Financial Times' Cities of Dreams

Posted: June 4th, 2005 | 3 Comments »

Financial Time’s Tyler Brule came up with a list of The 10 top contenders for the title ‘City of dreams’.

Airports have been inspected, apartments assessed and neighbourhoods scrutinised – Fast Lane serves up its top 10 list of the world’s most liveable, loveable cities. The criteria demand that a city deliver quality of life across as many categories as possible.

The top 10 list is:
10. Montreal
9. Zurich
8. Palma de Mallorca
7. Munich
6. London
5. Stockholm
4. Sydney
3. Barcelona
2. Tokyo
1. Copenhagen

It is highly subjective of course but it matches very much the creative class’ criterias. I would add Geneva and San Francisco to the list, elect 2 cities and live in both of them by practicing frequent flying/train commuting.

3 Comments on “Financial Times' Cities of Dreams”

  1. 1 nicolas said at 8:03 am on June 5th, 2005:

    are u happy with city #1? I am but I though u were not so fan of copenhagen

  2. 2 Baggis said at 3:30 pm on June 7th, 2005:

    I can’t belive Copenhagen is #1 and even Stockholm is in the list. What is this (I mean where is Bergen?) ?

  3. 3 7.5th Floor » Blog Archive » On Urban Attractiveness said at 11:23 pm on December 17th, 2008:

    [...] exploited by careful planning at a local level and highlighted in more qualitative surveys such as FT’s Cities of Dreams and Monocle’s top liveable cities. These indicators inform the urban policies and politics of [...]