Every year lots of organizations, ranging from the United Nations to the Gallup Organization, put out various types of “Best” lists using different criteria to rank cities, states, and countries on their quality of life.
Each year I do a unit with my students where they evaluate different neighborhoods using their own criteria. This year, I thought it might also be useful for them to see the criteria that others use to evaluate communities.
So, here are my choices for The Best Lists Of “Best Places To Live”:
Another Best Places To Live
Countries With The Best Quality Of Life
The Ten Happiest Countries In The World
World’s 20 Best Places To Live
Gallup has just released their Global Wellbeing Survey, which they show on an interactive and accessible map. As they describe it:
Using data collected in 155 countries or areas since 2005, Gallup classifies respondents as “thriving,” “struggling,” or “suffering,” according to how they rate their current and future lives on a ladder scale based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale.
The World’s Ten Best Places To Live
Best Places To Live In The World: Mercer Survey
The World’s Best Places To Live 2010
CNN/Money has just published their 2010 list of the best 100 places to live in the United States.
“The World’s Best Countries” is an infographic, photo gallery, and article that was published by Newsweek this week. It’s pretty impressive.
The Economist has announced their choice for the World’s Most Liveable Cities: 2011. You can see a slideshow here.
The Expat Explorer is a pretty accessible interactive that’s designed to show you which countries are the friendliest in the world. An added resource is that Sean Banville at Breaking News English has put together a lesson plan that goes along with it.
As always, feedback is welcome.
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