Let’s hope your city isn’t on this list, a study conducted by a British-based Economist Intelligence Unit. Mine’s not, but if yours is…you might want to hightail it out of there! All these places are pretty far though so you guys are probably ok. Find out who made the top 10 after the jump.
10. Colombo, Sri Lanka
9. Dakar, Senegal
8. Tehran, Iran
7. Douala, Cameroon
6. Karachi, Pakistan
5. Algiers, Algeria
4. Lagos, Nigeria
3. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
2. Dhaka, Bangladesh
1. Harare, Zimbabwe
A top research group on Thursday rated Zimbabwe’s capital as the worst of 140 world cities in which to live.
The British-based Economist Intelligence Unit said its researchers excluded cities in Libya, Iraq and other war zones.
Harare, where power and water outages occur daily, scored a 38 percent “livability rating,” the group said.
The group said the threat of civil unrest and the availability of public health care and public transport in Harare were intolerable. Energy and water supplies were undesirable, it said, calling phones and Internet services uncomfortable.
Zimbabwe formed a shaky coalition government in 2009 after years of political violence and economic meltdown. Melbourne and Vienna were rated the two easiest cities to live in.
The research group is a respected economic and risk consultancy linked to the Economist magazine.
