battles – not the band, though they are well awesome

Melbourne has overtaken Sydney on the list of the world's most livable cities. We even made the top ten by beating Paris. We also beat my favourite city in the world – Berlin.

And one should not be surprised. Sydney sucks.
In fact the only thing Sydney has over Melbourne, is the new Apple store. Have you seen how "brilliant" it may be? That we can be jealous about.

But when it comes to food, clothes, sport, coffee, streets, music, theatre, graffiti and cake, we take it. See what I did there? The cake. We take the cake. Oh yes, I am this hilarious in real life too!


The full Monocle list, if you're playing along at home.
1. Copenhagen
2. Munich
3. Tokyo
4. Zurich
5. Helsinki
6. Vienna
7. Stockholm
8. Vancouver
9. Melbourne
10. Paris
11. Sydney
12. Honolulu
13. Madrid
14. Berlin
15. Barcelona
16. Montreal
17. Fukuoka
18. Amsterdam
19. Minneapolis
20. Kyoto

In other world news, what is it with George W. Bush's farewell tour of Europe?
I wish that everytime I stepped down from a job, I got to go on tour.