Melbourne ranked world's third most liveable city by The Economist magazine
Matt Johnston From: Herald Sun February 12, 2010 8:08AM 39
MELBOURNE has held on to its status as the third most liveable city in the world.
The latest index by The Economist magazine, released yesterday, scored the city just 2.5 points short of perfection.
Vancouver, Canada's host of the Winter Olympics, rated top of the annual survey, scoring 98 out of 100 on a comparison of stability, healthcare, education, infrastructure, culture and environment.
Vienna in Austria was second with 97.9, just ahead of Melbourne's 97.5.
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Down Under dominated the rankings with three other Aussie cities in the Top 10 -- Sydney 7th and Perth and Adelaide 8th equal. Auckland rated 10th.
Canada had two other top-five entries, Toronto (4th) and Calgary (5th).
The Economist's intelligence unit ranked Zimbabwe's capital Harare as the world's worst city.
Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby ranked 137th out of 140, just ahead of Lagos in Nigeria and Algiers, Algeria.
