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Sydney is a great place to live in. And as the survey of 630 Sydneysiders have shown that it is a pleasant place to live in. Out of 8500 respondents to the survey taking place in Alexandria (Egypt), Beijing, Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Lyon (France), Mexico City, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Sydney, Prague and Tokyo. But Sydney does have it's flaws. One major flaw is the public transport system. It's "okay" to go from anywhere in Sydney to the Sydney CBD. If you're travelling from the fringes of metropolitan Sydney it will take you anywhere from 1 hour to 2 hours to travel in. The problem is if you want to travel from north-west to south-west and other combinations as there are no direct routes. The only concession to this was the recent completion of the Sydney orbital road which connects a handful of motorways and freeways together in a circular route around Sydney. Other problems include the class divide: rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer... and minor racial tensions and divide.

SYDNEY is one of the world's greatest cities, with residents finding it a "pleasant, clean and charming" place to live, survey results show.

A global survey of urban lifestyle trends in 14 cities interviewed 8500 people, 630 of whom live in Sydney.

Results show the harbour city is among the top three of the world's "easy to live" cities, praised for low levels of population density and closeness to nature, with residents reporting they are optimistic and not very stressed.

The Veolia Observatory of Urban Lifestyles examined the relationship between city dwellers and the places where they live, questioning residents from Alexandria (Egypt), Beijing, Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Lyon (France), Mexico City, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Sydney, Prague and Tokyo.

Chicago and Los Angeles were also called "easy to live" cities.

"The research found that Sydney is a pleasant city to live in," Veolia Environment said.

"Sydneysiders claim to be satisfied with their living conditions, housing and area. In particular, they appreciate the cultural and leisure activities the city offers, the diversity of the people, and have an above-average opinion of the city's safety and cleanness."

Survey respondents, who lived in Sydney and were aged 15 to 70, associated Sydney with the word "happiness". -AAP

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