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These are the 10 most liveable cities in the world, according to monocle.com
Number 10, Stockholm: top notch education and welfare, but needs more integration for immigrants
to increase diversity.
Number 9 is Auckland: hosted the rugby world cup did wonders for it, motivating it to create new entertainment
precincts and public transportation which greatly improved, as well.
Number 8 is Sydney, Australia: Innovative mixed use districts incorporating cycling paths, vertical gardens are one way
the Australian waterside giant is becoming more sophisticated.
The number 7 is
Tokyo: hidden under the facade of a neon-lit megacity is a small town spirit featuring
world class shopping and business opportunities.
Number 6 is Melbourne: Australia's cultural hub is getting even better with a big push to ease traffic
congestion.
Number 5 is Munich: where the unemployment is low, but failure to act on a few key projects has hurt
standing. Its airport needs a third runway to compete with the other global cities on
this list but didn't give one.
Number 4 is Vienna which continues to evolve from a beautiful relic to a modernized classic. Affordable
housing there and an imminent brand new campus for the Vienna University's school for economics
and business will inject youth into the city.
Number 3 is Copenhagen: the Danes are the happiest people on earth because of places like this, with
near-perfect integration between city life and the outdoors. The city aims to be carbon
neutral by 2025.
Number 2 is Helsinki, Finland: crowned world design capital 2012, it is unveiling a new metro line and
converting its harbors into attractive residential areas. Helsinki is a city where good ideas
can quickly come to life.
And number 1 is Zurich: with 50 impressive museums, concert halls and theatres and
a strict corporate culture, this clean, beautiful city is one larger cities should learn from.
In the end the cities that make the cut are not just OK, but places that are benchmarks
for urban renaissance and rigorous reinvention in everything from environmental policy to
transportation. No city in the Americas made the top 10 and no city in South America or Africa
made the top 25.
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