Mercer study ranks cities by the quality of life they offer expatriate executives and their families across the world. picked by karenben 6 months ago tags cities travel top 100 livable livability zurich |
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Mercer Consulting's annual roundup of the global cities with the best quality of life is here, and Zurich once again comes out on top. The best place in the U.S.? Honolulu at No. 28. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Presented by Forbes, this study done by Mercer Human Resource Consulting who have ranked 215 cities worldwide based on levels of air pollution, waste management, water potability, hospital services, medical supplies and the presence of infectious disease. 3 comments edit related share worldAnd the winner is... picked by wildminou 5 months ago |
Men's Fitness's annual survey reveals the cities that embrace a healthy lifestyle and exposes the ones that, well, need more salad bars. picked by JoshSF49 4 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
Reader's Digest left 30 new cell phones in public places in 32 cities around the globe. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Hong Kong had the worst performance with only 13 of the 30 phones returned. The best performance in the unscientific test was turned in by residents of Ljubljana, Slovania who gave back 29 of the 30 phones. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
To determine the cities with the toughest commutes, we took the country's 75 largest metro areas and looked at congestion data from the Texas Transportation Institute to see how long travelers were delayed over the course of a year. picked by karenben 5 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Some cities are hitting the bottle hard. Find out from Men's Health magazine if yours is one of them. picked by karenben 6 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
Some places in the world are just like heaven, some like hell; almost literally. Human activity can sometimes have devastating effects not on just the environment, but sometimes on the population too. Here’s a list of five of the most polluted cities in the world, in no specific order. picked by mareacaspica 4 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Lost Cities were real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost. Most lost cities are found, and have been studied extensively by scientists. Here's our list of the 10 most amazing lost cities in the world. picked by maxriter 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Well, the collection wasn't really lost but any fan of archeology will appreciate this site. Lots of photo essays on various ancient cities known and unknown. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Beautiful pictures from many ancient cities around the world. picked by Mershaullk 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share world |
Research by the organization Birthdays Without Pressure found parents in such major cities, including Washington and San Diego, succumb the most easily to increasing pressure to throw excessive parties for their children's birthdays picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A survey was taken around the world and the results were determined by: 1) Quality of women, 2) Amount of Women per men ratio and 3) Ease of talking to women. picked by orbitalorbz 12 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Disproportionate growth of the world's urban population could result in further loss of many forms of life on Earth, warn experts in the sciences of climate change and biodiversity. picked by rambler 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
Ancient Mayan astronomers aligned their soaring temples with the stars and now modern archeologists have found the ruins of hidden cities in the Guatemalan jungle by peering down from space. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
The Optical Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) camera on board Rosetta observed Earth during its swing-by last night. Islands of artificial lights created by human habitation are sparsely distributed over the part of the globe seen in the picture. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A bloodstained corridor along the East Coast are seeing a surge in killings. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Cool Lost Caverns and Buried Cities picked by deepcleanfun 11 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
Every year Youngstown (Ohio) makes me proud by ranking high in crime rates despite its size. We really put up some good numbers. How do you compare? 24 comments edit related share plime.com(Don't have to compare your city to y-town, it might be better for your ego if you didnt actually. You can compare any two cities with this wonderful toy.) picked by donteatpoop 8 months ago |
...of American Cities. Harder than I thought it would be. picked by mandolinorange 11 months ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Still images of cities around the world, taken clearly from the international space station for the first time. 6 comments edit related share worldIt's beautiful, and amazing. (Other cities-from-space photos have been taken, but these are vivid. Check it out). picked by lynxears 5 months ago |