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Originally Posted by Matty81
I dunno if I know what the criteria are. Seems like based on the rankings so far it is how cosmopolitan or interesting the cities are to live in? Does that include range of things to do? Culture? Sports? And then what about population - is it good just because there are more people?
Am biased as I obviously live in a smaller city but for me size of the city has very little correlation to how highly I'd rate them on a world scale for visiting or living. I would recommend St. John's, Victoria or Kelowna for instance to someone moving to Canada over Edmonton, Winnipeg, or Regina which I think are all dumps other than a few small pockets.
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Population will always have a huge effect on a city's ranking. Now that we have the populations laid out, I think it would be good to start getting into culture, history, location, climate, sports, economy etc.
For example, somewhere like Quebec City is going to be higher than Winnipeg with relatively similar populations, due to culture/history.
Also, a place like Victoria might swing above it's population weight class due to climate, location, while the big cities (1mil +) aren't likely to be surpassed by smaller cities due to amounts of sports teams, concerts/events, etc.
On top of that, places like Calgary and Edmonton will have a huge advantage in the economy/jobs category.