It would seem that New York City would be among the best places to live in the world. It is the largest city in North America, with a population of 8.5 million people who call it home for some reason or another. A new study of the best and worst places to live in North America puts it at the bottom of the list.<\/p>\n
The Economist Intelligence Unit recently ranked the best and worst cities worldwide. It ranked a total of 172. The experts then turned to North America and looked at 25 cities. New York ranked near the bottom and was the worst among large cities. The yardsticks are “stability, health care, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.”<\/p>\n
Other cities near the bottom include dying metros Detroit and Cleveland. Each has lost about half its population since 1950 as large industrial companies have left. Most of these were tied to the automobile industry in one way or another. New York\u2019s population is up over a third during the same time.<\/p>\n
Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver topped the list. The highest-ranked city was Toronto.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t