![]() While law and order has dominated headlines and political debate in Melbourne, Mr Baptist said the city's security ranking had not changed. "We're a competitive bunch and I know that we're all going to be working hard to make our way back up to number one in the future," she said. Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp said even though Melbourne lost the top spot, the city had its best score in eight years. Melbourne extended its lead in the culture and environment component, but that was outweighed by Vienna's improved stability ranking. Vienna and Melbourne scored maximum points in the healthcare, education and infrastructure categories. The cities are ranked across five categories - infrastructure, stability, education, healthcare and culture and environment. It is the first time it has topped the EIU's survey, which began in 2004. Vienna regularly tops a larger ranking of cities by quality of life compiled by consulting firm Mercer. Sydney was the second-highest Australian city, ranking fifth. "Because crime is weighted more highly in the survey… that is what allowed Vienna to tick over Melbourne." "Melbourne's score, already very high, improved a little bit in the availability of modern music and … Vienna's score improved because its crime rate fell. But Vienna's improvement was a bit more than Melbourne's so it just sneaked over the top to become number one," The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Simon Baptist told ABC Radio Melbourne. ![]() "Both cities saw an improvement in their score this year. Melbourne has clinched the title for the past seven editions but a downgraded threat of militant attacks in western Europe, as well as the Austrian capital's low crime rate, helped nudge Vienna into first place. Vienna scored 99.1 and Melbourne scored 98.4. The two cities have been neck-and-neck in the annual survey of 140 urban centres for years, and are separated by less than a point. Vienna has dislodged the Victorian capital as the most pleasant city to live in. ![]()
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