analyzed by a number of indicators: quality of health care, stability and security, urban environment, education, cultural atmosphere. The highest amount of points for each of the points is 100. After estimating for each point, the points are added up, and the average value is taken, taking into account the importance of each indicator.
Capital AustriaVienna has a near-perfect 99.1 score this year. Vienna scored 100 points on all points except culture and the environment.
Melbourne (Australia)) He held the top spot for seven consecutive years, but this year he scored 98.4 points as Vienna surpassed it in terms of stability and security.
The third position belongs to the city of Osaka.Japan), fourth Calgary (Canada), fifth, Sydney (Australia).
The winners of the rating are most often the cities of Australia and Canada – three megacities from each of these states were in the top 10. Also in the top 10 are two Japanese cities, Osaka and Tokyo. In addition to Vienna, only Copenhagen from Denmark managed to make it to the top of the list.
Moscow and St. Petersburg ranked 68th and 70th.
The anti-record holder of the list is Damascus (Syria), he took last place, 140th, with 30.7 points. Above Damascus are the cities of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Lagos (Nigeria).