[Daradon]

It's funny, I see Melbourne and Vancouver continue to bump, rotate, or take the top spots. (As well Vienna has been a staple for a while) To me the reason that I thought it's interesting because I have spent a lot of time in both cities and have always said the two are so similar.

Nearly identical in size (for the greater areas) with nice centers but annoying sprawled communities all around. Close in climate and natural geography, Melbourne being Australia coldest city and Vancouver being Canada's warmest. Obviously both being on the Pacific ocean and both having mountains or psudeo-mountains. Both have a very hippie stoner culture, the Aussies mixing that with surfing and Canadians with boarding. Both have large Asian and Indian cultures (even more so than other major centers though that's pretty much a given everywhere now). Both are large centers (compared to the rest of their countries anyway) for environmental and social activism.

I could probably think of other things.

Nice to see Calgary continues to move up the list. We've been creeping up a few spots every year.

P.S. I very much enjoy both cities, just wish Canucks fans weren't such over proud, under intelligent, hockey d-bags.