So we’re No. 1 again on The Economist’s Most Livable City list. For five years running. (This story will only get interesting here when we drop to No. 4. Imagine the angst!)
But here’s the qualifier The Economist uses when evaluating the livability of cities:
“… based on challenges to lifestyle beyond those presented by income or cost-of-living considerations.”
Oh.
Maybe the headline should be “Vancouver: The Great Beyond.”
They also always mark us so high because no one can be bothered to launch a terrorist attack at us, don’t they? I just wrote on my friend’s facebook that being “livable” feels like when the hot girl in university, trying to be nice, told you that she thinks of you like her brother. Maybe she’ll settle down with you one day, but, meanwhile, who could resist the self-absorbed. motorcycle-riding jerk who doesn’t treat her so well?