This is awesome! Congrats Raleigh!

According to Numbeo.com, Raleigh made the top three cities for the best quality of life in the world for the 3rd year in a row!

Numbeo.com says the quality of life index is “an estimation of overall quality of life by using an empirical formula which takes into account purchasing power index, pollution index, house price to income ratio, cost of living index, safety index, health care index, traffic commute time index and climate index.”

See the top 10 cities below:

1 Canberra, Australia
2 Eindhoven, Netherlands
3 Raleigh, NC
4 Adelaide, Australia
5 Zurich, Switzerland
6 Madison, WI
7 Brisbane, Australia
8 Wellington, New Zealand
9 Columbus, OH
10 Charlotte, NC

Read more via abc11.com.