{"id":24833,"date":"2019-09-04T13:03:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T21:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=24833"},"modified":"2019-09-04T13:03:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T21:03:43","slug":"this-just-in-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/this-just-in-9\/","title":{"rendered":"This just in &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Osaka<\/strong> and <strong>Tokyo<\/strong> are the world&#8217;s fourth- and seventh-most livable cities according to the <strong>Economist Intelligence Unit<\/strong>. (Tops is <strong>Vienna<\/strong>.) This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-09-03\/these-are-the-world-s-most-liveable-cities-in-2019\" class=\"broken_link\">is great news<\/a> for casino companies like <strong>Las Vegas Sands<\/strong> and <strong>MGM Resorts International<\/strong> that want to set up business in <strong>Japan<\/strong> and, specifically, in those cities.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Japan-flag-300x211.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Japan-flag-300x211.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Japan-flag-150x105.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Japan-flag.gif 497w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u201cThe upsides of these cities tend to be fully realized. You get a good collection of cultural activities, you get good access to healthcare and education.\u00a0But you don\u2019t get a lot of downsides that tend to come with big cities, things like traffic congestion, crime problems and general wear and tear,\u201d explained <!--more--><strong>Duncan Innes-Ker<\/strong>, EIU regional director for <strong>Asia<\/strong>. Casino-friendly <strong>Singapore<\/strong> checked in at number 38 and coveted market <strong>New York City<\/strong> notched a 58th-place ranking. No U.S. city cracked the top ten, although <strong>Canada<\/strong> did thrice. And the worst city? For the seventh time running, <strong>Damascus<\/strong> won the race to the bottom, in a convincing championship. As for casino companies looking to expand into Japan, they can honestly say they&#8217;re moving up in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Osaka and Tokyo are the world&#8217;s fourth- and seventh-most livable cities according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. (Tops is Vienna.) This is great news for casino companies like Las Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts International that want to set up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/this-just-in-9\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[266,14,22,171,241,245,101,108],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24833"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24834,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24833\/revisions\/24834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}