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Vancouver no longer most liveable city in world, thanks to distant road closure
After sitting on the top of The Economist's list of most liveable cities for nearly a decade, Vancouver has been bumped off its perch, landing in third with a sneer.
The venerable British magazine blamed a "small adjustment" in the city's transport infrastructure for the slippage of less than a percentage point, placing it behind Melbourne and Vienna.

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Vancouver lost points this year based on its transportation infrastructure, but there's one problem. The highway with the cited problems isn't in the West Coast city – it's on Vancouver Island.

The Malahat Highway north of Victoria was closed for almost a day – 22 hours – in April after a fuel tanker truck crash. That accident, which happened about 60 kilometres away from the city and a ferry ride away, resulted in a 0.7 percentage point drop in the city's overall livability rating.

"The adjustment is minuscule and should not be considered significant in the context of the overall score, but it was sufficient to drop Vancouver to third position behind Melbourne and Vienna," the survey said.

The Economist says the Stanley Cup Riot in June came too late to hurt the city's scores, but suggested the mayhem and violence could hurt future rankings.