{"id":1723,"date":"2021-04-29T21:46:26","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/2021\/04\/blog-valencia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T13:12:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T13:12:35","slug":"blog-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/2021\/04\/blog-valencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Valencia, the best city in the world to live in according to a global survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1619733828429{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Valencia, the best city in the world to live in according to a global survey&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Every year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internations.org\/expat-insider\/2020\/the-best-worst-cities-for-expats-40063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <strong>InterNations<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a> interviews more than 15,000 migrants from around the world to find out the best and worst places to live.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The company recently revealed its latest Ranking of Cities for Emigrants 2020, which <strong>ranks 66 cities around the world<\/strong> by analyzing factors such as work life, urban quality of life and local cost of living. According to InterNations, <strong><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/etiqueta\/valencia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valencia (Spain)<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong> is the best city in the world to live in. In evaluating it, respondents considered <strong>affordable and easily accessible health care<\/strong>, along with abundant leisure options, good weather and low housing costs.<span class=\"s1\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;00px&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1114 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1292952994-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"833\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1292952994-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1292952994-600x403.jpg 600w, https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1292952994-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/GettyImages-1292952994.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Alicante, Malaga and Madrid: 2, 6 and 9 positions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Around the world, Spain has proven to be a dominant country. Of the top ten cities entered in the ranking, <strong>four are Spanish<\/strong>: Valencia (1), Alicante (2), Malaga (6) and <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/etiqueta\/comunidad-de-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madrid (9)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only Barcelona is lower in the ranking<\/strong>, ranking 25 out of 66. &#8220;The results from Spain make it clear that expatriates are enjoying life in Spain,&#8221; said Mal Zeeck, founder of Internations. &#8220;What the five cities have in common are good to excellent results in the <strong>Settlement and Urban Quality of Life<\/strong> Indices, &#8221; Zeeck concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rome, Milan, Paris and Dublin among the 10 worst<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The other extreme, that of the 10 worst cities in the world to live in, is headed by <strong>Salmiya (Kuwait)<\/strong>. Respondents criticized the difficulties of settling in, as well as the language or poor chances of finding work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Four European cities<\/strong> are on this list : <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/etiqueta\/italia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two Italian<\/a> <strong>cities<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/etiqueta\/italia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">, Rome (position 65 of 66) and Milan (position 63 of 66)<\/a>; the French capital, Paris (ranked 61 of 66); and the Irish capital, Dublin (ranked 58 of 66).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All seem to fail on the same thing: <strong>high-priced housing and difficulty finding a job<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"scaip scaip-4 \">\n<aside id=\"newspack-ads-widget-9\" class=\"widget_newspack-ads-widget clearfix\"><\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>San Francisco or Los Angeles in the United States also do not fare well in the rankings. For its part, <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/etiqueta\/nueva-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <strong>New York City has moved up in rank. <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a>If last year it was ranked as the ninth worst city to live in&#8211;position 74 out of 82&#8211;this year it ranked number 34.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the United States as a whole,  <strong>The country also fared better in this year&#8217;s list.  <\/strong>&#8220;If we look at the national context of the expatriate city rankings, the United States ranks 27th out of 58 countries in the Expat Insider 2020 survey, so it is up 20 positions from 47 out of 64 countries in 2019,&#8221; Zeeck stated.<\/p>\n<p>A survey in which Spain is highly regarded but, yes, it was conducted in March 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/seccion\/crisis-del-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n  <strong>before covid-19 entered our lives.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">OF <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/author\/ana-ortega\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ANA ORTEGA <\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"posted-on\"><br \/>\n  <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2021-02-26T11:39:46+01:00\">FEBRUARY 26, 2021 <\/time><br \/>\n  <span class=\"updated-label\">LAST UPDATE <\/span><br \/>\n  <time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2021-05-12T09:29:07+02:00\">MAY 12, 2021<\/time><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bVdpjy924y\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/lifestyle\/89771\/valencia-la-mejor-ciudad-del-mundo-para-vivir-segun-una-encuesta-global\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valencia, la mejor ciudad del mundo para vivir seg\u00fan una encuesta global<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u00abValencia, la mejor ciudad del mundo para vivir seg\u00fan una encuesta global\u00bb \u2014 Forbes Espa\u00f1a\" src=\"https:\/\/forbes.es\/lifestyle\/89771\/valencia-la-mejor-ciudad-del-mundo-para-vivir-segun-una-encuesta-global\/embed\/#?secret=0Z9pZ55jA3#?secret=bVdpjy924y\" data-secret=\"bVdpjy924y\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1619733828429{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Valencia, the best city in the world to live in according to a global survey&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;15px&#8221;][vc_column_text]Every year, InterNations interviews more than 15,000 migrants from around the world to find out the best and worst places to live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine-en","category-people-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2258,"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions\/2258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/easydocspain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}