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Melbourne has been the most livable
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city in the world for the past seven years.
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But this year it lost the top spot to Vienna.
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Home to Strauss and Schubert and famous for its
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coffee houses, Vienna scored an almost perfect 99.1%.
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But what makes a city livable?
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The Economist intelligence unit has been analyzing this.
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It has ranked 140 cities according to stability,
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education, healthcare, infrastructure,
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and culture and environment.
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Most livable cities tend to be mid sized in wealthy
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countries and with low population densities.
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Copenhagen is the only other European city in the top 10.
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Australia and Canada each have three cities and Japan two.
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Western Europe and North America are
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the most livable regions in the world.
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The Middle East and Africa the least.
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While Asia and Australasia are home to some
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of the world's most livable and unlivable cities.
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Many factors impact how livable a city
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is like natural disasters.
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Hurricanes Irma and Maria destroyed much
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of Puerto Rico this year.
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The capital San Juan fell further
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in rank than any other city.
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The ending of Ivory Coast's 13 year UN peacekeeping
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mission demonstrated a step toward stability
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and a steady increase in its livability.
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The rankings of cities like Damascus, Lagos,
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Karachi, and Tripoli show the extent to which
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conflict contributes to low livability scores.
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And Caracas, the least livable city in Latin America,
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is only set to get worse owing to the deepening
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economic crisis and rising authoritarianism in Venezuela.
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Mega cities like London, Paris, and New York have high
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levels of crime, congestion, and public transport problems
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which keep them out of the top spots.
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This year the world overall has become
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a better place to live.
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This is because of the decrease in terrorism threats,
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specifically in western Europe.
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Vienna's increased stability is what has
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given it the edge this year.