Vancouver is the world's best place to live, a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has found.
The EIU ranked 127 cities in terms of personal risk, infrastructure and the availability of goods and services.
All the cities that fell into the top "liveability" bracket were based in Canada, Australia and Western Europe.
The worst places were Algiers in Algeria, and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea because "many aspects of daily life present challenges", the EIU said.
Safe havens?
Canadian cities scored well, as did Austria's Vienna and Switzerland's Geneva, because they are not seen as targets for terror attacks.
TOP TEN Vancouver Melbourne Vienna Geneva Perth Adelaide Sydney Zurich Toronto Calgary
Bottom 10 cities Tehran Douala Harare Abidjan Phnom Penh Lagos Karachi Dhaka Algiers Port Moresby
Source: EIU
The main uncertainty for people living in those cities was climate-related, the EIU said.
"In the current global political climate, it is no surprise that the most desirable destinations are those with the lower perceived threat of terrorism," said Jon Copestake, editor of the EIU report.
The survey has produced a mixed picture of the world's cities. London was ranked in the 10th group, on a par with Dublin and Los Angeles, but one place below Manchester, four behind Berlin, five lower than Tokyo, and six off Helsinki, Frankfurt and Stockholm. In Latin America, "no city manages to present ideal living conditions, neither do any fall into the category where extreme difficulties are faced", the EIU said.
Montevideo in Uruguay, Santiago in Chile and Buenos Aires in Argentina offer the region's best conditions. Bogota in Colombia and Caracas in Venezuela score the least favourably.
In Asia, cities in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China and Taiwan all score well, as do Australia's main hubs.
Africa and the Middle East fare less well, with the EIU citing concerns about terror attacks, and economic and political instability.
Some of the worst performing cities include Harare in Zimbabwe and Lagos in Nigeria.
Isn't it odd that Easterners can come to the West and be safe but the reverse isn't true.
this is not true.im from the west and i feel much safer here in qatar, than i have ever felt back home. at least here in qatar i can leave my house unlocked at night.and i can leave my car unlocked without fearing someone taking. and the homicide rate is much lower in gulf countries than the US and UK.
this list is wrong.
"Religion is very easy & whoever overburdens himself in his religion won't be able to continue in that way.So you should'nt be extremists,but try to be near to perfection & receive good tidings that you'll be rewarded;& gain strength by worshipping in the mornings,the nights." (bukhari vol.1 no.38).
Best city/country? what are you smoking? you calling that place the best, one the one that wages war on Muslims and one that harasses you and wants to ban niqaab and oppress Muslims? what are you smoking?
Sydney, Melbourne! here i come!!!! aussie land is great..!
but top top is London..
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London, UK - best city, best country
am with u.. high-five!
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you calling that place the best, one the one that wages war on Muslims and one that harasses you and wants to ban niqaab and oppress Muslims? what are you smoking?
waging war on Muslims.. i believe US has a bigger hand in that!
yeah well they will try, but without success.. how far did the ban get? it was a stupid attempt by Jack Straw.. he will get wot he deserves! I think again, it was a test of people's imaan..
big up to all the niqabi.. keep yer head up (lower the gaze ofcourse! )
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UAE best country, medina/makka best city!
I would agree with u there but I dunno of the lifestyle there and not sure if i'd be able to survive thru the heat.. i mean, that was main reason for escaping!
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I mean that in a "Whoa! They look AWESOME!" way.
somebody sure got lot of free time on their hands....
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waging war on Muslims.. i believe US has a bigger hand in that!
And that makes UK ok? that makes london best and #1? UK and US waged the illegal wars hand in hand. Both are war criminals, and any muslim who kisses their behind and roots for them, they can go read up on what Islam says on loving the enemies of Islam and Allah. Read what Islam says on supporting those that do what they did to your muslim bro/sis.
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