Quality of Living Survey

Vancouver, B.C. made it to the Top 5 AGAIN!  It really feels good to know we are raising our kids here (for now). Link: Mercer Quality of Living Survey - Worldwide 2011
City Rankings

Mercer Quality of Living Survey - Worldwide Rankings, 2011
Rank	City	Country
1	Vienna	Austria
2	Zurich	Switzerland
3	Auckland	New Zealand
4	Munich	Germany
5	Düsseldorf	Germany
5	Vancouver	Canada
7	Frankfurt	Germany
8	Geneva	Switzerland
9	Bern	Switzerland
9	Copenhagen	Denmark
11	Sydney	Australia
12	Amsterdam	Netherlands
13	Wellington	New Zealand
14	Ottawa	Canada
15	Toronto	Canada
16	Hamburg	Germany
17	Berlin	Germany
18	Melbourne	Australia
19	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
20	Stockholm	Sweden
21	Perth	Australia
22	Brussels	Belgium
22	Montreal	Canada
24	Nurnberg	Germany
25	Singapore	Singapore
26	Canberra	Australia
26	Dublin	Ireland
28	Stuttgart	Germany
29	Honolulu, HI	United States
30	Adelaide	Australia
30	Paris	France
30	San Francisco, CA	United States
33	Calgary	Canada
33	Oslo	Norway
35	Helsinki	Finland
36	Boston, MA	United States
37	Brisbane	Australia
38	London	United Kingdom
39	Lyon	France
40	Barcelona	Spain
41	Lisbon	Portugal
42	Milan	Italy
43	Chicago, IL	United States
43	Madrid	Spain
43	Washington, DC	United States
46	Tokyo	Japan
47	New York City, NY	United States
48	Seattle, WA	United States
49	Kobe	Japan
49	Pittsburgh, PA	United States
49	Yokohama	Japan

Personal Safety Ranking, 2011*
Rank	City	Country
1	Luxembourg	Luxembourg
2	Bern	Switzerland
2	Helsinki	Finland
2	Zurich	Switzerland
5	Vienna	Austria
6	Geneva	Switzerland
6	Stockholm	Sweden
8	Singapore	Singapore
9	Auckland	New Zealand
9	Wellington	New Zealand
11	Copenhagen	Denmark
11	Düsseldorf	Germany
11	Frankfurt	Germany
11	Munich	Germany
11	Nurnberg	Germany
16	Dublin	Ireland
17	Amsterdam	Netherlands
17	Calgary	Canada
17	Montreal	Canada
17	Ottawa	Canada
17	Toronto	Canada
17	Vancouver	Canada
23	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates
24	Oslo	Norway
25	Canberra	Australia
25	Melbourne	Australia
25	Perth	Australia
25	Sydney	Australia
29	Muscat	Oman
30	Ljubljana	Slovenia
31	Kobe	Japan
31	Nagoya	Japan
31	Osaka	Japan
31	Tokyo	Japan
31	Yokohama	Japan
36	Berlin	Germany
36	Hamburg	Germany
36	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
39	Dubai	United Arab Emirates
40	Brussels	Belgium
40	Pointe-à-Pitre	Guadeloupe
42	Leipzig	Germany
42	Stuttgart	Germany
44	Aberdeen	United Kingdom
44	Glasgow	United Kingdom
46	Limassol	Cyprus
47	Lisbon	Portugal
47	Prague	Czech Republic
49	Bratislava	Slovakia
50	Adelaide	Australia
50	Brisbane	Australia