Best cities for living abroad

Valencia, Spain

Toronto, Canada

Taipei, Taiwan

Antwerp, Belgium

Sydney, Australia

Santiago, Chile

Vienna, Austria

This article is about 11 cities that were ranked as the "11 Of The Greatest Cities For Living Abroad In 2016" with the help of 3 major recent studies:

• HSBC's annual Expat Explorer survey, which rate countries with the "ease of balancing career and family life"
• Eurostat's Urban Europe report, which rate countries "with quality of life"



Singapore

• InterNations Expat Insider survey, which rate countries on "easy of settling in and making friends"

And the 11 greatest cities were:

1. Valencia, Spain
2. Toronto, Canada
3. Antwerp, Belgium
4. Taipei, Taiwan
5. Sydney, Australia
6. Santiago, Chile
7. Vienna, Austria
8. Singapore
9. Mexico City, Mexico
10. Sofia, Bulgaria
11. Barcelona, Spain

Mexico City, Mexico

I like knowing this type of information because it is the opinion of the residents of these cities, who are glad and confortables living there, even though is not their home countries. So, this ranking means that these 11 cities, which were considered the greatest to live abroad, offers good opportunities, chances and standards for the immigrants if they are planning to move, like:

• Great food
• Glorious beaches 
• Friendly neighbors
• Diverse backgrounds
• Beautiful scenes
• Great jobs
• Cosmopolitan vibes
• Low cost of living 
• Good transportation 
• Good health



Sofia, Bulgaria

• Integration of technology and public services

These 11 facts were the most important in the 11 cities, which I found interesting because the immigrants don't just look for a place to live, but a place where they can be accepted, where they can meet people with diverse background, where they can work and save some money, where they can enjoy eating good food, and more. 

Barcelona, Spain

Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/best-places-to-live-abroad_us_57e05cf5e4b04a1497b631d4

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Accialori, Italy.

This article is about a research that Alan Maisel, a cardiologist and professor of the University of California at San Diego, did in a city in Italy called Accialori.
Once when he went on vacations to that small village and he saw "all these leathernecked, tanned people in their 90s and 100s who looked nine months pregnant and were smoking cigarettes," he was curious about all these people so he started to investigate, and he discovered that the village boasts "300 elders who have reached the age of 100 — and about 20 percent of those centenarians have reached 110."
So Maisel, joined with researchers from UC San Diego and Sapienza University of Rome, they started to figure out why the citizens there live so long. They concluded some facts that are the reason of why they live so long:

• They all eat rosemary, which is planted there, and anchovies 
• The air is unpolluted
• They enjoy a mediterranean weather
• They have a very unstressed life
• They don't use cars, as it is a small village they just walk 

I was very impressed when I read the article. Is so amazing that the simplest people are the ones that can live longer. The citizens don't use cars, meaning that to move from one side of the village to the other they need to walk, so by walking they are constantly exercising, and daily exercise is healthy; they plant their own vegetables and food, so they manage the crops, which is more healthy; also, by the fact that they don't use cars and it is not an industrial city, the air is unpolluted, so they breathe fresh air, which extends their lives because some studies have proved that polluted aire shortens the life. 

I loved discovering this town, I think that what they do is the secret for a long life. We all know that in order to have good health and a good life we have to eat healthy, do exercise, and avoid getting stressed. So what I like about this article is that it is proven that you must accomplish those 3 things to live longer.

Actually we live in a very stressful world, and especially if we live in cities, but for me we should at least try to: eat well, do exercises and avoid stress, even if the last one is more difficult. But even if we are not living in Accialori, trying and making the effort may be a big step to move to a better life.

Article: http://nypost.com/2016/04/12/if-you-want-to-live-forever-move-to-this-italian-town/