Paul Kedrosky's blog tallies two lists of the world's most livable cities, and guess which nation doesn't make it? Mainland U.S., to be fair, since Honolulu is number 11 on the Monocle list. Portland and Minneapolis made the top 25 last year, but both were booted off the Monocle list this year.

Canada does well, placing four cities on the lists, with Vancouver topping the Economist's list, which also has Toronto (fourth) and Calgary (tied for fifth). Calgary?

The Monocle list: Zurich, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Munich, Helsinki, Stockholm, Vienna, Paris, Melbourne, Berlin, Honolulu, Madrid, Sydney, Vancouver (14th, down from 8th last year), Barcelona, Fukuoka, Oslo, Singapore, Montreal, Aukland, Amsterdam, Kyoto, Hamburg, Geneva, and Lisbon.

The Economist list: Vancouver, Vienna, Melbourne, Toronto, Perth, Calgary, Helsinki, Geneva, Sydney, and Zurich.

How this will factor in the current Seattle mayor's race could not be determined at this time.