Buenos Aires most liveable city in Latam, but region scores in the bottom half
Buenos Aires is the most liveable city of Latinamerica followed closely by Santiago de Chile and Montevideo, according to the 2012 report form the Economist Intelligence Unit which ranks the degree of satisfaction and comfort of residents in 140 cities from all over the world based on several factors.
In the global ranking Buenos Aires was in position 62, while Australia’s Melbourne was top of the list, followed by Vienna, Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Adelaide, Sydney, Helsinki, Perth and Auckland, making the prime list of ten.
Buenos Aires collected 83.6 points ahead of Santiago with 80.7 points and ranked 63, followed by Montevideo with 79.1 points and position 65. Other cities are San Juan de Puerto Rico, 78.7 points ranked 66; Lima, Peru, 72.9 and 81; Rio do Janeiro, 69.1 and position 92; Sao Paulo also 69.º1 and 92; Asuncion, Paraguay, 68.8 and 95; Panama City, 67.8 and 97 and Mexico City, 62 points and position 105.
The EIU report says that Latinamerica continues to be a continent with difficulties to be considered a world destination where to live, and underlines such drawbacks as “lack of adequate infrastructure, high levels of delinquency and crime and deficiencies in the areas of health and education”.
An interesting data is that in the UK Manchester dropped nine places from last year to 51st - while London fell two places to 55th - with the summer riots of 2011 cited as responsible for their drop down the table
The worst cities of the world, Damascus, Syria; Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Teheran; Yaoundé, Cameroon; Tripoli, Libya; Karachi, Pakistan; Algiers; Harare, Zimbabwe, Lagos, Nigeria, Port Moresby, New Guinea and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The EIU report says that the score and ranking of the top 65 cities remain identical to six months ago. This may primarily reflect renewed stability as some economies begin to recover from the global economic crisis of a few years ago, although the continuing crisis in the Euro zone and tighter fiscal budgets may have also slowed planned improvements, meaning that scores have remained static rather than moving up or down.
Certainly, infrastructural development has been a driver over the last few years, with improvements to infrastructure in key cities in Australia, where the federal government initiated an ambitious long-term road-building program in 2010.
Vancouver is also embarking on a series of high-profile projects. Work began on an “Evergreen” mass transit line in 2012 and the authorities are reported to be considering measures such as “scramble intersections” or road tolls to counteract congestion. For cities in general, these measures will no doubt have a long-term benefit, but in the short term they can be disruptive.
The concept of liveability is simple: it assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions. Liveability is increasingly used by city councils, organisations or corporate entities looking to test their locations against others to see general areas where liveability can differ.
The EIU liveability rating quantifies the challenges that might be presented to an individual's lifestyle in 140 cities worldwide. Each city is assigned a score for over 30 qualitative and quantitative factors across five broad categories: Stability Healthcare Culture and environment Education Infrastructure The survey gives an overall rating of 0-100, where 1 is intolerable and 100 is ideal.
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“lack of adequate infrastructure, high levels of delinquency and crime and deficiencies in the areas of health and education”.
Need we say more :)
“I came top out of usssss!!!”
Chuckle chuckle.
I couldn't agree more. Who te hell wants to live in that cesspool?
Aside from Puerto Madero, everything else is damn horrible in BA.
I'm so glad i live in Provincia de Bs As, far from all the delinquency and economical problems.
I so wish our province could become independant from the rest of the country.
Overlook all of that and it is GREAT!
That said I lived there for months at a time and enjoyed it but I would never choose to live there permanently. Tis great for a week or two. I can think of three Latam cities I would rather live in.
Another naive and ignorant porteño who thinks BA ends at General Paz.
I don't see a single possitive thing about that clusterfuck of city, that being said, thank god i go there every 2 months for business only for 3 hours and then i get out of that piece of sh~t of a hobo city.
Is the most beautiful city in southamerica!
Romance, kisses and love....
Oh! yes, yes, yes
I hardly can wait to reside in Buenos Aires again!
Another deluded retarded porteñito. Go back to high school and then we'll talk. :-)
“Another naive and ignorant porteño who thinks BA ends at General Paz”
I know the geographical knowledge of the British public(and Yanks) is very close to zero.
Malvinas is in South America, Argentina.
Buenos Aires ends at Gral Paz.
And you live in Nueve De Julio, PROVINCIA de Buenos Aires.
You're right. I totally got it wrong there, i admit.
However, BA still is a horrible place to live.
@16
Yes i live in Provincia de Buenos Aires, and i'm proud of it.
What do you know about me?. What a creep, i bet you've been stalking me on FB.
Hahahahahaha....I was born in Provincia de Buenos Aires and proud of it too.
What do I know about you?
You love are bonaerenses women, right?
5 Sir Rodderick Bodkin (#)
Jul 27th, 2012 - 11:30 am
Buenos Aires?
Hmph, no sorry. Best looking womans are on Nueve De Julio, Provincia de Buenos Aires. ;)
en.mercopress.com/2012/07/27/best-looking-women-cities-kiev-stockholm-and-in-the-neighborhood-buenos-aires
BTW where is Stanley?
Bloody 'ell sure another plot from nasty Argies I guess...
You came in 62nd! I like it better here in 4th place.
Lmao, you're right. What was i thinking?
Oh god, all these rainy days are really clouding my judgment.
I'm gonna need a vacation, lol.
@22 JUGO
Says who?. Pelotudito?
Cipayo, Gorila, facho. All the typical namecalling coming from brainwashed kirchnerite.
Ignore this guy and lets move on.
PS: Do you think calling me a ''provinciano'' is an insult? I feel honoured and i'm glad to be born where i was born. Away from all the scum.
But would not trade it for the world, peace and beauty of “my” Victoria, Entre Ríos (Ar), a small town of 200 years of tradition and with just 30,000 inhabitants, founded by immigrants from Italy and the Basque Country on 7 hills that provide a beautiful landscape on the shore of the Parana River.
However, each person has their own tastes.
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En lugar de Buenos Aires, yo prefiero algo más tranquilo. Una opción podría ser Rosario, Argentina. Es una ciudad de 1 millón de habitantes que aún conserva la tranquilidad que perdió Buenos Aires.
Pero no cambiaría por nada del mundo, la paz y la belleza de Victoria, Entre Ríos (Ar), una pequeña ciudad de 200 años de tradición y con apenas 30000 habitantes, fundada por inmigrantes de Italia y del País Vasco sobre 7 colinas que brindan un hermoso paisaje en la costa del Río Paraná.
No obstante, cada persona tiene sus propios gustos.
No big penis in that city, no good sex...did you order your extension ?
Can you make 7 inches long? ....Oh, you said you cannot!
Well, screw Conor Louden-Brown rossy arse! Heheheheeeeeeeeeeeee
#7 we love to talk to people Who are not bias and can take as much criteria as they dish out it's all a matter of tolerance for the lesser beings.
#9 you should travel more often the bronxs in new York isn't any better if Argentine process immigrants as US does and deport them, Argentina would be 100% better then many US and Europeans cities.
#10 move to the Bronx and STFU, you know what makes me sick??? People who pay for internet to complain about their city but are too cheap to move somewhere safe, tipycal american pea mentality.
#11 there is only one bariable that makes a city hot and fun or cold and boring, English or spanish??
#14 there is only one retard here and you win the tittle by a mile head lead in any case being a porteho is not as bad as being a Brit.
The dlim#21 homosexuals hate the truth spoken by women.
#23 Argentina has one city that people here complain about but all of USA and UK is a sh!t hole.
#24 I lived in BS AS for many years and from the people to climate everything is great compared to many English states, Argentina rocks.
Poor beaten up little boy, you are in so much pain, such a tragedy.
27 scuzzie
Your lies have been found out, do be a good loser and disappear!
Come on....can you tell me how long is your penis?....Oh! is so short you cannot find it.....poor babe!
I never will disappear...
Viva Argentina!..........
Do you even know what an ISP is?
Oh! you don't have one...OK. Case closed!
Heheheheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
62nd place is pretty good I guess!
the truth is that we don't like being said we are wrong at smthg, we believe and like to make others believe that we rule! But the dogshit, the hobos, the president, the robbery, the vehicle manslaugther are real real REAL troubles in my society, that most of the peolple are used to live with every day, without a pinch of shame.
We love to visit civilized and tidy cities but when we came back we don't even care to drop trash on the street!
Egocentricity and hipocresy are our speciality.
Right?
@1, 2, , 6 and any other microcephalic scatologists.
haahahaha, you pathetic losers, all this time quoting the Economist to blast Argentina and now you what do you say here? Hahaha, it's rigged, they are lying, etc... you people need to be castrated.
Come on....are you saying you have send Isolde to work her concha seca in Buenos Aires?
By the way, your penis is the size of a dead sardine so nothing a “portena” can do for you.
But, Conor Louden-Brown rossy arse fits your sardine penis well, so go head, bang on Conor english arse!.........heeeeeeeeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
How do you think? World's oldest profession. They actually have a very sophisticated set up, you can view the girls online, see when they are available and most importantly the one you order actually matches the picture! Without going into any details, if you have to find something for Japanese businessmen to do and there's a lack of Karaoke bars, what are you going to do?
Sussie US If you are going to trade insults try and be more adult about it, your kindergarden-like power of debate is getting a little tedious, i.e. my dad is bigger than your dad, if you want to compare penises then you will have the upper hand if yours is bigger than mine.
You typed ''porteho''.
Type properly so i can take you seriously...
Next.
What a wimp!
He closed my case long time ago so why you keep picking on me?
I don't care who you are, where you live or eat.
Stop responding then!
You have the option to ignore my comments!
Or I can respond,
now stop, listen,
you are a cunt
that's a fact
bloody rubbish Argentine
with your “rossy” whatever
its a fact.
Ps.
Oh! Come on! .... you sound like a generic gay briton.
Hey, Conor Louden-Brown still is around touching his toes....so cute, tender and so easy for you to bang, bang, bang, puuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrf and drip...jajaja.
Feeling better? OK.
Get the next one....generic gay briton, his mommy and his dad!
jajaja
Susana is happy.
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