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Best World Cities to Live in - 2014

Where is the best world city to live? Top ten ranking of the best world cities to live in based on the Economist 2014 report. Mid sized cities do very well.

Auckland

(photo: Urban+Explorer) In the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country. Auckland has a population of 1,418,000, which constitutes 32 percent of the country's population.

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Perth

Perth

(photo: JJ Harrison) Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia, with an estimated population of 1.97 million (on 30 June 2013) living in Greater Perth.

Helsinki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(photo: dalbera) The Helsinki metropolitan area includes urban core of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and surrounding commuter towns. It is the world's northernmost metro area of over one million people, and the city is the northernmost capital of an EU member state. After Copenhagen and Stockholm it's the third largest city in the Nordic nations.

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Sydney

Sydney

(photo: Diliff) The state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. It is on Australia's south-east coast, on the Tasman Sea. In June 2010 the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.76 million people

Adelaide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(photo: Doug Barber) The capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. As of June 2013, Adelaide had an estimated resident population of 1.29 million. The demonym "Adelaidean" is used in reference to the city and its residents.

Calgary

Located in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. At the 2011 census, the City of Calgary had a population of 1,096,833.

Toronto

(photo: Wladyslaw) The most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. The history of Toronto began in the late 18th century when the British Crown purchased its land from the Mississaugas of the New Credit.

Vancouver

(photo: MagnusL3D) The original settlement, named Gastown, grew around the Hastings Mill logging sawmill and a nearby tavern, both established in 1867. Enlarging to become the townsite of Granville, with the announcement that the railhead would reach the site it was renamed "Vancouver" and incorporated as a city in 1886.

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Vienna

Vienna

(photo: Thomas Binderhofer) The capital and largest city of Austria, and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.757 million.

Melbourne

(photo: Alfred Glickman) The capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia