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[–] waigl@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I do not trust any "livability" statistic that lists Frankfurt as the most livable city in Germany.

Also, the chart does not give its selection criteria. Medium sized cities to cities on the smaller side are completely missing. I get not including towns, that would overwhelm the graph.

Then again, what even is a city, what sets it apart from a town? Different regions in Europe have vastly different definitions of that, with the UK's definition being particularly notable for how useless it is.

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It has Paris in there, lmao.

If someone forced me at gunpoint to live in Paris, I'd wrestle the gun off of them and then shoot myself.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Some of the others high up on that list are equally absurd. OK, Zürich and Geneva are maybe nice if you are a millionaire, but for everyone else they are absolutely unaffordable.

[–] merari42@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Perhaps the liveability index gives extra points for:

  1. An open drug scene full of crackheads at the main rail station
  2. A lot of Gangsta rappers from the city
  3. Being a hub of financial crime

So Frankfurt scored well on those

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This has got to be one of the worst designed charts I've seen

[–] cron@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

Why make it circular? Are normal bar charts not good enough?

[–] Salty@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

How is Frankfurt ending up so high on that list?!

[–] VitaminF@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

How is Berlin (see ach_berlin.txt) higher than Munich?

[–] elvith@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Which Frankfurt?

  • Frankfurt am Main
  • Frankfurt (Oder)
  • Stadt Frankfurt (Sachsen Anhalt)
  • Ježkov (german name Frankfurt)
  • Kap Frankfurt (Russia)
[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Why would they include Frankfurt an der Oder but not Frankfurt am Main? I'm pretty sure they mean the latter and this graph is nonsense...

[–] Hubi@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago

Pretty insane that Moscow and St. Petersburg only rank a little higher than a the Ukrainian capital that is suffering from drone attacks and power outages on the regular.

[–] Lauchmelder@feddit.org 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And all other European cities are less liveable than Kyiv? I find that hard to believe

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Some would make the bold claim that a hot war doesn't make for a very good local vibe..