Overall, Canadian and Australian cities showed quite good results, as did Austria's Vienna and Switzerland's Geneva, which are not considered potential targets for terrorists. The most difficulties for residents of these cities are related to the weather, say the list's compilers. The most unsuitable for people were Algiers and Port Moresby (the capital of Papua New Guinea).
The document paints a rather mixed picture. London, for example, scored the same number of points as Dublin and Los Angeles and ended up in the 10th group, one spot below Manchester, four below Berlin, five below Tokyo, and six below Helsinki, Frankfurt, and Stockholm.
In Latin America, "no city offers ideal living conditions, but none falls into the category where people face extreme difficulties," the report says. Montevideo in Uruguay, Santiago in Chile, and Buenos Aires in Argentina are named the best cities in the region; Bogota in Colombia and Caracas in Venezuela are the most inconvenient for living.
In the Asia-Pacific region, Japanese, South Korean, Chinese, and Taiwanese cities, as well as Singapore and Australia's major ports, received good ratings.
Africa and the Middle East received noticeably fewer points: here, EIU experts name the high probability of terrorist attacks, as well as economic and political instability, as the main reasons. Zimbabwe's Harare and Nigeria's Lagos were among the least suitable cities for living.
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