A research and analytics website says Columbus, Ohio is the fifth-best city in the entire world for quality of life.
According to data released by numbeo-dot-com, Columbus has the fifth-highest quality of life index behind Canberra, Australia, Raleigh, North Carolina, Adelaide, Australia, and Wellington, New Zealand.
Numbeo bases its rankings on several factors, including purchasing power, safety, health care, property prices, pollution, traffic, and climate.
Along with Raleigh and Columbus, other U.S. cities to make the top 15 were Madison, Wisconsin, Charlotte, North Carolina, Austin, Texas, and San Diego.