Top 25 Cities, version 12

1. London (9)
2. New York (1)
3. Tokyo (4)
4. Hong Kong/Shenzhen (19)
5. Washington/Baltimore (2)
6. Shanghai (3)
7. Paris (7)
8. Bonn/Cologne/Dusseldorf/Dortmund/Essen (6).  Ranked high because it has the prestige of being the largest metropolitan area in the largest economy in the Eurozone.
9. Chicago (5)
10. Los Angeles (8)
11. Beijing/Tianjin (14)
12. Sydney (10)
13. Sao Paulo (12)
14. Zurich (13)
15. Boston (11)
16. San Francisco (20)
17. Toronto (16)
18. Seoul (28)
19. Moscow (21)
20. Osaka (17)
21. Mumbai (18)
22. Singapore (30)
23. Frankfurt (23)
24. Mexico City (27)
25. Istanbul (34)