Looks like we might need to get the sofa bed ready. #worldsmostliveablecity @TheEIU pic.twitter.com/BeGD8pmHE6

If you were in Melbourne last week, it was hard to miss the news that the city was voted World’s Most Liveable. Again . The title, which is awarded by the Economist, was given to Melbourne for a record seventh time and, unsurprisingly, the city was feeling pretty good about itself. Especially, it would seem, the city’s official Twitter account, @cityofmelbourne, which posted a lighthearted mock-up of a fake text exchange with The Rest of The World asking Melbourne to please stop hogging the title.

In the context of official social-media accounts for large bureaucratic organisations, it’s not a terrible effort. But for any smiles it might have caused, it also gave rise to a few well-made points that for a city yet to deal with a range of legitimate problems, it might be a little unseemly to gloat.

It also triggered a classic piece of Sydney snark.

Within hours of City of Melbourne’s original post, City of Sydney had a few choice words for its southern neighbour. More specifically, a few choice songs.