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Re:What San Francisco Says About America by holri on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:53AM (#12531445)
Vienna is often rated as having the best quality of live in the world:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Quality_of_Living_Surve...

The social (housing) politics for over 80 years now is a big factor for that outcome.

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Re:What San Francisco Says About America by jomamaxx on Monday September 19, 2016 @04:18PM (#12534344)
I'm aware of that. It's a great place.

Housing affordability is only one part of the equation.

Also - what makes a place a 'great place to live' is highly subjective. It depends on what you want to measure.

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Re:What San Francisco Says About America by holri on Monday September 19, 2016 @11:44PM (#12536884)
Housing is the root of quality of live.

Not only housing afford ability is important but also quality of housing. Social housings in Vienna come sometimes with pools on the flat roof or saunas. They built Gemeindebauten [1] (social housings) in posh areas. They made exceptional architecture for the people. (for example Hundertwasserhaus) [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeindebau [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundertwasserhaus

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