The annual survey on the quality of living in 221 cities around the world by global consultants Mercer Human Resource Consulting ranked Beirut as the 170th most desirable city for overall living standards and 16th among 25 cities surveyed in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2011, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. Source
Pretty normal if up till now in 2011 we still have to worry about the basics like water and electricity.
According to the report also, European cities dominated the ranking with Vienna in the first place, while Baghdad (221) was the lowest ranking city in the world. And among the Arab country, Dubai (74) had the highest ranking.