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Mercer 2018 Quality of Living rankings are out: https://mobilityexchange.mercer.com/Portals/0/Content/Rankings/rankings/qol2018i321456/index.html. Summary of key results:
- Top 25:
- Not a single U.S. city makes it into top 25.
- Highest-ranked U.S. city, San Francisco, ranks 30th in the world, Boston and Honolulu – second and third highest ranked U.S. cities are in 35th and 36th places.
- Canada dominates North American rankings with 5 cities in top 35 against U.S. two cities.
- Only one North American city, Vancouver, makes it in top 10 globally.
- Switzerland and Germany (3 cities each) dominate top 10 rankings.
- Dublin ranks 34th in the world and London 41st, competitive relative to the U.S. cities, and against key peer European cities.
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