Liveability: lost illusion or calibrated plan?

Updated August 18 2016 - 10:53pm, first published 4:31pm

The sprawling metropolis Melbourne, more liveable 20 years ago than today, has again been judged the world's most liveable city.  That's six years in a row The Economist Intelligence Unit have made the decision based on a rather inscrutable series of factors. As everybody knows these evaluations are highly subjective and are taken with a grain or two of doubt by the average resident and a heavy dose of salts by town planning experts.

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