Iskandar Malaysia (JB) : Most livable city ranking

Every year a new list is published, but it seems there is little change at the top. 2012 ranking saw Melbourne move to the top spot with the remaining cities in the list stay in the whereabouts they were before in 2011.

It is interesting to see how Johor Bahru ( being the major city in Iskandar Malaysia ) fared against other top cities in the list.

I personally think in order to promote Iskandar Malaysia as the chosen destination for international investors, it needs to be in the list. It does not matter if JB is almost at the bottom of the list on the 1st year, the most important is to have JB climbing up the list from year to year.

It is also important to be able to distinguish JB from other major cities in Malaysia such as KL and Penang.  As someone who has lived and worked in KL , Penang and JB, I personally found JB has it's own characters that are not widely publicized. JB is definitely a calmer city, with lots of space and people are more relaxed compared to other cities in Malaysia. You might disagree with me if you look at causeway crossing area where people are just rushing to be on the other side of the border.  I mean , we have to look at Iskandar Malaysia as the whole region.

All these good traits could be the strength of Iskandar Malaysia and it is sad if these traits disappeared with the development of Iskandar Malaysia.

Hopefully 1 day Iskadar Malaysia ( specifically JB) will find it's way into the "Most livable City Ranking" !!!