The 10 Most Livable Cities In The World

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Pack your bags, sell your home and move to Melbourne, Australia, because that's the world's most livable city, according to a report by theEconomist Intelligent Unit.

The rankings have a bit of a nebulous definition; the report says "liveability (sic)rating quantifies the challenges that might be presented to an individual’s lifestyle in any given location, and allows for direct comparison between locations."

In short, it's what cities are the best to live in. And the US was shut out of the top 10, as none of our cities made the cut.

As you'll see from the list, Australia and Canada seem to be the runaway winners, while it's probably best to avoid places like Cote d'Ivoire and Libya. But you likely already knew that!

Here are the 10 most livable cities:

1. Melbourne, Australia

2. Vienna, Austria

3. Vancouver, Canada

4. Toronto, Canada

5. Adelaide, Australia

6. Calgary, Canada

7. Sydney, Australia

8. Helsinki, Finland

9. Perth, Australia

10. Aukland, New Zealand

And here are the 10 LEAST livable cities:

1. Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

2. Tripoli, Libya

3. Douala, Cameroon

4. Harare, Zimbabwe

5. Algiers, Algeria

6. Karachi, Pakistan

7. Lagos, Nigeria

8. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

9. Dhaka, Bangladesh

10. Damascus, Syria