And who could disagree? Mega-consultant Mercer has ranked Vienna as the best place on earth to live. See this recent piece in The Economist, which begins:
Vienna is the best place in the world to live, according to the latest annual survey of living standards compiled by Mercer, a consultancy. With three German and three Swiss cities, the top ten has a very European feel, something Mercer’s Slagin Parakatil attributes to the fact that European cities “enjoy advanced and modern city infrastructures combined with high-class medical, recreational and leisure facilities.”
Gustave Mahler at the Vienna Court Opera, 1903.