Acquiring wealth is certainly a crucial attribute on making a city "livable", and it's completely left out here.
Just because ISIS mentions a cities name, does not really mean it makes the city less livable. This article isn't Economist worthy.
Just because ISIS mentions a cities name, does not really mean it makes the city less livable. This article isn't Economist worthy.
Unless your idea of fun is sitting all day behind tall fence, this might be false for a huge number of cities in Eastern Europe and perhaps Africa.
Imagine that there's basically no roads. That every road in the city looks like this: http://izhevsk.ru/forums/icons/forum_pictures/005326/5326795... Imagine a thick cover of mud on said streets also, Deadwood-style.
You can surely buy a huge expensive car but you can't buy roads, and not only that.