I've lived in Vienna for three years and the 'recipe' for the quality of life there is much more tangible than this article suggests. It's about the reasonable

I've lived in Vienna for three years and the 'recipe' for the quality of life there is much more tangible than this article suggests. It's about the reasonable working hours (thanks to labor laws), low levels of crime (thanks to the social safety net), reasonable rent (thanks to public housing and renter-friendly laws), levels of education, well-maintained public parks and the excellent public transportation system. One can suggest that these things exist everywhere in Europe but the truth is that most of these things are done better in Vienna than in other European cities. The Austrians are very proud of their culture and rightly so, they are also smart about how to build the system that can support this good lifestyle.