According to Mercer Human Resources, the best cities to live in the world from a total of 350 in the study are (these cities tied with their rankings as first):
Vancouver, Canada
Zurich, Switzerland
Vienna, Austria
Bern, Switzerland
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Among Latin American metropolises, the top five best places to live are:
Montevideo, Uruguay
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Santiago, Chile
Panama, Panama
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Santo Domingo has a quality of life equal to:
Bangkok, Thailand (this one shocks me)
Lima, Peru
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Santo Domingo's quality of life is extremely similar to:
Asuncion, Paraguay
Rio de Janiero, Brazil (this is a shocker)
Quito, Ecuador
Harare, Tanzania.
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These are the rankings among Latin American cities:
1) Montevideo
2) Buenos Aires
3) Santiago
4) Panama City
5) San Jose
6) Monterrey
7) Brasilia
8) Sao Paulo
9) Asunci?n
10) Rio de Janeiro
11) Lima
12) Santo Domingo
13) Quito
14) Caracas
15) Guayaquil
16) Bogota
17) Mexico City
18) Manaus
19) Guatemala City
20) La Paz
21) Medell?n
22) Santa Cruz
23) Managua
24) San Salvador
25) San Pedro Sula
26) La Habana
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Santo Domingo has a better quality of life than these cities around the world:
(NOTICE: bold means Latin American city, bold and underlined means it surprises me to have a lower quality of life than SDQ)
Quito, Ecuador
Harare, Tanzania
Bratislava
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Ulsan
Sofia
Cairo, Egypt
Yeochun
Caracas, Venezuela
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Casablanca, Morocco
Manama
Zagreb, Croatia
Bogota, Colombia
Nassau, Bahamas
Amman, Jordan
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Mexico City, Mexico
Kingston, Jamaica
Accra
Manaus
Rayong
Shanghai, China
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Blantyre
La Paz, Bolivia
Beijing, China
Medellin, Colombia
Nairobi, Kenya
Jakarta, Indonesia
Guangzhou, China
Lusaka
Libreville
Abidjan
Santa Cruz
Islamabad, Pakistan
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
Dakar
Nanjing
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vientiane
Beirut, Lebanon
Kiev
Skopje
St. Petersburg, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Shenyang
Mumbai, India
Lahore
Karachi, Pakistan
Damascus
Tehran, Iran
Managua, Nicaragua
Bangalore, India
Djibouti, Djibouti
Hanoi, Vietnam
San Salvador, El Salvador
Jilin
Madras, India
Tirana
Minsk
Yangon
Yaounde
Cotonou
Novosibirsk
Tripoli, Tunisia
New Delhi, India
Kazan
Port Au Prince, Haiti
Dacca
Algiers, Algeria
Douala
Almaty
San Pedro Sulla, Honduras
Havana, Cuba
Sarajevo
Baku
Tashkent
Dar Es Salaam
Lome
Maputo
Antananarivo
Conakry
Lagos, Nigeria
Ndjamena
Sanaa
Nouakchott
Port Harcourt
Belgrade
Addis-Ababa
Niamey
Bamako
Kinshasa
Ouagadougou
Luanda
Bangui
Baghdad, Iraq
Khartoum
Pointe Noire
Brazzaville
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The global ranking is this (cities in the Americas are in bold):
Vancouver 106
Zurich 106
Vienna 106
Bern 106
Sydney 105.5
Geneva 105.5
Auckland 105.5
Copenhagen 105.5
Helsinki 104.5
Amsterdam 104.5
Frankfurt 104
Munich 104
Melbourne 104
Honolulu 104
Dusseldorf 103.5
San Francisco 103.5
Oslo 103.5
Perth 103.5
Brussels 103.5
Toronto 103.5
Adelaide 103
Luxembourg 103
Stockholm 103
Paris 102.5
Nurnberg 102.5
Brisbane 102.5
Montreal 102.5
Tokyo 102.5
Berlin 102
Hamburg 102
Wellington 102
Ludwigshafen 102
Lyon 102
Atlanta 101.5
London 101.5
Calgary 101.5
Kobe 101.5
Lexington 101
Seattle 101
Dublin 101
Winston Salem 101
Los Angeles 101
Yokohama 101
Singapore 100.5
Washington Dc 100.5
Pittsburgh 100
Chicago 100
Boston 100
Madrid 100
New York 100
Minneapolis 99
Portland 99
Osaka 99
Nagoya 99
Glasgow 99
St. Louis 98.5
Houston 98.5
Tsukuba 98.5
Cleveland 98
Birmingham 98
Barcelona 97
Lisbon 96.5
St. Peter Port 96.5
Miami 96.5
Detroit 96
Yokkaichi 96
Milan 96
Omuta 94.5
Katsuyama 93
Hong Kong 93
Rome 93
Montevideo 92.5
San Juan 92.5
Buenos Aires 91.5
Budapest 91
Leipzig 89.5
Prague 88.5
Tel Aviv 86
Jerusalem 85.5
Port Louis 85
Taipei 85
Cape Town 84.5
Kuala Lumpur 84
Limassol 83.5
Athens 83.5
Ljubljana 83
Santiago 83
Warsaw 83
Johannesburg 83
Vilnius 82
Riga 82
Panama City 81.5
Seoul 81.5
Istanbul 81.5
Port Elizabeth 81
San Jose 80.5
Dubai 80
Papeete 79.5
Tunis 79.5
Monterrey 79
Manila 79
Kaosiung 79
Abu Dhabi 79
Brasilia 79
Victoria 78.5
Tallinn 78
Noumea 78
Johor Baharu 76.5
Sao Paulo 76.5
Bucharest 76.5
Asuncion 76
Rio De Janeiro 76
Bangkok 75.5
Lima 75.5
Santo Domingo 75.5
Quito 75
Harare 75
Bratislava 74.5
Colombo 74
Ulsan 74
Sofia 74
Cairo 74 5
Yeochun 73.5
Caracas 73.5
Guayaquil 73
Casablanca 73
Manama 71.5
Zagreb 71
Bogota 71
Nassau 71
Amman 70.5
Kuwait City 69.5
Mexico City 69.5
Kingston 69
Accra 69
Manaus 68.5
Rayong 67.5
Shanghai 67
Guatemala City 66.5
Blantyre 66.5
La Paz 66
Beijing 65.5
Medellin 65.5
Nairobi 64.5
Jakarta 64
Guangzhou 63.5
Lusaka 63.5
Libreville 63
Abidjan 63
Santa Cruz 62.5
Islamabad 62.5
Riyadh 62
Jeddah 62
Dakar 62
Nanjing 62
Ho Chi Minh City 61.5
Vientiane 61
Beirut 61
Kiev 58.5
Skopje 58
St. Petersburg 58
Moscow 57.5
Shenyang 57
Mumbai 56
Lahore 55.5
Karachi 55.5
Damascus 55.5
Tehran 55
Managua 54.5
Bangalore 54
Djibouti 54
Hanoi 53.5
San Salvador 53
Jilin 52
Madras 50.5
Tirana 49.5
Minsk 49.5
Yangon 49.5
Yaounde 49.5
Cotonou 49
Novosibirsk 48.5
Tripoli 48.5
New Delhi 48
Kazan 47.5
Port Au Prince 47
Dacca 47
Algiers 47
Douala 46.5
Almaty 46.5
San Pedro Sulla 46
Havana 46
Sarajevo 46
Baku 44.5
Tashkent 44.5
Dar Es Salaam 44
Lome 42.5
Maputo 42
Antananarivo 42
Conakry 41
Lagos 40.5
Ndjamena 40
Sanaa 40
Nouakchott 40
Port Harcourt 39.5
Belgrade 39
Addis-Ababa 38.5
Niamey 38
Bamako 37
Kinshasa 37
Ouagadougou 36.5
Luanda 36
Bangui 33.5
Baghdad 33
Khartoum 33
Pointe Noire 30.5
Brazzaville 23
Source: www.mercerHR.com/qualityofliving
-NALs
Vancouver, Canada
Zurich, Switzerland
Vienna, Austria
Bern, Switzerland
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Among Latin American metropolises, the top five best places to live are:
Montevideo, Uruguay
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Santiago, Chile
Panama, Panama
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Santo Domingo has a quality of life equal to:
Bangkok, Thailand (this one shocks me)
Lima, Peru
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Santo Domingo's quality of life is extremely similar to:
Asuncion, Paraguay
Rio de Janiero, Brazil (this is a shocker)
Quito, Ecuador
Harare, Tanzania.
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These are the rankings among Latin American cities:
1) Montevideo
2) Buenos Aires
3) Santiago
4) Panama City
5) San Jose
6) Monterrey
7) Brasilia
8) Sao Paulo
9) Asunci?n
10) Rio de Janeiro
11) Lima
12) Santo Domingo
13) Quito
14) Caracas
15) Guayaquil
16) Bogota
17) Mexico City
18) Manaus
19) Guatemala City
20) La Paz
21) Medell?n
22) Santa Cruz
23) Managua
24) San Salvador
25) San Pedro Sula
26) La Habana
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Santo Domingo has a better quality of life than these cities around the world:
(NOTICE: bold means Latin American city, bold and underlined means it surprises me to have a lower quality of life than SDQ)
Quito, Ecuador
Harare, Tanzania
Bratislava
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Ulsan
Sofia
Cairo, Egypt
Yeochun
Caracas, Venezuela
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Casablanca, Morocco
Manama
Zagreb, Croatia
Bogota, Colombia
Nassau, Bahamas
Amman, Jordan
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Mexico City, Mexico
Kingston, Jamaica
Accra
Manaus
Rayong
Shanghai, China
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Blantyre
La Paz, Bolivia
Beijing, China
Medellin, Colombia
Nairobi, Kenya
Jakarta, Indonesia
Guangzhou, China
Lusaka
Libreville
Abidjan
Santa Cruz
Islamabad, Pakistan
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
Dakar
Nanjing
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vientiane
Beirut, Lebanon
Kiev
Skopje
St. Petersburg, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Shenyang
Mumbai, India
Lahore
Karachi, Pakistan
Damascus
Tehran, Iran
Managua, Nicaragua
Bangalore, India
Djibouti, Djibouti
Hanoi, Vietnam
San Salvador, El Salvador
Jilin
Madras, India
Tirana
Minsk
Yangon
Yaounde
Cotonou
Novosibirsk
Tripoli, Tunisia
New Delhi, India
Kazan
Port Au Prince, Haiti
Dacca
Algiers, Algeria
Douala
Almaty
San Pedro Sulla, Honduras
Havana, Cuba
Sarajevo
Baku
Tashkent
Dar Es Salaam
Lome
Maputo
Antananarivo
Conakry
Lagos, Nigeria
Ndjamena
Sanaa
Nouakchott
Port Harcourt
Belgrade
Addis-Ababa
Niamey
Bamako
Kinshasa
Ouagadougou
Luanda
Bangui
Baghdad, Iraq
Khartoum
Pointe Noire
Brazzaville
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The global ranking is this (cities in the Americas are in bold):
Vancouver 106
Zurich 106
Vienna 106
Bern 106
Sydney 105.5
Geneva 105.5
Auckland 105.5
Copenhagen 105.5
Helsinki 104.5
Amsterdam 104.5
Frankfurt 104
Munich 104
Melbourne 104
Honolulu 104
Dusseldorf 103.5
San Francisco 103.5
Oslo 103.5
Perth 103.5
Brussels 103.5
Toronto 103.5
Adelaide 103
Luxembourg 103
Stockholm 103
Paris 102.5
Nurnberg 102.5
Brisbane 102.5
Montreal 102.5
Tokyo 102.5
Berlin 102
Hamburg 102
Wellington 102
Ludwigshafen 102
Lyon 102
Atlanta 101.5
London 101.5
Calgary 101.5
Kobe 101.5
Lexington 101
Seattle 101
Dublin 101
Winston Salem 101
Los Angeles 101
Yokohama 101
Singapore 100.5
Washington Dc 100.5
Pittsburgh 100
Chicago 100
Boston 100
Madrid 100
New York 100
Minneapolis 99
Portland 99
Osaka 99
Nagoya 99
Glasgow 99
St. Louis 98.5
Houston 98.5
Tsukuba 98.5
Cleveland 98
Birmingham 98
Barcelona 97
Lisbon 96.5
St. Peter Port 96.5
Miami 96.5
Detroit 96
Yokkaichi 96
Milan 96
Omuta 94.5
Katsuyama 93
Hong Kong 93
Rome 93
Montevideo 92.5
San Juan 92.5
Buenos Aires 91.5
Budapest 91
Leipzig 89.5
Prague 88.5
Tel Aviv 86
Jerusalem 85.5
Port Louis 85
Taipei 85
Cape Town 84.5
Kuala Lumpur 84
Limassol 83.5
Athens 83.5
Ljubljana 83
Santiago 83
Warsaw 83
Johannesburg 83
Vilnius 82
Riga 82
Panama City 81.5
Seoul 81.5
Istanbul 81.5
Port Elizabeth 81
San Jose 80.5
Dubai 80
Papeete 79.5
Tunis 79.5
Monterrey 79
Manila 79
Kaosiung 79
Abu Dhabi 79
Brasilia 79
Victoria 78.5
Tallinn 78
Noumea 78
Johor Baharu 76.5
Sao Paulo 76.5
Bucharest 76.5
Asuncion 76
Rio De Janeiro 76
Bangkok 75.5
Lima 75.5
Santo Domingo 75.5
Quito 75
Harare 75
Bratislava 74.5
Colombo 74
Ulsan 74
Sofia 74
Cairo 74 5
Yeochun 73.5
Caracas 73.5
Guayaquil 73
Casablanca 73
Manama 71.5
Zagreb 71
Bogota 71
Nassau 71
Amman 70.5
Kuwait City 69.5
Mexico City 69.5
Kingston 69
Accra 69
Manaus 68.5
Rayong 67.5
Shanghai 67
Guatemala City 66.5
Blantyre 66.5
La Paz 66
Beijing 65.5
Medellin 65.5
Nairobi 64.5
Jakarta 64
Guangzhou 63.5
Lusaka 63.5
Libreville 63
Abidjan 63
Santa Cruz 62.5
Islamabad 62.5
Riyadh 62
Jeddah 62
Dakar 62
Nanjing 62
Ho Chi Minh City 61.5
Vientiane 61
Beirut 61
Kiev 58.5
Skopje 58
St. Petersburg 58
Moscow 57.5
Shenyang 57
Mumbai 56
Lahore 55.5
Karachi 55.5
Damascus 55.5
Tehran 55
Managua 54.5
Bangalore 54
Djibouti 54
Hanoi 53.5
San Salvador 53
Jilin 52
Madras 50.5
Tirana 49.5
Minsk 49.5
Yangon 49.5
Yaounde 49.5
Cotonou 49
Novosibirsk 48.5
Tripoli 48.5
New Delhi 48
Kazan 47.5
Port Au Prince 47
Dacca 47
Algiers 47
Douala 46.5
Almaty 46.5
San Pedro Sulla 46
Havana 46
Sarajevo 46
Baku 44.5
Tashkent 44.5
Dar Es Salaam 44
Lome 42.5
Maputo 42
Antananarivo 42
Conakry 41
Lagos 40.5
Ndjamena 40
Sanaa 40
Nouakchott 40
Port Harcourt 39.5
Belgrade 39
Addis-Ababa 38.5
Niamey 38
Bamako 37
Kinshasa 37
Ouagadougou 36.5
Luanda 36
Bangui 33.5
Baghdad 33
Khartoum 33
Pointe Noire 30.5
Brazzaville 23
Source: www.mercerHR.com/qualityofliving
-NALs
