Munich has 7th best quality of life worldwide

World-wide quality of living survey - Mercer HR

Although apparently the generic cities of switzerland do bland that little bit better...

(only kidding, Munch is alright!)

Still totally confused as to how Düsseldorf and Frankfurt rank higher than Munich

I think the polls are biased in terms of ease of business and the like so that does it for them...

Down from 5th since last year.

TT topic: Munich has 5th best quality of life - HR Mercer survey 2005

This is utterly wrong. I have never lived in a town with crappier weather than Munich. My 1 1/3 years in Munich have been spend almost entirely in either rain or snow. Surely good weather counts for something?

As Billy Connolly said "There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes".

It wasn't long ago that Norway was ranked the best country in which to live. Upon hearing this some renowned Norwegian politician remarked that clearly the judges had never been to Norway (true story - looking for a link).

These ranking almost always have to do with social spending; countries with high taxes which in turn spend lots of money on social programs rank higher. Period.

Give me a place with warm weather, taxes under 30% of my annual salary and a 4% unemployment rate any day.

Frankfurt better than Munich? Would anybody here rather live there?

You obviously have never been to Bielefeld, I lived there for 8 years - it is Germany´s second wettest town next to Münster (also in Westfalia).

Hmm... I wouldn't call Switzerland very generous when it comes to social spending.

but Auckland is higher than Sydney and Wellington than Melbourne

Here's a vote for Frankfurt!!!

Roll on Mainhattan...

New Zealand, Australia - all the same place really isn't it

Depends what you count as good weather. I think snow is good weather and it doesn't rain that much compared to most of the UK.

I'm from Brisbane where it never rains and is hot all the time and when people ask me what is better about Munich compared to Brisbane the number one thing is definitely the weather...

It's wetter here than most of the UK and much wetter than the South-East of England. See here for annual weather charts. Of all the UK cities in the list only Glasgow is significantly wetter than Munich.