The “City Brand Ranking: Livable Cities 2021,” a survey asking 20,000 working-age people across Japan about how comfortable their city is to live in, has been released.
The City Brand Ranking 2021 evaluates the “livability” of municipalities based on responses from 20,000 working-age people about the places where they actually live.
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Nishinomiya ranked 8th nationwide～!! 8th in all of Japan is amazing.
*Quoted from 新・公民連携最前線
It tied for 8th place with Urayasu City in Chiba Prefecture♪
With 8 of the top 10 municipalities located in the Kanto region, isn’t it incredible that Nishinomiya made it to 8th place～!!
Nishinomiya really is the best!!!
*Quoted from jiji.com
In the top 30, Itami City ranked 13th and Kobe City ranked 29th.
The evaluation covered 39 items across 8 categories: “Safety and Security,” “Comfortable Living,” “Daily Convenience,” “Living Infrastructure,” “Medical Care and Nursing Care,” “Child-rearing,” “Municipal Administration,” and “City Vitality.”
Comparing the ratings for first-place Chiyoda Ward and Nishinomiya City…
Nishinomiya scored higher than Chiyoda Ward in two categories: “City Vitality” and “Comfortable Living” 😀
The items that received especially high ratings nationwide are below↓↓
| Category | Evaluation Item | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Care and Nursing Care | Many pediatric and obstetrics/gynecology clinics | 10 |
| Child-rearing | Well-equipped educational institutions | 6 |
| Active sports and cultural activities for children | 8 | |
| Municipal Administration | Good image of the city as seen from outside the city | 5 |
| City Vitality | Residents have a high level of awareness toward local governance | 6 |
| Residents feel attached to the city | 5 |
See details here
新・公民連携最前線 City Brand Ranking 2021
In Closing
Apparently, Nishinomiya ranked 5th nationwide for the item “Residents feel attached to the city”～
Nishinomiya residents really do “love Nishinomiya,” don’t they～😀
