Hong Kong: 97th Best Cities in the World

[hullexile]

Oh quick, I must upgrade to living in Birmingham.

Birmingham is number 10 on the list of most miserable towns in the UK. Having lived in Slough it deserves this ranking.

"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough
It is not fit for humans now"

[Cornmeal]

I was surprised how high Auckland and Wellington rank. We went to Auckland last year (have an empty apartment to stay in). It's good for a break, but I was surprised how expensive things are (compared to AUD prices in Sydney). Driving around off peak (from City to suburbs), or out of city for overnighters is okay. Roads are good, public facilities are good. Didn't use public transport or medical Wellington is okay, but harder to get to, and you can easily get stuck depending on weather. It's airport is 'international' but doesn't get much direct international flights elsewhere.

New zealand is facing a cost of living and brain drain issues, with most of the better paying jobs in Australia and headquarters in Australia. There is free movement of labour between Australia and New Zealand. That said, Sydney is very pricey for accomodation.

If you are expat on USD$250k+ package, then lving is okay in any of the top 100 countries, even allowing for high taxes. Very surprised Capetown and Jburg where where just outside the top 100. Personal safety and very high taxes would be off-putting, balckouts and poor public services is turn-off. You can pay for private medical care, but the quality is very variable and some medical staff are downright dangerous.

If you're earning USD$250k + benefits you can live well anywhere, period. If you can't make it work with that income you don't know how to live!

We are ahead of Nantes,Toulouse and Rio de Janeiro.

https://www.worldsbestcities.com/rankings/worlds-best-cities/

Baltimore? Seriously? Along with New Orleans around 600 murders per year in a combined population of less than 1M. I know both places have their charms but pretty questionable methodology IMHO... and Cape town, looks beautiful(on my list), but a city of 4.7M with 3,000 murders, that's 8 per day, yikes!

[paddylast]

If you're earning USD$250k + benefits you can live well anywhere, period. If you can't make it work with that income you don't know how to live!



Baltimore? Seriously? Along with New Orleans around 600 murders per year in a combined population of less than 1M. I know both places have their charms but pretty questionable methodology IMHO... and Cape town, looks beautiful(on my list), but a city of 4.7M with 3,000 murders, that's 8 per day, yikes!

If only I could get those odds on the lottery

[newhkpr]

London #1? Lol. There’s 1+ rape per hour, drag queen shows in schools, 20 genders on application forms, men that can get pregnant, no thanks.

Plenty of MAGA Murican cities on the list that would fit your sick imagination well. Go to any of those.

[Ph1lW]

Singapore at #5 is lauded for its dynamic retail landscape… it’s the same shit as HK and more expensive thanks to sales tax.
Also their high gdp per capita (incidentally do they include the migrant workers when calculating GDP per capita?)

As a former London resident I can only laugh at its number 1 ranking. Low salaries, high taxes, unsafe.

[snjt]

Why everyone saying London is unsafe? The city surely sucks ass in many ways, but it’s fairly safe, in European terms, of course

[Ben99]

Why everyone saying London is unsafe? The city surely sucks ass in many ways, but it’s fairly safe, in European terms, of course

But they’re comparing it to places globally not just in Europe

[huja]

We are ahead of Nantes,Toulouse and Rio de Janeiro.

https://www.worldsbestcities.com/rankings/worlds-best-cities/

Rochester, NY ahead of Hong Kong?! Quite an affront to Asia's World City(™)©.

That said I'm currently searching flights to Taipei. The cheapest option was Cathay via HKG. I passed. I can take a direct flight on a Taiwan-based carrier but I'm willing to fly two legs on a shitty, U.S.-based carrier because the Chinese are less likely to shoot a United Airlines plane out of the air vs. EVA or China Airlines.

[huja]

Baltimore? Seriously? Along with New Orleans around 600 murders per year in a combined population of less than 1M. I know both places have their charms but pretty questionable methodology IMHO... and Cape town, looks beautiful(on my list), but a city of 4.7M with 3,000 murders, that's 8 per day, yikes!

Lists like this are made to stir up shit.

Mission accomplished.

[MABinPengChau]

Fabulous US cities WAY ahead of Hong Kong on this list:

Detroit
Cleveland (Motto: "At least we're not Detroit" - see video below)
St. Louis

Well, OK then...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmLA5TqbIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM

Videos made around the time that I (briefly) lived in a Cleveland suburb and pretty accurate. Makes London look sunny and tropical, just sayin'...