Monday, December 30, 2013

100 Best Cities in the World

This list combines quality of life rankings (from Mercer) with GDP/Population.  The result is a city that has a very nice atmosphere and also provides a nice standard of living.  So bigger is better (more opportunity), but with too big a city you get smog and traffic and pay higher rent.  This attempts to show the optimum balance.  A lower score is better here.  These are in caps because one of my sources was in caps and it is too much work to modify.

To show an example of how this works, Vienna is ranked #1 for quality of life, but #81 in power, for a point score of 82. Tokyo is ranked #66 for quality of life, but #1 in power, for a total of 67.

There is a bias in favor of European cities (especially Germany) and against China, but that is what the survey results show. US cities are in bold.

1 DÜSSELDORF (Rhine-Ruhr) GERMANY 33
2 SYDNEY AUSTRALIA 36
3 PARIS FRANCE 38
4 TORONTO CANADA 39
5 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 42
6 AMSTERDAM/ROTTERDAM (Randstad) NETHERLANDS 53
7 MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 54
8 LONDON UK 55
9 SAN FRANCISCO/ OAKLAND/SAN JOSE, CA US 58
10 NEW YORK CITY, NY US 60
11 CHICAGO, IL US 63
12 FRANKFURT GERMANY 67
13 TOKYO/YOKOHAMA JAPAN 67
14 BOSTON, MA US 68
15 WASHINGTON, DC US 73
16 OSAKA/KOBE/KYOTO JAPAN 76
17 BERLIN GERMANY 77
18 MONTREAL CANADA 79
19 VIENNA AUSTRIA 82
20 MILAN ITALY 95
21 LOS ANGELES, CAUS 95
22 HAMBURG GERMANY 104
23 BARCELONA SPAIN 105
24 MADRID SPAIN 109
25 PHILADELPHIA, PA US 109
26 BRUSSELS BELGIUM 110
27 VANCOUVER CANADA 112
28 DALLAS, TX US 112
29 HOUSTON, TX US 113
30 STOCKHOLM SWEDEN 118
31 SEATTLE, WA US 124
32 NAGOYA JAPAN 125
33 COPENHAGEN DENMARK 126
34 HONG KONG HONG KONG 127
35 MIAMI, FL US 131
36 SEOUL/INCHEON SOUTH KOREA 133
37 LISBON PORTUGAL 136
38 ATLANTA, GA US 136
39 MUNICH GERMANY 137
40 SAN DIEGO, CA US 142
41 ROME ITALY 142
42 MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, MN US 154
43 BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 155
44 DENVER, CO US 155
45 FUKUOKA JAPAN 155
46 BIRMINGHAM UK 161
47 BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA 162
48 NAPLES ITALY 164
49 PERTH AUSTRALIA 169
50 PORTLAND, OR US 185
51 DUBAI/SHARJAH UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 186
52 SHANGHAI CHINA 186
53 TAIPEI TAIWAN 187
54 PHOENIX/SCOTTSDALE, AZ US 188
55 DUBLIN IRELAND 190
56 MANCHESTER UK 196
57 KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA 198
58 DETROIT, MI US 202
59 BEIJING CHINA 209
60 ZURICH SWITZERLAND 211
61 PITTSBURGH, PA US 213
62 BUSAN SOUTH KOREA 213
63 OSLO NORWAY 215
64 SAO PAULO  BRAZIL 216
65 BALTIMORE, MD US 219
66 SANTIAGO CHILE 221
67 ST. LOUIS, MO US 222
68 TAMPA, FL US 222
69 LEEDS/BRADFORD (WEST YORKSHIRE) UK 223
70 ATHENS GREECE 223
71 HANGZHOU CHINA 225
72 GUANGZHOU/FOSHAN CHINA 226
73 AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND 228
74 SAPPORO JAPAN 228
75 MEXICO CITY MEXICO 232
76 ISTANBUL TURKEY 233
77 BANGKOK THAILAND 235
78 KANSAS CITY, MO US 238
79 RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL 239
80 TEL AVIV ISRAEL 245
81 STUTTGART GERMANY 246
82 AUSTIN, TX US 247
83 JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA 249
84 BUDAPEST HUNGARY 258
85 CALGARY CANADA 259
86 CINCINNATI, OH US 260
87 LYON FRANCE 261
88 LAS VEGAS, NV US 262
89 SHENZHEN CHINA 264
90 MONTERREY MEXICO 265
91 KUWAIT CITY KUWAIT 265
92 ABU DHABI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 266
93 WARSAW POLAND 266
94 CLEVELAND, OH US 267
95 BELO HORIZONTE BRAZIL 268
96 SAN ANTONIO, TX US 269
97 CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA 269
98 TIANJIN CHINA 272
99 ORLANDO, FL US 273
100 HELSINKI FINLAND 276

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