Karen tells me that some consulting firm in Wisconsin calculated rankings of Canadian cities for professionals under 40. Along with a Creative Class-like Index, they used the following fuzzy measures:

• weighted cost of living
• night life (I think they just counted bars per capita)
• transportation including walkability, public transit and commute times
• health and environmental quality
• earning potential
• education and public information

Surprising to me, Victoria came out #1! Infuriatingly, the point of the ranking was to advertise consulting services, so the full results and methodology are secret.