Melbourne makes it three years in a row as world's most liveable city

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Melbourne is the world's most livable city for a reason.
Melbourne is the world's most livable city for a reason.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • A three-peat for southern Australian city of Melbourne
  • Damascus drops 10 places to bottom of the rankings
  • Canadian, Australian, New Zealand cities make up eight of top 10
Melbourne made it three years in a row as the world's most livable city, according to the 2013 Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Livability Survey.
The top cities and indeed much of the rankings remained similar to last year, with Australian and New Zealand cities landing five of the top 10 spots. Canadian cities made up another three of the top 10 positions.
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Top 10 most livable cities (unchanged in 2013 from 2012):
1. Melbourne, Australia, 97.5
2. Vienna, Austria, 97.4
3. Vancouver, Canada, 97.3
4. Toronto, Canada, 97.2
=5. Calgary, Canada, 96.6
=5. Adelaide, Australia, 96.6
7. Sydney, Australia, 96.1
8. Helsinki, Finland, 96.0
9. Perth, Australia, 95.9
10. Auckland, New Zealand, 95.7