Comments on: Top 25 Most Liveable Cities 2009 – Monocle

By: Phil McCracken

Phil McCracken — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:33:06 +0000

Singapore is a city state, the capital is the City of Singapore.

By: Luis Neng

Luis Neng — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:41:04 +0000

We should call it City of Singapore in order to prevent misunderstanding. :)

By: Luis Neng

Luis Neng — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:37:41 +0000

Singapore is a country.

By: FC

FC — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:20:23 +0000

Totally understandable not to have US cities on this list.. There are a plenty of places that have more stuffs (food, culture, safety, transportation, business etc) than in US cities. I always feel that I am living developing country in US..

By: kevin vancity

kevin vancity — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:52:57 +0000

this is monocle magazines listing. and they don’t state their criteria.

follow the following link for the 2 best known rankings of world cities. Oh yeah, I live in Vancouver. WOOT!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World’s_Most_Livable_Cities

By: Jonas G

Jonas G — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:41:31 +0000

I love the reason for Helsinki. It is so true. Finland is still, thankfully, one of the few Western countries where you don’t need to learn a pseudo-Italian New York language to be able to order a decent cup of coffee.

By: Mark Pilbeam

Mark Pilbeam — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:37:36 +0000

Who knows? If Hellsinki had had a Starbucks they might have come way down the list!

By: Jordan WasaN

Jordan WasaN — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:12:44 +0000

Last year I believe three American cities were on the list (Honolulu, Minneapolis, and Portland, Oregon). I wonder why the latter two fell off.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:06:52 +0000

Don’t get so shocked, maybe you’re not aware that there’s plenty of other countries in the world. Oddly as it seems for US people, it is OK not to be on very ‘best of’ list ever created. Relax a bit and maybe you’ll get there…

By: AJH

AJH — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:35:51 +0000

Whew, glad to know I’m not the only one who scanned the list and was aghast at not seeing a U.S. city…and then was embarrassed to realize that I ignored Honolulu.

I suppose it’s because the usual suspects are missing, but to be honest, living in NYC is not what it’s cracked up to be, especially post-meltdown. Someone should get this list to the White House and every city mayor immediately. I do wonder, though, which Southern US cities were evaluated – that’s where any growth is happening if at all.

By: Chris Allison

Chris Allison — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:16:57 +0000

My bad….way to go honolulu!!!!

By: RJ C

RJ C — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:32:41 +0000

How is this possible? No US city? Not even San Francisco? No explanation as to how the list was generated either.

By: Chris Allison

Chris Allison — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:18:46 +0000

Not a single American city…we should probably work on that.