Vancouver again topped the EIU's (Economist Intelligence Unit) World’s Most Livable Cities, with San Francisco placing somewhere unknown behind 29th ranked Pittsburgh. As a transplant to San Francisco from Vancouver, I find this rather comical. Why do we have a constant need to rank something that is so subjective? Especially when the reasoning seems to be rather irrational? That said, it’s interesting to consider what makes a city livable. Vancouver is most often trumpeted for its dense downtown, yet most of my friends and family live in single family homes outside the downtown area. San Francisco on the other hand, is consistently dense. Where before I would have had to bike ten minutes to get groceries, I now walk out my door to any number of stores or restaurants within minutes of my apartment. My bike commute has gone from a 45 rainy minutes to 10 mostly sunny ones. Where there may have been one concert a month in Vancouver I would want to go to, there’s dozens here for me to choose from. I do miss the mountains, people, health care, and Asian food but in terms of livable, I think San Francisco has it pretty well nailed.
Janika McFeely, LEED® AP BD+C
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