Toderian put the two cities head to head and here's how they compared:Culture and art in the downtown and inner city: Melbourne wins. Downtown housing: Vancouver wins. "The idea that we put a lot of people right downtown, Vancouver wins by far. Family housing, housing that may be expensive but it can physically fit families, and we have 7,000 kids in our Downtown, [Melbourne] is very jealous of that." To hear the full interview with Brent Toderian listen to audio labelled Melbourne vs. Vancouver: city-making columnist puts urban centres head to head for livability

Source: CBC News April 20, 2017 20:01 UTC