The world's most liveable cities for 2023.

After a pandemic slump, quality of life is again on the rise in many of the world's cities. In fact, overall liveability has reached a 15-year high, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Global Liveability Index, which rates 173 cities on factors including stability, healthcare, culture & environment, education and infrastructure.

The rise comes largely due to healthcare and education gains across Asia, the Middle East and Africa – even as stability scores have dropped overall in the face of civil unrest amid rising cost-of-living concerns worldwide and continued conflict in cities like Kiev. The end of pandemic restrictions across the world has also improved culture and environment scores as events and attractions have come roaring back.

While an index can put data around what makes a place liveable, it's the people who experience it day in and day out who can speak best to what it's actually like to live there. We spoke to residents in a few of the top 10 ranked cities to find out the reasons they choose to call it home.

THE TOP 10 MOST LIVEABLE CITIES

• Vienna, Austria
• Copenhagen, Denmark
• Melbourne, Australia
• Sydney, Australia
• Vancouver, Canada
• Zurich, Switzerland
• Calgary, Canada / Geneva, Switzerland
• Toronto, Canada
• Osaka, Japan / Auckland, New Zealand

Source: www.bbc.com

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