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The 10 Worst Cities To Live In Worldwide

August 28th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

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Last week we showed you the Top 10 Cities to Live in Worldwide, now we will show you the flip side, the 10 worst cities to live in worldwide as compiled by The Economist magazine. The least liveable city Algiers rated a scale of 64.7% livability. That does not sound like much until it is compared to the top 10 cities which range from number 1 Vancouver at 1.3% to number 10 Zurich at 3.9%.

The factors that go into the what makes a city liveable are traffic congestion, crime, education, infrastructure, access to health care, recreation, and cultural activity.

While the list reads like the itinerary of a Bob Hope and Bing Crosby movie, my guess is these are not cities that I would like to visit. I was talking to a pilot friend who told me about how the airline he flies with is adding service to Lagos. When arriving the crew is escorted under arms to their van which has 2 armed escorts to get the crew to their hotel. Once at the hotel no one is allowed to leave. Kidnapping is such a threat these are the precautions that need to be taken.

The 10 Worst Cities To Live In Worldwide

  1. Algiers 64.7%
  2. Dhaka 60.4%
  3. Lagos 60.1%
  4. Karachi 58.6%
  5. Kathmandu 54.7%
  6. Abidjan 53.9%
  7. Dakar 53.2%
  8. Phnom Penh 53.0%
  9. Tehran 52.6%
  10. Bogota 48.3%

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  1. Comment by Marc Vitorillo on 28 August 2007:

    These cities didn’t even hit the radar on my vacation list, yet alone to LIVE.

  2. Comment by Real Estate Blogger on 29 August 2007:

    Lagos is a decent city to live in. Definitely not close to being the worst. The real estate opportunities there are fantastic. Some areas of the city are very, very expensive. And the prices are going up fast.

    Actually, some parts are amongst the most expensive in Africa. And all this not considering the current boom the city is facing, since all the oil company HQs are moving from the unstable oil cities, to Lagos. Imagine renting a decent condo at 100,000$ a year…

    What you will have in Lagos: Good restaurant, decent lifestyle, huge business opportunities (besides those fake phone calls you get of course), decent nightlife, and very cosmopolitan city!

    The main downside: Security. But this should improve in the coming month, and many people live with it no problem.

  3. Comment by mike on 29 August 2007:

    Bogota should not even be on this list..
    That place is happening big city life… beautiful women.
    Dat place is the Shiznit!

  4. Comment by Nadir Khan on 4 September 2007:

    Karachi…should be number 1 not 4th…
    Dang, we can’t even come first in shitiness!!!

  5. Comment by Real Estate Problem on 5 September 2007:

    Excluding Baghdad?

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