Of the listed cities, I have only been to:
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Frankfurt and Melbourne.
I liked Melbourne and Toronto well enough. Frankfurt seemed so… utilitarian. Calgary is just cold.
So obviously the top of my list would be Vancouver of the listed cities.
Of non-listed cities, I’m another fan of Portland. But then, I would be. 
I’ve never been to Germany but I just looked via Google at some areas in Frankfurt-am-main, and the skyscrapers, while having few outstanding qualities to them, are not as ugly as I had expected, definitely compared to the City of London and many other metropolises, but then again, there weren’t as many examples of beautiful non-skyscraper Modernist buildings as I would have expected compared to Berlin.
You’re right, the London skyscrapers are even a lot uglier than those of Frankfurt, especially the dildo.
I haven’t been to any other of the bottom 10 cities, but Tehran I spent a few days in. Honestly, it was much better than I expected. The northern part of the city seemed positively European.
Pre-COVID we were going a fine job working our way through European cities. The two that I instantly fell in love with were Lisbon and Porto. As for liveable, there would only be one way to know for sure; I think Porto might be the better bet, as it’s smaller and …more comfortable. Very beautiful, easy to get around, seems to have all the things you could want, very easy-going people.
Berlin… is very strange. I came away from three days there feeling brutalized - all those grey, slabby buildings, all the same height, all looking the same… and yet it struck me as a place that would be very easy to live in. Oddly made for living in - which seems like a curious thing to say about a city. Confusing.
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ETA - and since Trep jr moved to London, I have learned to love it much more than I previously did. Familiarity breeds contentment.
That is paywalled. However, this article isn’t-
https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-city-rankings/most-livable-cities-in-the-us
But since they list 7. San Francisco, CA , the list is bogus, since the homeless, and the incredible high cost of real estate should disqualify it .
I would say, of the cities I have lived in- San Jose. RE is still high, but not as high, and lower crime. The homeless are concentrated, and are handled better. Climate is good, the downtown area is very walkable, and there are museums, parks, etc galore.
Seattle was pretty nice, but I was only there for a month. Same with Vancouver BC.
Yeah, and the weather was horrible.
Least? Tijuana, where I stayed for a while, and Bakersfield, with the worst weather.
The gray weather did get to me on occasion. I’d rather have snow. We sold our 1300sf home with 1.5 baths for $730K (80K over asking). Ridiculous, I know. The guy was being transferred to PDX from SFO and probably thought it was reasonable.
(Emphasis mine.)
When bitching to each other about horrible happenings in our lives, a friend of mine and I would always quip, “But hey. At least you don’t live in Bakersfield!!”
And we meant it.
Just got back from Santa Barbara, and that was my review in a nutshell.
In fact, every US city I was going to mention here has one big flaw:
NYC Chinatown, Brooklyn, Greenwich Village, Lower East Side?
Housing costs.
San Francisco, Sausalito, even Oakland?
Gentrification.
Phoenix, Sedona… Reno, Tucson, Las Vegas?
Lack of greenery.
Seattle, Portland, Anchorage?
Lack of sunshine.
Minneapolis, Madison and Milwaukee?
JANUARY and FEBRUARY!
I guess I’d take one of the last group… you can always add layers, find a winter sport (to play, or just watch), and of course get cozy with a book. And there’s plenty of sun all year round.
That’s 11 cities dude. I’ve lived in 10 and 11 on that list.
Osaka - you just don’t need a car, and rent or home ownership are in everyone’s reach, financially. You won’t have a big yard like you might get in Melbourne of course. Weather is pretty good. Even if it’s freezing it may still be sunny. Dining out is cheap.
Melbourne - You must have a car. Housing is prohibitive. Dining out is expensive. The city and suburbs are covered in greenery compared to Osaka.
Ashiya (where I am now) - tiny city between Osaka and Kobe. Clean air. Can get everywhere by bike.
Pachinko banned. Can see stars at night. Great produce available. 1K to the beach, 1K to the mountains.
I’ve got a lot of time for Vienna and many German/Austrian cities.
One little gem is Freiburg. I’ve had the pleasure of staying there quite a bit for business and really enjoyed it. Hiking, Skiing, mountains and lakes, good communications, a world-class theme park on the doorstep. What’s not to love?
My nearest big city in the UK is Canterbury and that’s pretty good as well.
I don’t know why there are more than ten cities listed. I am guessing there was a tie according to their scoring, which did not get represented in the copied list. (Both Osaka and Melbourne are the 10th best, in fact.)
I have not seen a complete list. The article lists the top ten. Even as a subscriber seeing a synopsis of the original data seems to mean a lot of messing about giving details.
These lists are often flawed. They might capture health and education access or clean air. I am less sure they capture housing costs, vitality, community involvement, traffic woes or places tourists want to see. Perhaps they are lists for bankers.
Four mid-size southern European cities that made great impressions on me and struck me as good places to live were Lyon, France; Bologna, Italy; Valencia, Spain; and Lisbon, Portugal. I’d probably put Lyon at the top of those four, but it would depend on what aspects I was prioritising. I didn’t like Oslo, Norway but I think I visited at a bad time. Lots of construction, everything closed early or wasn’t open at all, most of the city except for the Opera House was ugly, and prices were high. Only part of Norway I didn’t enjoy. But my least favourite city was Naples. Run down and dirty, nowhere in the city worth visiting and despite its reputation, the food was mediocre. Outside of Europe, maybe Perth, Australia for most livable? For least livable, probably Panama City, although that was nearly 30 years ago.