D.C. is the 14th best city in the world to live in, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. It also leads all U.S. competitors.

Our sister bloggers over at Shanghaist have a fun post up about The Economist Intelligence Unit’s new EIU Worldwide Cost of Living for 2007. No doubt familiar to HR managers throughout D.C., the WCOL is gathered thusly: The survey gathers detailed information on the cost of more than 160 items–from food, toiletries and clothing to domestic help, transport and utility bills–in every city. More than 50,000 individual prices are collected in each survey round and…