Auckland moves up in the world

It's that time of year again when expat multinational company staff report what the conditions are like in the far flung outpost they have been dumped in by their bosses and which ones they would prefer to move to.
Auckland climbed from 5th place to joint 4th with Vancouver, with Vienna, Zurich and Geneva again in the top 3 in the Mercer Global Quality of Living survey.
In terms of infrastructure, Auckland doesn't rate that well, surprise surprise. Singapore does best there
The criticism of this survey remains the same. But feel free to come check us out.

Auckland again 5th best city to live in the world

Zurich, Vienna and Geneva are the best cities in the world as far as quality of live is concerned, says Mercer Consulting in a survey published in June 2008. Vancouver (Canada) and Auckland (New Zealand) are placed fourth and fifth respectively, followed by three German cities: Düsseldorf, Munich and Frankfurt. Tokyo, London and Madrid are all outside the top 25. Overall, Baghdad is, not surprisingly, the lowest ranking city in the survey.

And again, nothing has changed, so I'll repeat myself too: an incredible result considering Auckland has the worst public transportation system and the worst sprawl of any developed world city. It certainly doesn't feel as a world class city to live in (that's why I live on an island 25km away) due to its rather mediocre facilities and cultural treasures. But then that may be of no importance to multinational expatriate employees the survey is aiming at.
Personally, if money, time or job restrictions were of no import I'd rather live in Madrid, Copenhagen, Paris, Edinburgh or Luxembourg. But given those choices are not really available to me, I'm quite happy on my little rock in the South Pacific. I hope you are happy too wherever you live and if not, well, get out.

Auckland in 5th place as best place to live in the world

The annual Mercer World-wide Quality of Living Survey is out. It covers more than 350 cities to help governments and multinational companies place employees on international assignments.
Auckland is rated 5th in the world after Zurich, Geneva, Vancouver and Vienna, and up from 8th last year. This is an incredible result, considering it has the worst public transportation system and the worst sprawl of any developed world city. It certainly doesn't feel as a world class city to live in (that's why I live on an island 25km away) due to its rather mediocre facilities and cultural treasures. But then that may be of no importance to multinational expat employees the survey is aiming at.
Personally, if money, time or job restrictions were of no import I'd rather live in Madrid, Copenhagen, Paris, Edinburgh or Luxembourg. But given those choices are not really available to me, I'm quite happy on my little rock in the South Pacific. I hope you are happy too wherever you live and if not, well, get out.