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"""The availability of world-class cultural assets is crucial to liveability.""" I take issue with the word crucial. Like others I do not think the list is goi
by deskamess 12y ago
"""The availability of world-class cultural assets is crucial to liveability."""
I take issue with the word crucial. Like others I do not think the list is going to sync with everyone's needs. Did anyone else manage to find the weighting for each of these factors/variables? It would be nice if we could add our own weighting and see which city comes out on top. I am looking at Vancouver these days and sad to see it not included.
- carlob 12y agoYeah I think that using just UNESCO sites as a metric is a bit flawed. I mean on a scale from 1 to 5 (from good to bad) Rome gets 1, Paris 3 and New York City 4. I live in Rome and I love it, but I wouldn't say that even if we have a bunch of UNESCO sites, the cultural assets of the city are that much better than Paris or NYC.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoI think they ought to divide cultural assets into what I would loosely call "Heritage" and "Modern culture". On the Heritage scale, Rome is an undisputed [global?] leader. On Modern Culture scale, Paris is perhaps ahead (I've not been to NYC but imagint it's the leader here). These scales' appeal varies for different people. UPD: UNESCO sites headcount is a deeply flawed metric anyway. I've heard that South Korea has more UNESCO sites than India, which proves it is 1% history, 99% lobbying.