Madrid moves faster than New York, Bern slowest European capital
An old piece of news, but still interesting: researchers measured the ‘pace of life’ in 32 cities around the globe, and concluded that the pace of life is now 10% faster than in the early 1990s; the biggest increases where in China’s Guangzhou and in Singapore.
Here is the list of the cities analyzed, from fastest to slowest:
Average time taken (in secs) to walk 60ft (note ed. 18 meters)
- Singapore (Singapore); 10.55
- Copenhagen (Denmark); 10.82
- Madrid (Spain); 10.89
- Guangzhou (China): 10.94
- Dublin (Ireland); 11.03
- Curitiba (Brazil); 11.13
- Berlin (Germany); 11.16
- New York (United States of America); 12.00
- Utrecht (Netherlands); 12.04
- Vienna (Austria); 12.06
- Warsaw (Poland); 12.07
- London (United Kingdom); 12.17
- Zagreb (Croatia); 12.20
- Prague (Czech Republic); 12.35
- Wellington (New Zealand); 12.62
- Paris (France); 12.65
- Stockholm (Sweden); 12.75
- Ljubljana (Slovenia); 12.76
- Tokyo (Japan); 12.83
- Ottawa (Canada); 13.72
- Harare (Zimbabwe); 13.92
- Sofia (Bulgaria); 13.96
- Taipei (Taiwan): 14.00
- Cairo (Egypt); 14.18
- Sana’a (Yemen); 14.29
- Bucharest (Romania); 14.36
- Dubai (United Arab Emirates); 14.64
- Damascus (Syria); 14.94
- Amman (Jordan); 15.95
- Bern (Switzerland); 17.37
- Manama (Bahrain); 17.69
- Blantyre (Malawi); 31.60
(tip of the hat to Martin Landers, who brought this to my attention)
December 3, 2008 Filed under: clippings
