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Baghdad Ranks Lowest on Quality of Life Survey, Zurich is Top

By , About.com GuideApril 10, 2006

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Mercer Human Resource Consulting has released a quality of life survey of global cities that places Zurich at the top and Baghdad at the bottom. According to the survey, cities in Canada, Europe and Australia dominate the top of the rankings. Honolulu ranks as the top in the United States (#27 worldwide) and Houston is the lowest. Here are the top ten:

1. Zurich, Switzerland
2. Geneva, Switzerland
3. Vancouver, Canada
4. Vienna, Austria
5. Auckland, New Zealand
6. Dusseldorf, Germany
7. Munich, Germany
9. Bern, Switzerland
9. Sydney, Australia

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Comments

April 12, 2006 at 6:04 am
(1) Shailesh Bharatwasi says:

I think this survey is little bit a fact. The countries from Middle-East are in very poor conditions. Before 2 months, India had organised a Non-Residance Indian Samaroh where Middle-East Indians were regretting about living standards in Gulf countries.

April 14, 2006 at 5:22 am
(2) Andrea says:

Congrats to Zurich. Finally it is a very lovely city. However, it’s hard to make a comparison in this way. I mean quality of life does not mean the same to everyone. It would be great to get some more details on this topic such as what facts and parameters they used to qualify the cities.

April 14, 2006 at 1:15 pm
(3) lou says:

I dont believe that you can measure this because isnt it all just about your on family circumstances?

April 16, 2006 at 10:47 pm
(4) Dan says:

I would hope where it is stated “cities in Canada, Europe and Australia dominate the top of the rankings” that New Zealand has not been once again “grouped” with Australia, as Auckland New Zealand is ranked above the top Aussie city, and Wellington NZ is 12th.

April 20, 2006 at 5:14 am
(5) hayley says:

einstein was right..its all relative

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