Financial Times’ Cities of Dreams

Financial Time’s Tyler Brule came up with a list of The 10 top contenders for the title ‘City of dreams’.

Airports have been inspected, apartments assessed and neighbourhoods scrutinised - Fast Lane serves up its top 10 list of the world’s most liveable, loveable cities. The criteria demand that a city deliver quality of life across as many categories as possible.

The top 10 list is:
10. Montreal
9. Zurich
8. Palma de Mallorca
7. Munich
6. London
5. Stockholm
4. Sydney
3. Barcelona
2. Tokyo
1. Copenhagen

It is highly subjective of course but it matches very much the creative class’ criterias. I would add Geneva and San Francisco to the list, elect 2 cities and live in both of them by practicing frequent flying/train commuting.

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3 Responses to “Financial Times’ Cities of Dreams”

  1. nicolas Says:
    June 5th, 2005 at 8:03 am

    are u happy with city #1? I am but I though u were not so fan of copenhagen

  2. Baggis Says:
    June 7th, 2005 at 3:30 pm

    I can’t belive Copenhagen is #1 and even Stockholm is in the list. What is this (I mean where is Bergen?) ?

  3. 7.5th Floor » Blog Archive » On Urban Attractiveness Says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 11:23 pm

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