4th Best
Auckland is the 4th best city in the world in terms of quality of living. Don't believe it? Well here is an excerpt from an article from yesterday's NZ Herald.New York, London and Paris don't hold a candle to Auckland and Wellington, according to a worldwide quality of living survey. The New Zealand cities ranked among the best in the Mercer 2009 Quality of Living survey, which covered 215 cities and was based on criteria including political, social, economic and environmental factors. Auckland jumped one place from last year to join Canada's Vancouver in fourth place, while Wellington stayed 12th on the list.
Austrian capital Vienna took the No 1 spot, knocking Switzerland's Zurich and Geneva into second and third respectively. Paris (France), Tokyo (Japan), London (England) and New York (United States) were in places 33, 35, 38 and 49 respectively. Baghdad, in war-torn Iraq, claimed last place.
So for everyone who thinks America or UK is the place to be - then eat this. :-) Personally - all I can say is that NZ is a costly place to live in and you don't earn as much as other places in the world but nothing can beat the lifestyle that it offers - especially if you are an active person. Each place has its positives and negatives and in the bigger scheme of things one has to decide if the positives of a place are what suits them. Am I glad that I made the choice to call NZ home? Hell yeah!!!
Till later,
Amit
Labels: New Zealand
posted by Amit @ 10:04 PM
2 Comments:
I always thought it'd be cool to live in NZ. Now, even more :)
Yeah definitely. You should at least come traveling before making up your mind. :-)
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