Stay Place.com http://www.stayplace.com Top world cities to stay and live Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:33:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Best cities to stay in the world http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/best-cities-to-stay-in-the-world/ http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/best-cities-to-stay-in-the-world/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:51:24 +0000 admin http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/best-cities-to-stay-in-the-world/ VancouverThe Best Cities to live in the World share similar characteristics.

The Best Cities to Stay in the World are ranked according to various criteria and by various agencies.

While most agencies tend to have different opinions. One of the most acknowledged bodies that has its own annual ranking of the Best Cities to Stay in the World is Mercer Consulting. It releases an annual ranking of the world’s best cities and people accept its research as a fact not just a matter of opinion.

]]> http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/best-cities-to-stay-in-the-world/feed/ Best City Ranking Criteria http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/best-city-ranking-criteria/ http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/best-city-ranking-criteria/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:51:00 +0000 admin http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/best-city-ranking-criteria/ AucklandThe best cities to stay in the world are ranked according to various criteria.

These criteria are based on reasons that range from political, economic, environmental and social factors.

Other criteria also include personal safety and health as well as education, transport and certain social services available.

The rankings for the past 3 years have been dominated mostly by cities in Europe and Australia, on the North American continent, Canada tends to enjoy a rather favorable ranking annually compared to the United States.

]]> http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/best-city-ranking-criteria/feed/ 2007 Rankings of World Cities http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/2007-rankings-of-world-cities/ http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/2007-rankings-of-world-cities/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:50:36 +0000 admin http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/2007-rankings-of-world-cities/ ZurichAccording to the rankings released in 2007, the best city to stay in the world is Zurich in Switzerland.

Geneva is second on the list and is also in Switzerland.

Vancouver in Canada and Vienna in Austria tie for the third position. Auckland in New Zealand and Desseldorf in Germany tie in for the fifth.

The remaining cities that make up the top ten best cities to stay in the world are Frankfurt and Munich in Germany, Bern in Switzerland and Sydney in Australia.

]]> http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/2007-rankings-of-world-cities/feed/ Surprises in the best city rankings http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/surprises-in-the-best-city-rankings/ http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/surprises-in-the-best-city-rankings/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:50:12 +0000 admin http://www.stayplace.com/2008/01/05/surprises-in-the-best-city-rankings/ Honolulu, WaikikiNo city in the United States ranks in the top 20.

The first city of the United States to come close in the rankings is a surprise in itself: Honolulu in the U.S state of Hawaii comes in at 27 followed by San Francisco at 28.

The United Kingdom fares worse with its only entrant in the top 50 best cities to stay in the world being London at the 39th position.

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