116 responses

Major world cities: where I'd live, averaged

Would you live in each city? Every city is colored by its mean rating. This is a survey of the people who filled it in, not of the country.

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AbidjanAbujaAccraAddis AbabaAgraAlexandriaAlgiersAmsterdamAnkaraAntananarivoAsunciónAthensAtlantaAucklandBaghdadBakuBamakoBangkokBarcelonaBeijingBeirutBerlinBogotáBrasíliaBrusselsBucharestBudapestBuenos AiresCairoCape TownCaracasCartagenaCasablancaChengduChiang MaiChicagoConakryCuscoDakarDamascusDar es SalaamDhakaDubaiDublinEdinburghFlorenceFrankfurtGenevaGuangzhouHamburgHanoiHarareHavanaHelsinkiHiroshimaHo Chi Minh CityHong KongIstanbulJaipurJakartaJerusalemJohannesburgCopenhagenKabulKampalaKhartoumKinshasaKuala LumpurKuwait CityKyivKyotoLa PazLagosLas VegasLimaLisbonLoméLondonLos AngelesLuandaLuxorMadridMeccaManchesterManilaMaputoMarrakeshMedellínMelbourneMexico CityMiamiMilanMinskMonroviaMontevideoMontrealMoscowMumbaiMunichNairobiNaplesNew DelhiNew OrleansNew York CityOsakaOsloParisPhiladelphiaPhnom PenhPort-au-PrincePraguePyongyangQuitoRabatRio de JaneiroRiyadhRomeSalvadorSan FranciscoSan SalvadorSanaaSantiagoSanto DomingoSão PauloSeoulSevilleShanghaiSiem ReapSingaporeSt. PetersburgStockholmSydneyTaipeiTashkentTehranTimbuktuTokyoTorontoTripoliVancouverVaranasiVatican CityVeniceViennaWarsawWashington, D.C.Xi'anYaoundéZanzibar CityZürich
  1. Never
  2. Probably not
  3. Maybe
  4. Yes
  5. Absolutely
The ranking
Highest average first
  1. 01New York City4.25
  2. 02Amsterdam4.10
  3. 03Zürich4.06
  4. 04London4.03
  5. 05Auckland4.01
  6. 06Copenhagen4.01
  7. 07Vancouver3.96
  8. 08Geneva3.92
  9. 09Oslo3.91
  10. 10Vienna3.90
  11. 11Tokyo3.89
  12. 12Stockholm3.88
  13. 13Montreal3.86
  14. 14Barcelona3.85
  15. 15Chicago3.83
  16. 16Sydney3.82
  17. 17San Francisco3.80
  18. 18Berlin3.79
  19. 19Paris3.79
  20. 20Melbourne3.69
Where people disagreed most
Widest split first
  1. Vatican City41% agreed
  2. Miami33% agreed
  3. Montevideo29% agreed
  4. Shanghai24% agreed
  5. Philadelphia29% agreed
  6. Washington, D.C.29% agreed
  7. Singapore30% agreed
  8. San Francisco41% agreed
  9. Venice24% agreed
  10. Hong Kong26% agreed