Where is the best place to live?

A Quality of life Comparison.

What makes cities good places to live?

Environment-Sustainability
-Clean
-Safety
-Air
Food
-Food Choice
- Fresh
-Cuisine
Economic
- Cost-Housing/transport
- Shopping
-Jobs-employment/unemployment

1. Choose 2 major world cities -one may be Hong Kong.

2. Research different aspects of the quality of life for 2 cities- these could relate to

economic, social and environmental indicators.

Try to focus on at least 3 or 4 for each category
record the websites you used- are they reliable sources- do they enable you to compare
accurately? think about what types of
3. Use a table like this one to compare Q of L your cities.
Factor

City 1-Hong Kong

City 2- Sydney

justification/

evidence
Air Quality

10

Because the air

pollution level is
usually between 0-50
in Sydney and Hong
Kong usually lies
between 100-200.

Population

10

Sydney has 2058

people/kmvs Hong
Kong has 6480
people/km . The
current population in
Hong Kong is
7,264,100 and
Sydneys current
population is only
4,840,000. Hong
Kongs population is
nearly twice the
amount of Sydneys
population! Sydney
also has a total area
of 12,145 km but
Hong Kong only has
an area of 1,104 km.
Sydney has an area
that is about 10 times
the size of Hong
Kong!!!

Cost

You would need

around 7,348.08A$
(40,624.62HK$) in
Sydney to maintain
the same standard of
life that you can have
with 46,000.00HK$ in
Hong Kong (assuming
you rent in both
cities). This calculation
uses our Consumer
Prices Including Rent
Index. This

comparison assumes
net earnings (after
income tax).
http://www.numbeo.co
m/cost-ofliving/compare_cities.j
sp?
country1=Hong+Kong
&city1=Hong+Kong&c
ountry2=Australia&city
2=Sydney
Leisure

http://www.lcsd.gov.hk
/en/index.html
Affordability

The median home price

in Hong Kong was 17
times its median pretax
household income, the
highest recorded in the
11 years of the survey,
and compared with 12.6
times a year earlier,
according to
consultancy
Demographia. Homes in
Sydney, the most
unaffordable market
after Hong Kong and
Vancouver, were 9.8
times incomes,
compared with 9.2 times
earlier.

Education

Hong Kong is 4th in

the world while
Australia is 15th.

Internet
Connection

Hong Kongs average

internet speed is 16.3
mbps and Australias
average internet

speed is only 8 mbps.

Safety

www.h
k.localiiz.com

Transportation

Hong Kong is more

convenient as we
have frequent
transport and it arrives
pretty fast. Unlike
Hong Kong, intervals
between Sydney
transports take much
longer as it has to
travel a longer
distance. It isnt as
convenient as you
would have to check
the time of that
transport and if you
miss it, you would
have to wait for a long
time for the next one.

Hard Working

10

On average, Hong
Kong people work
around 70 hours per

week compared to
sydney the average
amount of hours
worked is only about
38 hours a week.
Thats about twice the
amount of hours than
Sydney people in a
week.
TOTAL
SCORE=

65

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4 Rank the cities in terms of the different criteria and give justification for each of your
answers- refer to specific data that you have used
5 Report back to the class about your decision.