What makes a happy city? Some indexes look at stuff like environment, economy and health – all very important. But then there are the little things: a sense of community in your neighbourhood , for example, or a city’s green space and nature , art and culture and even its beauty .

At Time Out, we take the pulse of city living by going straight to the people that matter most: the locals. Over 18,000 urbanites took part in our annual city survey this year, used to create our definitive ranking of the world’s best cities . We asked about culture, nightlife , food , walkability , affordability and quality of life, among other things. And we also asked, specifically, about happiness.

Our happiness metric was based on the percentage of positive responses to fi

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