Check out this April 4, 2006 Singapore Straits Times article on Singapore's #1 ranking by Asian expats, as surveyed by ECA International, a human resource consultancy. "The survey, based on expatriate polls and country data, ranked cities using criteria including climate, social network, health facilities, transport, education and crime... Australia was also popular among Asians sent to work overseas, with Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra taking the next three spots." Apart from the infrastructure and qualities of the actual city itself, "language and proximity to home are among the top concerns of expatriates around the world."
Out of curiousity, I asked my fellow Smith College alumnae this question. Curious what this diverse group of talented, culturally and world savvy women have to say? View the current poll results.
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Encouraging stats from The Economist.
Zurich is the world's most pleasant city for expatriates, according to a survey by Mercer, a consulting company. The survey assesses cities on 39 criteria, ranging from traffic congestion to crime. In the parts of the world covered by our emerging-market indicators, Singapore is the best city in which to live. Not surprisingly, Baghdad is the lowest-ranking city in the survey.
Glad to know that the Singapore Straits Times isn't too biased!
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