Monday, November 18, 2013

Most competitive cities

Here is yet another ranking of global cities.  There are 120 cities on the list.  These are the top 50.  The number is their score, out of 100. American cities are in bold.
  1. New York 75.7 
  2. London 73.1  
  3. Singapore 71.2 
  4. Hong Kong 68.1 
  5. Tokyo 68.0 
  6. Sydney 67.3 
  7. Paris 67.0 
  8. Stockholm 65.7 
  9. Chicago 65.6 
  10. Toronto 64.7  
  11. Taipei 64.1 
  12. Zurich 64.1 
  13. Amsterdam 63.8  
  14. Washington 63.2 
  15. Copenhagen 63.0 
  16. Seoul 63.0 
  17. Los Angeles 62.7 
  18. San Francisco 62.5 
  19. Boston 62.3 
  20. Frankfurt 62.0 
  21. Melbourne 62.0 
  22. Dublin 61.4 
  23. Dubai 61.3 
  24. Doha 61.1 
  25. Brussels 61.0 
  26. Oslo 60.8
  27. Houston 60.7 
  28. Vancouver 60.6 
  29. Vienna 60.4 
  30. Geneva 59.4 
  31. Kuala Lumpur 58.9 
  32. Dallas 58.6 
  33. Atlanta 58.1 
  34. Berlin 57.7 
  35. Seattle 57.6 
  36. Montréal 57.5 
  37. São Paulo 57.5 
  38. Shanghai 57.3 
  39. Abu Dhabi 57.2 
  40. Miami 56.5 
  41. Tel Aviv 56.1  
  42. Auckland 56.0 
  43. Birmingham 55.8 
  44. Incheon 55.8 
  45. Warsaw 55.8 
  46. Hamburg 55.7
  47. Madrid 55.7 
  48. Philadelphia 55.0 
  49. Beijing 54.9 
  50. Osaka 54.5 
Source: http://www.citigroup.com/citi/citiforcities/pdfs/hotspots2025.pdf

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Update 11/24.  Wow, that's a pretty good list.  It shows where the action is.  But I want to analyze it a little.  First, to take it up to 60, just because.

51. Busan 54.3
52. Mumbai 54.3
53  Budapest 54.0
54  Prague 53.9
55  Barcelona 53.6
56. Delhi 53.3
57. Lisbon 53.1
58. Milan 53.0
59. Moscow 52.5
60. Monaco 52.1
60. (tie) Santiago 52.1

Now, compare it to my last top 60 list.

What cities do I have that this list is missing?
Bangkok (I ranked as #13)
Guangzhou/Foshan (I ranked as #15)
Shenzhen (I ranked as #21).

What cities do they have that I am missing?
Stockholm (they have as #8)
Taipei (#11)
Zurich (#12)
Amsterdam (#13)
Copenhagen (#15)

I'll stop right here.  I can kind of understand skipping Bangkok, but how can you miss Guangzhou and Shenzhen?  And Stockholm as number 8?  Seriously?  I think my list is better.

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