The Best City to Live In is....

[Verto]

Originally posted by Asher
You're gayer than me. Congratulations.

Yes, it's so manly to be a lazy ass and watch other people run around. Call me crazy, but I find playing the actual sport just slightly more fun than watching it on TV.

[pchang]

Originally posted by Japher
i've never lived where it snows... until now

though they say it doesn't really snow that much here

I'm concerned, because some is still more than I am used tou

They lie. It snows a hell of a lot.

[Dinner]

Deleted drunken rant.

[RedFred]

Woah! Oerdin. Where did that come from?

Vancouver is pretty fine from my perspective. But objective comparisons are difficult. Still, I'm surprised that more European cities didn't fare better.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Bereta_Eder
no but it's so cold up there and so empty polar bears is all they have

The only polar bears in Vancouver are in the zoo. Vancouver is about as cold as any Brit city.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by RedFred
Woah! Oerdin. Where did that come from?

Probably another thread. A lot of posts are bouncing to threads that the poster was previously in.

[techumseh]

Originally posted by Asher
Calgary has the cleanest air of any major city in North America. It's a fact.

No, it's not. Calgary has inversions and smog. Where do you get this stuff?

[techumseh]

Originally posted by Asher
Plus they speak a dead language in Montreal and have a losing hockey team.

Q. How do you spell dynasty in Calgary?

A. O - N - E

Q. How do you know it's spring in Calgary?

A. There's flames all over the golf course.

[Asher]

Originally posted by techumseh
No, it's not. Calgary has inversions and smog. Where do you get this stuff?

William H. Mercer, an international human resource consulting firm:

http://www.expat.or.id/info/qualityofliving.html

World-wide quality of life survey

* N. America has the two cleanest cities in world; Mexico City is most polluted; In EU, Helsinki is cleanest capital, while Athens and London score lowest
* Top place for overall quality of life is Zurich, followed by Vienna and Vancouver

A new survey by William M. Mercer has identified that Canada and the US
have the cleanest two cities in the world. Calgary scores highest with an
environmental rating of 166, followed by Honolulu, which scores 161.5. The
Finnish capital Helsinki and Katsuyama in Japan share joint third place with a
score of 158. Two other North American cities, Ottawa and Minneapolis,
share joint fifth place in the list with a rating of 154.

Scores are based on the level of air pollution and the efficiency of waste
disposal and sewage systems. Cities are ranked against New York as the
base city, which scores 100. The analysis is part of a world-wide quality of life
survey covering 215 cities.

Thirteen of the world’s top 30 cleanest cities are in North America, mainly due
to their expanse and general lack of congestion. These include Calgary (166),
Honolulu (161.5), Ottawa, and Minneapolis (both 154), which feature in the top
six, together with Montreal, Vancouver, Atlanta, Boston, Lexington,
Pittsburgh, Portland, Washington DC, and Winston-Salem, which all score
145.5 and share 17th position.

At the same time, the US has a number of cities with low scores for
cleanliness. Air pollution is a concern in some locations, as is the ineffective
disposal of waste. The lowest ranked city in the US is New York at position
128, with a score of 100. Other low-scoring cities include Los Angeles
(115.5), Detroit (123), Miami, Houston, and Chicago (which all score 126.5).

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Japher
you wann F the polar bears?

It is a sport.

[joncha]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


The only polar bears in Vancouver are in the zoo.

Not even there. They closed the zoo in Stanley Park years ago, and the one out in the suburbs doesn't have any.

[Tassadar500]

There's a polar bear living in my backyard.

[techumseh]

Well, maybe you're right. I remember brown layers over downtown in the winter.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Oerdin
You dumb **** it is so obvious that partisan policital nonsense would become important because quality of life doesn't matter and being a stupid **** hole does.Spendy 30 years listning to9 Robotech was a-o-k but listening to some half way decent mucic wasn't.

Come on, Canada isn't that bad.

[Alexander's Horse]

The US has more guns and higher crime rates - go figure.