I live in Sydney & for a city of over 4.6 million people, most residents would consider it a great place to live, with great entertainment & night life, good public transport, low unemployment, good schools & recreation facilities. That being said we also have a housing rental shortage that keeps rents high, some pollution problems, seriously bad crime statistics and horrendous traffic conjestion in many parts of the city. Australia is one of the most urbanized countries in the world and like Canada most of our population lives in a narrow 100km band (in our case from the coast). Most parts of the world are livable if you find your urban village. If you are not in a village the lifestyle is crap, if you are in the village, life is great.