Dublin - city with best quality of life in Ireland + UK

riffmongous

Well how about that, despite all the current problems it's still apparently a very attractive city to live in, locally at least

"Dublin ranks higher than London and compares favourably to a host of other European capital cities," said Noel O'Connor, consultant at Mercer Ireland. "Some of the key factors placing Dublin in 34th place in the survey include a stable political environment, lower levels of air pollution and a strong socio-cultural environment.

"The results demonstrate that Dublin remains an attractive location for international businesses to send their employees."

This year the consultant provided a separate ranking focusing specifically on city sanitation, in which Dublin was ranked 31st.

It analysed cities' waste removal and sewage infrastructure, levels of infectious disease, air pollution, water availability and quality. Honolulu topped that ranking.

Mercer claimed the "authoritative survey" is one of the world's most comprehensive.

It is conducted annually to enable multinational companies and other organisations to compensate employees fairly when placing them on international assignments.

I guess since it's aimed more at loaded multinationals the housing crisis doesn't figure as much, but still some nice press.

Of course on a global scale it's only 34th, but still better than; Paris (39th), Lisbon (38th), Madrid (49th) and Rome (57th), but as someone who gets to live in a top 5, I still feel justified in referring to it as a ****hole :P

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/revealed-the-irish-city-ranked-as-the-best-in-ireland-and-the-uk-for-quality-of-life-36723302.html

biko

Cue Dublin v the world thread in 3..2..

jimgoose

Mercer have obviously never been to Cork, biy!

Sleepy

I'd be curious as to how much Brexit affected London's ranking under the "political stability" element of the scoring...

GBX

Well obviously the reason Dublin scored higher than London was the Russians

banie01

jimgoose wrote: »

Mercer have obviously never been to Cork, biy!

They have a big office down there...
But sure living there, they must already be sick of the place!
Never mind having to write about it too :pac:

wakka12

This won't be a popular article on boards!

Ulysses Gaze

jimgoose wrote: »

Mercer have obviously never been to Cork, biy!

Lucky sods...

RobbingBandit

Who did they ask for this survey the seagulls on the liffey of course.

The Backwards Man

'Capital' city.

Sure Addis Ababa is the best capital city on the Horn of Africa (probably).

razorblunt

As someone that lives in Edinburgh, that can "git ta fook, pal"

elefant

The Backwards Man wrote: »

'Capital' city.

Sure Addis Ababa is the best capital city on the Horn of Africa (probably).

It's 34th out of all cities.

How the data corresponds to the reality of being in the cities is another story though. Basel cracks the top 10: where the the dullness of the place is only outdone as its most memorable feature by its expensiveness.

beefburrito

If Dublin's a really happy place then, how come most Dublin people I meet around the tourism spots in Clare out fishing,surfing hillwalking etc tell me how they are sick of the city life and would love to live like us back West.

This is freedom, not in a congested City

wakka12

beefburrito wrote: »

If Dublin's a really happy place then, how come most Dublin people I meet around the tourism spots in Clare out fishing,surfing hillwalking etc tell me how they are sick of the city life and would love to live like us back West.

This is freedom, not in a congested City

Well Im from dublin. And the country is lovely to visit, and Im sure Id have a happy life there but the services and facilities a city offer are worth it imo

one armed dwarf

A think I like about Dublin is just ease of access getting around compared to the hell of constant tubing around in London.

beefburrito

wakka12 wrote: »

Well Im from dublin. And the country is lovely to visit, and Im sure Id have a happy life there but the services and facilities a city offer are worth it imo

I suppose you're well able to adapt to most scenarios, Im probably too much of a rural mindset.

I lived in cities in my 20's then uprooted to the country in 2005 lol I'm well entrenched in the lifestyle now.

Cina

Funny how Ireland seems to rank so highly in all of these surveys and metrics yet if you just read boards and thejournal you'd swear we were like the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Maybe.. I don't know.. Ireland is.. a great place to live?

*runs for cover*

King George VI

I never found Dublin a bad city to live in. Sure I can see why country folk don't like it, because its a city. Much different from country life. But I like the fact that anything I want is no less than ten minutes walk away from me at any time. I like that there's multiple streets full of shops instead of just the one with a sprinkling of shops or pubs.

Sure it has its junkies and homelessness and crime, but what capital city doesn't have those things.

pickarooney

What's this 'Ireland and the UK' thing?
Why is that a useful grouping?

sheesh

Cina wrote: »

Funny how Ireland seems to rank so highly in all of these surveys and metrics yet if you just read boards and thejournal you'd swear we were like the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Maybe.. I don't know.. Ireland is.. a great place to live?

*runs for cover*

Ideally you should have said that From cover

Steve F

pickarooney wrote: »

What's this 'Ireland and the UK' thing?
Why is that a useful grouping?

Yep,Exactly
I always feel these type of surveys are subjective anyway,depending a lot on what an individual wants/expects from a City

I would imagine there would be Londoners who wouldn't want to live/work in Dublin and Dubliners would feel the same about London

Is this a slow news week?:P

biko

pickarooney wrote: »

What's this 'Ireland and the UK' thing?
Why is that a useful grouping?

I think "UK + Pale" is more useful

zetalambda

pickarooney wrote: »

What's this 'Ireland and the UK' thing?
Why is that a useful grouping?

I see no problem with Dublin being grouped with the UK. It's just west of Britain really when you look at a map.

Shelga

I lived in Birmingham for several years. Had a newfound appreciation for Dublin after that, that has never left me

biko

Wtf is up with Dublin being 34th every year?

2015:

THE LATEST QUALITY of living rankings for global cities are out.
Topping the chart from business consultants Mercer this year (as it did in 2014) is Vienna, Austria.
Dublin – ranking in 34th position (same as last year, again) – ties with Boston.

http://www.thejournal.ie/quality-of-living-dublin-1970826-Mar2015/