Not so bad, after all

Cities in Canada and Australia are most liveable in the world
Canadian and Australian cities account for eight of the top ten spots in the Economist Intelligence Unit's latest liveability ranking. Vancouver (Canada) continues to top the Economist Intelligence Unit's global liveability survey with a score of 98%, which bodes well for visitors during the Winter Olympics this year.
All of the top ten cities achieve scores of over 95% and almost half of the cities surveyed (64 of 140) score more than 80% which puts them in the very top tier of liveability. For most cities liveability has been unaffected by the global downturn, which may have hit wages and prices but has had less of an impact on factors that the survey measures like infrastructure or crime levels.

A recent survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit sows Adelaide at number 8, together with Perth.
Not bad, after all.

http://www.eiu.com/site_info.asp?info_name=The_Global_Liveability_Report&page=noads