Quality of Living: Top 50 cities 2007

[robandcoll]

Coodanup is an exception granted. Most cities have there area of low social demographic. (Especially WA) Living in Caravan Parks doubt that one, 1.2 million holiday makers per year, are they included in the trailer trash %. Most of them will be bulldozed shortly anyway for developments.

Will research you education response though as my kids attend the State schools. I can afford the private but our choice was state.

Will get back to you (You dont live in Rockingham do you?)

 

[vishalt]

Most of these pools are too subjective, and are a joke anyway.

 

[spottygoose]

Ha! t-shirts and shorts.

Ethiopians just wear a piece of grass around their waste - they have way way 'better' weather than you guys. Gee I wish I lived there!!

LOL that is a ridiculous comparison, show me an Ethiopian with a waterfront home, a swimming pool and a boat!

 

[CanOz]

LOL that is a ridiculous comparison, show me an Ethiopian with a waterfront home, a swimming pool and a boat!

I bet the Ethiopian is debt free.

Cheers,

 

[vishalt]

Pretty sadistic on the Ethiopian jokes there..

Theyre not funny.

 

[CanOz]

Pretty sadistic on the Ethiopian jokes there..

Theyre not funny.

I agree, my only intention was to show how the comparison makes no sense.

Cheers,

 

[trading_rookie]

Love Sydney - much better than Canberra, Melbourne or Perth.

Spot on goose! Gimme the emerald city anyday!!!


My city of Sydney,
I miss the warmth of you.
Miss the heart of your people,
That little church steeple in Woolloomooloo.

My city of Sydney,
I miss your glow at dark.
Miss the Opera House lights from the Bridge
And the nights in a quiet Hyde Park.

Though I'm thousands of miles from the surfers and smiles,
Of your laugh-loving children at play,
My warm city of Sydney,
I've never been away.


The XL Capris, a punk band in the late 70's did a great cover of this number, there was even strong airplay from Melbourne!

 

[spottygoose]

Yep, I do love Sydney and that is an un-biased opinion as I live on the Gold Coast.....which I love also

 

[trading_rookie]

Apologies but my opinion is biased, infact, I have even been described as Sydney-centric

Speaking of the Gold Coast, North Burleigh heads is a favourite, not overly touristy like Surfers, and I prefer the beach to say Main Beach.

There was an 8 page special report on QLD property in one of the Sunday papers a fortnight ago. Mentioned that property in the Gold Coast was at $3K/sqm a few yrs back, now it's around the $10K/sqm.

Is the suburb of Labrador still full of retired Sydney-siders?

ps - further to that 8-page special, Airlie Beach in north QLD looks like a nice place to 'getaway'...

 

[drillinto]

Vancouver is "best place to live"

Four Australian cities are among the Top 10 !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4306936.stm?lsm

 

[Julia]

I can never understand why climate is not taken into account when assessing the most livable cities. Vancouver is cold most of the year and rains about 80% of the time. Yet, despite that, they have severe water restrictions in the brief summer.

 

[BIG BWACULL]

I can never understand why climate is not taken into account when assessing the most livable cities. Vancouver is cold most of the year and rains about 80% of the time. Yet, despite that, they have severe water restrictions in the brief summer.

I think maybe they should invest in rain tanks, or maybe they havent heard of them yet lol

 

[drillinto]

In the survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit on the "best place to live" the parameters considered were: personal risk, infrastructure and availability of goods and services.

It was not a surprise to see four Australian cities among the Top 10.

 

[drillinto]

First Global Peace Index (The Economist, May 30)

Australia is 25th

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-30-2007/0004598231&EDATE=

 

[drillinto]

Australia in 20 years

http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/australia-in-20-years/2007/06/04/1180809426160.html

 

[drillinto]

Sydney most costly for international workers

http://www.theage.com.au/news/trave...ational-workers/2007/06/18/1182019002479.html

 

[theasxgorilla]

I can never understand why climate is not taken into account when assessing the most livable cities. Vancouver is cold most of the year and rains about 80% of the time. Yet, despite that, they have severe water restrictions in the brief summer.

Norway often wins the UN Human Development Index (aka standard of living), and even their own prime minister wonders whether the judges only ever come to Oslo in the summer

 

[drillinto]

The 60 most unstable countries of the world in 2007

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3865&page=7

 

[drillinto]

The 60 most unstable countries of the world in 2007

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3865&page=7

The best of the class is Norway

New Zealand(6th) and Australia(9th) are among the most stable

 

[insider]

This is an outrage... Melbourne is 17th... And Sydney is calling itself the sporting capitol of Australia with plans to take the F-1 From us... Well I think Sydney can continue calling themselves the gay capitol of the world...