Two Australian cities have made their mark on a new list of the world's most liveable cities. The Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister organisation to The Economist, ranked 173 cities across the globe on a number of significant factors, including health care, culture and environment, stability, infrastructure, and education. "Global liveability has risen fractionally over the past year but risks to stability remain," said Barsali Bhattacharyya, deputy industry director at EIU.
"Still-high inflation accompanied by high interest rates and other economic headwinds led to another year of frequent protests across the world." These are the top 10 analysts decided on. It may seem odd to kick off a top 10 list with a rank of nine, but the bottom six places on the list are all caught up in three different tied spots.
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the famed city of Osaka in Japan, which is also tied for ninth. Vancouver slid down the list this year but still tied for seventh place. It tied with Sydney, the first of two Australian cities in the top 10.
However, the report noted Australia lost points for its "acute housing crisis". "The situation is particularly worrying in Australia and Canada, where the availability of rental properties is at an all-time low and purchase prices have continued to rise despite interest-rate increases," the report read. Western Europe was well-represented in the report, b.
