Livable = Boring?

This caught my eye a while back but I never got around to posting it, but after a long weekend of enjoying Berlin I’m back to thinking about it:

mid-sized cities in developed countries with relatively low population densities tend to score well by having all the cultural and infrastructural benefits on offer with fewer problems related to crime or congestion

I always see cities that seemed nice enough, but weren’t that exciting, scoring high in these lists. Here they capture why - when you take away all the parts of city living that get on your nerves, you take away most of what excites you at the same time.

Maybe I’m weird but the only measure of “livability” is whether I would actually want to live there, and for most of these places the answer is no. 

Why Do Australia and Canada Have the Most Livable Cities? - GOOD