Staples: You live in one of the world’s best cities

EDMONTON – Rejoice, for I bring you tidings of great joy: You live in one of the world’s best cities.

Sure, it’s cold enough outside to freeze off your earlobes. But if you go by Edmonton’s cost of living, its crime, consumer price index, pollution, its wages versus housing prices, and the quality of local health care, as does the Numbeo.com international survey of cities, you will find that Edmonton ranks as the best city in Canada, and the third best city in the world, behind only Berlin and Zurich.

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