Quality of data, Stu
Nothing like starting the new year off to find that the region you live in doesn't even figure into the latest Halifax Quality of Life Survery of the top 50 districts to live in [PDF link].
The top 50 is almost exclusively made up of affluent areas in the South East. Halifax take 17 broad indicators for every local authority district, rank them - and then produce (to much fanfare) their league table. It must be some almight spreadsheet - but I can't find any raw data. There is a mention (as in every press release over the years) of:
See separate technical note for more information on methodology of index and data sources.
.. but that only seems to be documented for the Halifaz House Price Index. So I've asked....
In the meantime, Stewart Lee offers some alternative measures for Quality of Life:
