[rustynutz]

John Masanauskas 
•  Herald Sun 
• August 28, 2013

MELBOURNE has again been rated the world's most liveable city - for the third year in a row. 
 
The Victorian capital edged out Vienna, Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary to claim the top ranking by The Economist Intelligence Unit.

Three other Australian cities were in the top 10 - Adelaide (5), Sydney (7) and Perth (9).

Issues covering stability, healthcare, culture, environment, education and infrastructure were considered in the survey.

"Improvements to infrastructure in Australia, where the federal government initiated an ambitious long-term road-building programme in 2010, prompted rises in some cities in 2011," the report said.

The worst ranked cities were Tehran, the Cameroon capital Douala, Tripoli, Karachi, Algiers and Harare, Lagos and Port Moresby.

[Lester]

Bloody MEXICANS, they win again.

[Dazzler]

I like Melbourne (but I wouldn't live there) 

[Doggie 1]

The worst ranked cities were Tehran, the Cameroon capital Douala, Tripoli, Karachi, Algiers and Harare, Lagos and Port Moresby.

Some new arrivals won't be happy about that.

[Lester]

To explain my comment re MEXICANS, we NSW People call the Victorians - Mexicans, you know, south of the border.

[The Gonz]

To explain my comment re MEXICANS, we NSW People call the Victorians - Mexicans, you know, south of the border.

In much the same way Victorians call NSWelshmen cockroaches (there's lots of them there, seriously!), and the only thing separating us from the banana benders.

[Surferdude]

To explain my comment re MEXICANS, we NSW People call the Victorians - Mexicans, you know, south of the border.

In much the same way Victorians call NSWelshmen cockroaches (there's lots of them there, seriously!), and the only thing separating us from the banana benders.

Point of order, Gonz.
The Victorians didn't create the "cockroach" tag for people from NSW.

It was coined by Barry Muir, a wonderful Queenslander (na d Australian rugby league rep and captain) who was a great opponent of Qld born players being selected to play for NSW, just because they were playing for a Sydney club.
He was coach of Qld for a few years in the pre- State of Origin era and is acknowledged as the creator of the term.

[Aussie Keith]

Congrats again Melbourne. Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary, eh? I can understand how it might have come in ahead of Toronto (also a nice place) and Calgary (Canada's murder capital where we almost got held up at gunpoint). Not sure how it nipped past Vancouver though.

[rustynutz]

It might be our weather....

[Just Rick]

Melbourne,nice place to visit but I certainly wouldn't live there again,like Adelaide was born there wouldn't move back there but