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Best places to live 2010

Vancouver, BC

Current Rank: 29 | 2010 Rank: 29
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Prosperity
Household income ($): 84,052 Houshold discretionary (%): 27.98
New cars (%): 14.54 Unemployment rate (%): 8.10
Population 2001 : 545,671 Population (% change '01-'06): 5.93
Population 2006 : 578,041    
Provincial income tax: 2 Provincial sales tax: 5
Housing
Average household price ($): 795,900 Time to buy (in years): 9.47
Lifestyle
Walk/bike to work (%): 15.92 College: Y
University: Y Culture: 6
Transit: 5    
Crime
Crime severity: 134.00 Violent crime rate: 1645
Total crime rate: 8955    
Health
No. of doctors (per 1,000): 2.33 Health professionals (% of pop.): 6.00
Hospital: Y    
Weather
Precipitation days: 170.40 Precipitation (ml/year): 1.00
Days below 0C: 35.40 Ozone (parts per billion): 13
Particulate matter (micrograms/cubic metre):
 6