Lebanon, you can do better than 175.

Beirut ranks 175th globally for quality of living

From The Daily Star

The annual survey on the quality of living in 215 cities around the world ranked Beirut as the 175th most desirable city for overall living standards and 16th among 21 cities surveyed in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2009, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. 

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