Hire me a mover, I wanna move to Vancouver


HR company Mercer released its 2006 lists of 50 costliest and 50 best cities. The first list somehow got the most attention. The second list, though interesting, doesn't factor in money. For example, Zürich is the best place to live, but also the 9th most expensive one.
Using advanced mathematics (Microsoft Excel), I calculated "Desirability = Quality - Costliness". If a good city was so cheap that it wasn't in the other top 50, I went for the minimum.
The resulting top 5:

CityDesirability
Vancouver25.6
Auckland25.2
Düsseldorf25.1
Frankfurt24.9
München24.7

Posted by cronopio at 05:16 PM, July 04, 2006