2011 Quality of Living worldwide city rankings- Baghdad ranks the lowest

[MinervaX]

http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/quality-of-living-report-2011

# Vienna ranks highest for quality of living; Baghdad, the lowest

# Luxembourg ranks highest for personal safety; Baghdad, the lowest

European cities represent over half the cities amongst the top 25 in the ranking . London (38) is the highest-ranking UK city and is followed by Birmingham (52), Aberdeen (54) and Glasgow (56). Belfast (63) is the lowest-ranking of the UK cities that Mercer surveys. Globally, the cities with the lowest quality of living are Khartoum, Sudan (217), Port-au-Prince, Haiti (218), N’Djamena, Chad (219), and Bangui, Central African Republic (220). Baghdad, Iraq (221) ranks last in Mercer’s table.

Middle East and Africa

Dubai, UAE (74), ranks highest for quality of living across the Middle East and Africa and is followed by Abu Dhabi, UAE (78), Port Louis, Mauritius (82), and Cape Town, South Africa (88). Johannesburg ranks 94 and is followed by Victoria, Seychelles (95), Tel Aviv (99), Muscat, Oman (101), and Doha, Qatar (106). Africa has 18 cities in the bottom 25, including Bangui, Central African Republic (220), N’Djamena, Chad (219), Khartoum, Sudan (217), and Brazzaville, Congo (214). Baghdad (221) is the lowest-ranking city both regionally and globally.

[indepat]

1. Starkly underscores the reality of junior's lasting legacy

[killbotfactory]

2. Bush really fucked Iraq

I can only wonder what kind of demons this will give birth to.

[MinervaX]

6. Demons?

[hobbit709]

8. Will?

[slackmaster]

3. Baghdad has a major security problem, but overall the QOL seems to be correlated with affluence

Which comes as no surprise.

[denem]

5. Right. That would explain Zurich as 2nd.

[denem]

4. That's a weird list. Zurich! (2) over Geneva.

Wow.

[hobbit709]

7. Not surprised at Vienna. The US can claim "We're number 29"