# Where does your city rank?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 4, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-city-rank/158927 "2003-03-04T03:44:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![universe.zip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@universe.zip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/universe.zip)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-city-rank/158927/41 "2003-03-05T12:24:37Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Beagle \*  
> \*\*I thought Vienna had one of the highest suicide rates in the world? Oh, wait, there use to be that whole Cold War spy thing - especially in Vienna. Maybe some of those were not voluntary suicides. \*\*

Helsinki tops it…  
Nah, but you´re right, Austria has a pretty high suicide rate, but Vienna lies below national average, according to the WHO reports.  
If you´re young, that is. In the 65+ group, things get really ugly. And I was always told Vienna was more of an old folks-city…  
It was extremely high way into 1960s, though, so I like your Cold War theory…  
I don´t believe the term “involuntary suicide” exists, by the way 😉

Let´s not talk about this depressing stuff - I don´t think mental health was included as a parameter in the survey. Mortality yes, crime and violence yes, public health services yes, but as I already said - them survey guys think differently than we do.  
They really should have included weather conditions; the availability of sunshine is one of my personal priorities when it comes to emotional well-being. And the sea. A land-locked country is just sad.

But hey, we rank #1!  
I can just picture the mayor in his office:  
“Mayor, the city-ranking´s just in. We´re number 1!”  
“This calls for a celebration!” (walks to the LP player, puts on “Celebration” and does a little jig)

Problem is, most Viennese wouldn´t believe it - they always need something to complain about…

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**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-city-rank/158927/42 "2003-03-05T12:41:04Z")

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The city I grew up in rates at 100, but the city where I live now doesn’t rate at all. Well- I guess I knew that…:rolleyes:

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