Liveability Rankings Are a Lie. Here’s What Actually Makes a City Worth Living In.
The world’s most liveable cities aren’t defined by transit systems or healthcare scores β they’re defined by the mundane, repeatable rituals that make a place feel like yours. The liveability index measures what’s efficient, not what’s meaningful. And the working-class communities that give these cities their soul are the first casualties of the very rankings meant to celebrate them.