Trieste recently ranked top Italian city with the finest quality of life

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Trieste recently ranked top Italian city with the finest quality of life

Trieste, capital of Friuli Venezia Giulia, is at the top of the list 
drawn up by Il Sole 24 Ore in its annual survey of the health of Italian 
cities.
Sole 24 ORE's liveability ranking - issued last December after having 
surveyed a total of 107 Italian cities - classified Trieste, Belluno and 
Sondrio in the first three places, followed by Macerata, Trento, Aosta, 
Grosseto, Bolzano, Siena and lastly, Piacenza and Rimini with the same 
ratings. The first three cities are situated in North Italy and have 
less than 300.000 inhabitants each.
Trieste earned 641 points and rose from 6th place in 2008 to 1st in 
2009. In second place was Belluno, which was also second in 2008, 
followed in third place by Sondrio, which gained two positions with 
respect to 2008, when it was 5th.  In 2005 Trieste held the same record 
and in 2009, it has once again revealed its potentials and appeal.

The liveability concept accounted for regards a series of economic and 
social indicators which confront the development of the territories 
examined.  Thus it includes assets, work power, relationships between 
the citizens and public administration, environment, demography, 
culture, outdoor activities, sports, else. The top cities are usually 
those that do not have the highest gross national product (GNP), but 
that are worthy of note for the quality of life.
The results also reveal that the quality of life in Southern Italy is 
not as good as in the North as the cities ranking from 79 to 107 are in 
the South. Agrigento, in Sicily, is in the last place, while Milan is 
19th and Rome 24th.

In Trieste and Milan each person has an average amount of bank deposits 
amounting to 30.000 euro / person. In fact, there are more banks in 
Trieste than groceries!

Achieving liveability results in increased vitality, diversity, social 
inclusion as well as healthier and more active populations. It brings 
economic success, visitor interest and last but not least: beautiful 
cities and  suburbs.

Trieste is not only the top city for quality of life, but also for 
longevity. In fact, it is the place with the highest number of persons 
over 100 years of age, probably in connection with the quality of life 
based on its beautiful location, environment and nature where one can 
easily move around, attend scholastic, artistic, cultural and 
intellectual activities, enjoy walks in the woods, hiking, running, 
swimming, cycling, wind-surfing, canooing, fitness in a well-planned and 
attractive city that has so much to offer to its inhabitants.


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