Quality of Life

Tamsin McMahon explains the OECD’s ‘Better Life Index’

All three metropolises made the top five on the Economist’s list of livable cities worldwide.

British Columbia: Nearly half (49 per cent) of the province’s drivers think their fellow road warriors are ruder behind the wheel today than they were five years ago. The most common complaint—something 82 per cent of those surveyed have experienced in the last three months—was a fellow driver’s late signal, or no signal at all. Seventy-three per cent have been tailgated. And yet, when asked to rate their own performance on the road, 82 per cent of those surveyed gave themselves an A or B.

Two studies suggest contrasting experiences