It’s a hard life
I’m not one to blow my own trumpet; probably because I don’t have a trumpet.
But I do think it’s fair to tell you that Zurich has just been listed as the city with the highest quality of living.
Not just in Switzerland, or even Europe. The best in the world. And for the seventh year running…
The Mercer group ranks 215 cities worldwide (Baghdad comes last so they have clearly got something right) against New York as a basis.
London (38) Paris (32) New York (49) and Tokyo (35) are all rated fairly similarly, while the holders of the Euro 2008 (Austria and Switzerland) take all top three places.
Cities are ranked according to the quality of the following categories:
To be honest, it’s probably a better city to live in than it is to visit, as we don’t have amazing tourist attractions in the city itself, and most people will want to visit the lakes and mountains.
But it’s still good to know.
Photo: Flickr – sacred destinations
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