Ranked: Worlds Best Cities

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https://www.worldsbestcities.com/ran...s-best-cities/

[Chewbacca]

San Francisco at #271 ain’t bad.

[Star Ferry]

Honorary best city is a literal war zone. Clown world

[AzPaul]

For those seeking to avoid the endless scroll

1. LONDON
2. PARIS
3. NEW-YORK
4. TOKYO
5. DUBAI
6. BARCELONA
7. ROME
8. MADRID
9. SINGAPORE
10. AMSTERDAM
11. PRAGUE
12. LOS-ANGELES
13. CHICAGO
14. SAN-FRANCISCO
15. BERLIN
16. HONG-KONG
17. WASHINGTON
18. BEIJING
19. DUBLIN
20. ISTANBUL
21. LAS-VEGAS
22. MILAN
23. BUDAPEST
24. TORONTO
25. SYDNEY
26. SEOUL
27. DOHA
28. ABU-DHABI
29. OSAKA
30. BANGKOK
31. VIENNA
32. SAN-DIEGO
33. SAO-PAULO
34. MELBOURNE
35. ZURICH
36. BOSTON
37. LISBON
38. WARSAW
39. SEATTLE
40. ORLANDO
41. MUNICH
42. HOUSTON
43. AUSTIN
44. BUENOS-AIRES
45. NAPLES
46. COPENHAGEN
47. DALLAS
48. HELSINKI
49. FRANKFURT
50. ATLANTA
51. STOCKHOLM
52. MIAMI
53. ATHENS
54. RIO-DE-JANEIRO
55. HAMBURG
56. DENVER
57. MONTREAL
58. BRUSSELS
59. TEL-AVIV
60. OSLO
61. TAIPEI
62. VALENCIA
63. MINNEAPOLIS
64. PHILADELPHIA
65. CALGARY
66. PORTLAND
67. NASHVILLE
68. AUCKLAND
69. VANCOUVER
70. SANTIAGO
71. MEXICO-CITY
72. MUMBAI
73. SHANGHAI
74. SAN-JOSE
75. LYON
76. BILBAO
77. LIVERPOOL
78. NEW-ORLEANS
79. BRISBANE
80. MANCHESTER
81. FUKUOKA
82. SEVILLE
83. RIYADH
84. JERUSALEM
85. NANJING
86. MINSK
87. SALT-LAKE-CITY
88. PHOENIX
89. JAKARTA
90. GOTEBORG
91. PERTH
92. GLASGOW
93. NAGOYA
94. BALTIMORE
95. STUTTGART
96. OTTAWA
97. HANOI
98. SENDAI
99. COLOGNE
100. MARSEILLE

[sickened1]

^ Thank you Paul.

I'm surprised L.A. is that high (12 on the list).

[SDGT3]

Most US cities are listed WAY higher than they should be.

[TheVTCGuy]

Originally Posted by SDGT3

Most US cities are listed WAY higher than they should be.

Although this is highly subjective, I see where you are coming from.

[TheVTCGuy]

Finland is the happiest country in the world (see below). Helsinki is 48th, I wonder what the criteria were.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/trave...piest-country/

[huncho]

besides all the obvious horrible rankings that stand out to everyone, i legitimately can't believe they put istanbul at 20. miami is 52. yeah i guess i'd rather live in instanbul than vegas or miami or 3 texas cities...lol

[enjoythemusic]

Other than Balitmore, the last 10 seem more attractive to me than the top 10. jmho

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by huncho

besides all the obvious horrible rankings that stand out to everyone, i legitimately can't believe they put istanbul at 20. miami is 55. yeah i guess i'd rather live in instanbul than vegas or miami or 3 texas cities...lol

Let’s unpack their highly questionable methodology.

Place: totally subjective

Product: university rankings and pro sports teams both heavily slant in favor of the USA.

Programming: totally subjective

People: they gave a boost for ethnic diversity, immigration, and foreign-born residents, which is probably what’s boosting London and US cities and dragging down more homogenous cities (e.g., Shanghai, Seoul, Hong Kong)

Prosperity: giving credit for Fortune 500 companies is heavily biased in the favor of the USA. Income equality is a boost, which probably holds back Asia and South America. Income is a factor, which should favor the US if not being adjusted for local prices.

Promotion: Literally this includes 4 US websites: Google, Facebook, Instagram, and TripAdvisor. They probably only conducted the searches in the English language, which is another massive source of bias. There’s a lot of content in the Chinese language internet, Spanish language internet, etc. that would be missed, even within the four sites they chose.

[Krash]

With the exception of maybe Miami, I wouldn’t move back to a city if it were free and they paid me to live there.


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[TheVTCGuy]

Originally Posted by Krash

With the exception of maybe Miami, I wouldn’t move back to a city if it were free and they paid me to live there.


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Yeah! Me neith- Wait… how MUCH are we talking about?

[DLRIDES]

Since Catawba nor Pinedale made the list, my care-o-meter is hovering around zero.

Just as @Krash said, I wouldn’t live in any of them if I were paid to.

[HHIslander]

Dubai at #5 removes any semblance of credibility for me.

[JoeJoeBobo]

Most of US cities lean a certain way. Washington DC isn’t even technically a city and certainly not #17.

Nashville is 3 times the city of #’s 12, 13, 14.

Joke of a list.

[daveathall]

I have been to London many times and love it. My son has lived in London and now lives almost in NYC (Jersey City) of the two, he says that London is the prettier of them but NYC is the better city to live. I plan to visit sometime this year. If I am honest, given the time, I would like to visit all the great cities on the N/E coast (Boston, NYC, Philadelphia and Washington).

[904VT]

Originally Posted by AzPaul

For those seeking to avoid the endless scroll

1. LONDON
2. PARIS
3. NEW-YORK
4. TOKYO
5. DUBAI
6. BARCELONA
7. ROME
8. MADRID
9. SINGAPORE
10. AMSTERDAM
11. PRAGUE
12. LOS-ANGELES
13. CHICAGO
14. SAN-FRANCISCO
15. BERLIN
16. HONG-KONG
17. WASHINGTON
18. BEIJING
19. DUBLIN
20. ISTANBUL
21. LAS-VEGAS
22. MILAN
23. BUDAPEST
24. TORONTO
25. SYDNEY
26. SEOUL
27. DOHA
28. ABU-DHABI
29. OSAKA
30. BANGKOK
31. VIENNA
32. SAN-DIEGO
33. SAO-PAULO
34. MELBOURNE
35. ZURICH
36. BOSTON
37. LISBON
38. WARSAW
39. SEATTLE
40. ORLANDO
41. MUNICH
42. HOUSTON
43. AUSTIN
44. BUENOS-AIRES
45. NAPLES
46. COPENHAGEN
47. DALLAS
48. HELSINKI
49. FRANKFURT
50. ATLANTA
51. STOCKHOLM
52. MIAMI
53. ATHENS
54. RIO-DE-JANEIRO
55. HAMBURG
56. DENVER
57. MONTREAL
58. BRUSSELS
59. TEL-AVIV
60. OSLO
61. TAIPEI
62. VALENCIA
63. MINNEAPOLIS
64. PHILADELPHIA
65. CALGARY
66. PORTLAND
67. NASHVILLE
68. AUCKLAND
69. VANCOUVER
70. SANTIAGO
71. MEXICO-CITY
72. MUMBAI
73. SHANGHAI
74. SAN-JOSE
75. LYON
76. BILBAO
77. LIVERPOOL
78. NEW-ORLEANS
79. BRISBANE
80. MANCHESTER
81. FUKUOKA
82. SEVILLE
83. RIYADH
84. JERUSALEM
85. NANJING
86. MINSK
87. SALT-LAKE-CITY
88. PHOENIX
89. JAKARTA
90. GOTEBORG
91. PERTH
92. GLASGOW
93. NAGOYA
94. BALTIMORE
95. STUTTGART
96. OTTAWA
97. HANOI
98. SENDAI
99. COLOGNE
100. MARSEILLE

London, Paris, NYC, LA, Chicago, San Fran, Hong Kong, DC, Beijing certainly wouldn’t be anywhere near my top 20 unless it was 1995


Thanks for summarizing

[FrankNYC]

Interesting.... among the top 25 I've been to 16..... need to do more traveling.

[TheVTCGuy]

Originally Posted by HHIslander

Dubai at #5 removes any semblance of credibility for me.

Just curious, why do you say this? I have been there a couple times, granted never lived there, but I found Dubai to be very clean, safe and organized. Why do you feel it should not be ranked high?

[DocHorton]

Obviously they did not consider crime when compiling this list....many of those U.S. cities are the most dangerous and crime ridden in America.

[SearChart]

Amsterdam listed way above Zurich and Copenhagen? Yeah, no

[Andad]

Wow! Who listed those in that order?

[RichardBartlett]

Stupid list.
As a whole London is a mess. IE within the M25 or even the north/south circulars it's a dump.

Go to Mayfair with 100m on the hip and it's the best city in the world but most who live in London don't have 100m or live anywhere near the nice parts (which are few and far between and getting fewer and fewer as the decay creeps)

I was born in London (in not a nice part but it was way better then than now iah and lived for many years) but I probably wouldn't choose London even if I had 100m

Any city in any country has its monied area where the creme de la crem live and for them "it's the best city in the world" I'd rather be rich in Mumbai than poor in LA for example

Just arrived at number 100 (current time 07.52) I'll report back when we come back onboard
Although I don't plan to see much of Marseille as I want to go to the musee de la moto today which is just on the edge of town

https://musees.marseille.fr/musee-de-la-moto-0

[HHIslander]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

Just curious, why do you say this? I have been there a couple times, granted never lived there, but I found Dubai to be very clean, safe and organized. Why do you feel it should not be ranked high?

It is clean safe and organized, no doubt. But it has zero soul, minimal history/culture and no personality. It’s like someone created a huge Lego city in two weeks in the middle of the desert and forced people to go there. It’s a place to go to conduct business and shop and not much else. I call it the plastic city because the whole place is fake as hell. It’s definitely not the worst city on earth, but I can think of 100+ cities easy that should be ranked higher than Dubai.

[Moondoggy]

Hilarious. Most cities are the best cities to live in providing you have money hence living on the right side of the river……

[joli160]

This list forgot to measure cleanliness and security

[Moondoggy]

Originally Posted by joli160

This list forgot to measure cleanliness and security

Don’t be silly all those cities are clean…….I grew up in Port Moresby (google it) was-still is native, however i lived well as we were rich growing our own food, we had metal cyclone fences over our cars so we wouldn’t be attacked. I was a rich kid then, great days on reflection only because I was a rich kid.

It’s all relevant.

[brandrea]

Can I wear my Rolex in any of these cities?

[Moondoggy]

Originally Posted by brandrea

Can I wear my Rolex in any of these cities?

Of course, like I do they will think it is fake.