Manchester bounces back in survey of most liveable cities

Manchester city centre

A survey of the world’s most liveable cities has changed its view of Manchester.

The survey carried out by The Economist Intelligence Unit ranks cities in terms of political and social stability, crime, education and access to healthcare.

And it was criticised heavily after it down-graded Manchester in the wake of the devastating terror attack on the city’s arena.

But in this year’s ranking Manchester saw the biggest improvement of any major European city with a rise of 16 places to 35th in the list.

Vienna came top in the overall list followed by Melbourne.

The worldwide league ranks 140 cities and Manchester saw the biggest improvement of any European city.

The increase meant it now ranked 13 places above London in the rankings

The Economist said Manchester’s ranking was due to an improved security score.

Survey editor Roxana Slavcheva said: “Manchester has shown resilience in the city’s recovery from a recent, high-profile terrorist attack, which previously shook up stability”.

Ms Slavcheva said security had also improved in “several western European cities” and Vienna’s top place in the rankings reflected “a relative return to stability across much of Europe”.

Damascus in Syria was ranked the least liveable city followed by Dhaka in Bangladesh and Lagos in Nigeria.

The Economist said that crime, civil unrest, terrorism or war played a “strong role” in the ten-lowest scoring cities.

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