Vienna topped the list of best city in world according to the Mercer’s 2010 Quality of Living Survey while Baghdad has been rated the worst city to live right now with violence prevailing in all quarters there. While popular US cities failed even to crack among the top 25 cities in this survey. This survey is made to rank the world’s most livable cities and this year the world’s top three cities are from Central Europe, Vienna making the top ranking twice in a row. The survey is carried by London based Mercer, an international consulting company which ranked Zurich and Geneva second and third respectively.
Among the cities of the US, Honolulu made the highest ranking at No.31 followed by San Francisco at No.32. Among the Asian cities, Singapore has been slated the top position at 28 with Tokyo at No.40. Surprisingly, Dubai which has been ranked 75 (which most people consider quite livable city because of its infrastructure) has been rated as the best city in the Middle East. And the best of Africa is the Port Louis in Mauritius, which ranks at No.82.
Baghdad has been ranked 221 and remains at the bottom of the list, even behind the low string and risk zone cities of Africa. However the rating is not free from criticism. Joel Kotkin in Forbes Magazine writes that the effort by the Economist Intelligence Unit falls short to capture elements that actually make a city great. He points out that Mercer considers Cultural diversity, economic growth and social dynamism as parameters to rank the cities but no homogeneity, safety and sanitation!
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