The Monocle is a cosmopolitan magazine with short features on just this sort of thing. Their journalists constantly travel around the world and evaluate school

The Monocle is a cosmopolitan magazine with short features on just this sort of thing. Their journalists constantly travel around the world and evaluate schools, public services, transportation etc., publish a yearly top lists of cities etc. They've collected some of their features in books: here's their latest, "How to make a nation": https://monocle.com/film/affairs/monocle-preview-how-to-make-a-nation/ https://monocle.com/film/affairs/monocle-preview-how-to-make...