Global city rankings fail to factor in housing costs
Adelaide leapfrogged other Australian cities in the latest global liveability rankings but how do the state capitals hold up against each other in the housing stakes?
Adelaide's lifestyle was a big factor in the South Australian capital's rise up the liveability rankings. Photo: Darryl Leach/Shutterstock (Image source: Shutterstock.com)
Everyone’s idea of what constitutes a liveable city is different. One person’s idea of domiciled bliss might be amid the cattle and dust on a vast acreage near remote Longreach, while others’ ideal lifestyle may be living nocturnally in an inner city Sydney apartment.
But every year (except for last year when COVID took hold), the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) puts aside personal lifestyle tastes and weighs up a range of factors in collating…
