What do "best city" rankings actually measure?
It's late, you're on your phone, and up pops a headline: the best city in the world to live in. Depending on the list, that's Copenhagen, The Hague, Zurich or Rostock. So how can the best city be four different cities?Lena and Sam open up four famous rankings to see what's inside: the EIU's Global Liveability Index (comfort and services), the European Commission's survey of residents (what people say about their own city), Numbeo (crowd-sourced numbers with money included) and Mercer (a tool for employers). Plus what you could gain from reading them properly, who it's a great fit for, and…
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