Phnom Penh is among the worst places to live in the world

Vancouver named world's best place to live

Owen Bowcott
Wednesday October 5, 2005
The Guardian


Vancouver vanquishes all cities. Low crime, highly developed
infrastructure and an absence of terrorist threats has secured the
Canadian city the title of "the best place to live".
The Pacific coastal settlement tops a survey of cities compiled to
assess quality of life. Almost all of those in the upper tier are in
North America, Australia or western Europe.

Devised by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the liveability
ranking examined 127 cities under five main categories: stability,
healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

The Canadian city has a population of 560,000. It has a temperate
climate and sits beneath a mountain range. Vancouver's economy is
booming, enhanced by its position on the Pacific rim and powered by its
software and biotechnology industries. "It is no surprise that the most
desirable destinations are those with the lower perceived threat of
terrorism," said Jon Copestake, editor of the EIU report.
London came in at 47th place sharing its ranking with Houston, Los
Angeles and Dublin. Other European capitals - notably Berlin, Paris,
Madrid, Brussels, Copenhagen and Vienna - all scored better.

The worst places to live were judged to be Algiers in Algeria and Port
Moresby in Papua New Guinea. Port Moresby, the EIU report explained,
"suffers from high crime rates, corruption, instability, low
availability of entertainment, goods or services and a dilapidated
infrastructure".

Best six

1 Vancouver

2 Melbourne

3 Vienna

4 Geneva

5 Perth

6 Adelaide

Worst six

1 Port Moresby

2 Algiers

3 Dhaka

4 Karachi

5 Lagos

6 Phnom Penh

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