>>>Are you referring to the Mercer index?
>>>
>>>Similar results but the EIU version is newer.
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>>>FWIW if you drill down into the actual data, all these western cities are within a few percent of each other re livability. The reason I posted it is because every city in the top 10 has "socialist" policies that apparently would knock America from its superior perch should they be tried in the US.
>>>
>>>On a national level, here is the 2009 ranking based on quite a few criteria: US doesn't look so bad in this one. ;-)
>>>
>>>http://www.qualityoflife2009.com
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>>Don't you know that USA best places are in suburbs/rural areas, not in cities?
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>81 % of the US population lives in cities.

Are you kidding? Do you know the difference between suburb and city? Most likely, you picked up some statisics bungling city and suburbs together.