Melbourne

There have been many cities I've visited in this world; many I loved. There have been only two cities where, almost upon setting foot in them, did I realize they were destinations almost anyone would want to live in for the rest of their life: Vancouver and Melbourne.

From Wikipedia:

Since 1997, Melbourne has maintained significant population and employment growth. There has been substantial international investment in the city's industries and property market. Major inner-city urban renewal has occurred in areas such as Southbank, Port Melbourne, Melbourne Docklands and more recently, South Wharf. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Melbourne sustained the highest population increase and economic growth rate of any Australian capital city in the three years ended June 2004.^[65] These factors have led to population growth and further suburban expansion through the 2000s.

In 2003, Melbourne was named as a UNESCO City of Literature.

From 2006, the growth of the city extended into "green wedges" and beyond the city's Urban growth boundary. Predictions of the city's population reaching 5 million people pushed the state government to review the growth boundary in 2008 as part of its Melbourne @ Five Million strategy.^[66] Melbourne survived the financial crisis of 2007-2010 better than any other Australian city. In 2009, more new jobs were created in Melbourne than any other Australian capital - almost as many as the next two fastest growing cities, Brisbane and Perth, combined.^[67][68] resulting in historically high property prices and widespread rent increases.^[69] and Melbourne's property market remained strong,