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Due to its excessive traffic problems, Dublin has been demoted two places on the international ranking of cities. This ranking looks at the best and worst cities in which to live. Currently Dublin is eighth among EU cities. This list is headed by Vienna. Dublin has the highest quality of life compared to all other cities in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The survey considers personal safety, corruption, the environment, education, transport, access to health care, crime and other social factors. It covers 215 cities. Dublin has dropped to 24th from 22nd. Other EU cities ahead of Dublin are Amsterdam, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Brussels and Luxembourg. London is 11th among EU cities and 39th worldwide. Its position has not changed since last year. Paris is 33rd worldwide and 10th in the EU. Other European cities in the top 10 are Zurich, Geneva, Bern, Dusseldorf, Munich and Frankfurt. New York ranks 46th in the world. Glasgow and Birmingham, the other British cities in the survey, ranked 55th together with Tsukuba in Japan and Los Angeles.
Dubai is still considered a great city by expatriates. It holds its own on the list of cities due to the good leisure and recreation activities it offers and its well-connected international airports. Countries in Eastern Europe that are newly integrated in the EU are gradually improving their standard of living. Cities like Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Vilnius and Ljubljana have become better places to live due to foreign investments, something that has been reflected on the ranking. These cities have attracted major property investments from the Irish. It is predicted that they will soon exceed the standards of living in Western Europe.
It came as no surprise that Baghdad ranked as the city with the worst quality of life. It was ahead of two other, even worse cities - Bangui in the Central African Republic and Brazzaville in Congo.
Zurich is considered the best city in the world. Geneva ranked second, and Vancouver in Canada ranked third.