Мечта девианта

[Maruska]

Monday, March 03, 2003 :

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Dublin now one of world’s safest cities

By John Breslin
FORGET the housing crisis, traffic gridlock, souring street crime, a creaking health service, leaking classrooms and rising prices, the quality of life for Dublin residents is among the best in the world, according to a new global survey.


Sceptics might suggest those compiling the survey only stayed in the city for happy hour on a sunny Sunday afternoon, but the results reveal that the city has clambered up the quality of life league table and is also one of the safest in the world.

The survey, by consulting firm Mercer, ranked Dublin 18th in the world for personal safety standards, along with Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Nuremberg, and ahead of many other European cities, including Amsterdam (25th), Brussels (36th) and Berlin (39th). London came in at 64th, along with New York.

Overall, Zurich tops the table but Dublin canters in at a respectable 23rd, up 12 places on last year.

“The improved rating for Dublin is explained by a small improvement in the city’s air pollution standards and in the city’s rating for climate conditions,” said Irene Goldrick, Mercer marketing manager.

She described Dublin’s position in the world rankings as very encouraging but added the gap between the cities at the top and bottom of the table was still large.

However, the annual survey takes a western, consumer-driven city, New York, as its base, giving it a score of 100.

Dublin scores 102.5 while Brazzaville in the war-ravaged Congo, the city ranked lowest, has a score in the 30s.

Other African, and Latin American cities, also ranked badly.

Dublin Lord Mayor Dermot Lacey welcomed the results, particularly as the survey is studied by companies deciding where to locate offices.

“I would be pleased that an external examination says this is a fairly good place to live.

But we should not be complacent,” he said.

Apart from certain areas, Mr Lacey said he always felt Dublin was a safe city. He cited housing - the inability of many young people to afford to live in the city - as a key quality of life issue that must be grasped by politicians.

The survey, carried out in November last year, analysed and evaluated 39 quality of life indicators for each city, including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport and other public services.
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[KaraNagai]

вот читал старые топики ;)))

как-то это ты зло, маруся проквотила. нехорошо ;) действительно же нормальный город, причем тут девианты? ;)

[Georgio]

Захотелось посмотреть, что там было у истоков форума, и решил эксгумировать эту тему. "FORGET the housing crisis, traffic gridlock, souring street crime, a creaking health service, leaking classrooms and rising prices, the quality of life for Dublin residents is among the best in the world, according to a new global survey." - неужели это было актуально всего 5 лет назад? С трудом верится.

[Goshka]

Походу статья ещё лет 5 до этого к печати готовилась. Конечно всё поухудшилось, за последние 4 года, к примеру травел тайм до места работы увеличился на %30-40. Просто как то попался на тот же маршрут в такое же время и засёк время. Раньше в пределах 40 минут было от Норзсайд шоппинга до Баллифермота (Парквест), теперь час. Но это не значит, что раньше было ваще свободно и без трафика. Насчёт 5-7+ лет назад, незнаю.

[Georgio]

Ну, насчёт травел тайм - это кому как. Я раньше лисапедом ездил, долго было. А щас на моцике за 10 минут доезжаю. Так что в этом плане импрувмент на лицо

[Goshka]

Не, я про машину, и тогда и сечас.

[Georgio]

Я так и понял, это я подколоть хотел