Top 10 Cities in the World?

[Hoofbite]

The problem I have with lists like this in general is that things like "culture and environment" are completely subjective. I think the whole fast paced, do everything all the time culture in NYC is dumb, and I think the fact that it smells like urine half the time makes the environment awful. Ive had fun on trips to NYC, sure, but I still hate it lol

I don't know where they would account for that stuff, I'd imagine they just assume it's common in cities above a certain population and don't really account for it at all.

I think culture just accounts for the richness of the cities history. Not surprisingly America's cities are given low scores because relatively speaking, there's not much history in the cities and how they measured it was based on a map of World Heritage sites within a city.

I'm just looking at the 2012 list and not many countries rank high culturally. Rome and Berlin are the only cities from the top 23 that have the top ranking. 1 being the best, 5 being the worst. Amsterdam, Osaka, Stockholm and London have a 2. Paris and Seoul have a 3. All the rest are 4 or 5.

US has 8 of the top 23 from 2012.

14. Washington DC
15. Chicago
16. New York
17. Los Angeles
18. San Francisco
19. Boston
21. Atlanta
23. Miami

Another area American cities are poorly ranked is on the "sprawl".

Sprawl, or the excessive spreading out of the urban fabric, has a negative impact on the quality of urban in myriad ways: it decreases accessibility, encourages private car use and makes public transport networks more costly, and degrades the quality of the natural environment around the city.

Shouldn't be surprising that America has a crappy "sprawl" score.

 

[Hoofbite]

I don't know where they would account for that stuff, I'd imagine they just assume it's common in cities above a certain population and don't really account for it at all.

I think culture just accounts for the richness of the cities history. Not surprisingly America's cities are given low scores because relatively speaking, there's not much history in the cities and how they measured it was based on a map of World Heritage sites within a city.

Well, I guess not. DC has a high culture score. I just assumed that it was a historical look based on the cities that were highly rated.

 

[Hoofbite]

I think a lot of the Canadian cities got a big boast because they look at healthcare as one of the criterion.

Toronto scored 100% on their healthcare measure. So did Berlin, Munich and Tokyo.

Washington DC scored a 91.7.

 

[Hoofbite]

Toronto has a perfect score for stability. That's where it got the boost.

US cities are all pretty low, New York at 70.

If New York had a 90 it'd be in the Top 10 it looks like. 100 would put it Top 5.

 

[DFWJC]

Most do not go to the US for care, I never have and no one I know ever has.

You you have required a transplant or something of that magnitude?
Don't get so freaking defensive...and read the post next time.
I complimented the Canadian general care.

 

[Lonestar94]

Top 10 Cities: None, their equally bad.

 

[BoysFan4ever]

I've always liked Boston. Great history & I think the city is pretty.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

You you have required a transplant or something of that magnitude?
Don't get so freaking defensive...and read the post next time.
I complimented the Canadian general care.

If that was a compliment, I would hate to see a criticism.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Toronto has a perfect score for stability. That's where it got the boost.

US cities are all pretty low, New York at 70.

If New York had a 90 it'd be in the Top 10 it looks like. 100 would put it Top 5.

poll must have been taken before Toronto's mayor started his cocaine binges

 

[jnday]

If that was a compliment, I would hate to see a criticism.

That is good as it gets from an American when discussing Canada. Be happy with it.