U.S. cities cleaned up in the latest ranking of the world’s top 100 urban places.
New York City scored highest, with a number three ranking for the world. Los Angeles was 12th and San Francisco 14th, while San Diego finished in the 32nd spot and San Jose 74th.
Texas has three cities in the top 50: Houston (42), Austin (43) and Dallas (47), while Florida has two (Orlando at 40 and Miami at 52).
Resonance Consultancy has been tracking world cities for years. They rank them on many factors, including culture, restaurants and shopping and also look at user-generated reviews and online activity in channels such as Google, Facebook and Instagram.
Resonance ranked Kyiv, Ukraine as the honorary best city in the world, which I think is terrific.
The views of New York City from the Empire State Building never get old. JIM BYERS PHOTO
Here are the U.S. rankings:
3. New York City
12. Los Angeles
13. Chicago
14. San Francisco
17. Washington D.C.
21. Las Vegas
32. San Diego
36. Boston
39. Seattle
40. Orlando
42. Houston
43. Austin
47. Dallas
50. Atlanta
52. Miami
56. Denver
63. Minneapolis
64. Philadelphia
66. Portland (Oregon)
67. Nashville
74. San Jose
78. New Orleans
87. Salt Lake City
88. Phoenix
94. Baltimore
Here are a few comments Resonance made about the top five U.S. cities…
New York City: The city is doing everything in its power to bring back not only apprehensive New
Yorkers whose hunger for regular bites of the Big Apple has for two years been sated instead by takeout or delivery and a scrolling thumb tic, but also the nearly 70 million people who visited in 2019 and invested $46 billion across its expansive quilt of Sights & Landmarks (ranked #13 globally).
Los Angeles: The city fell from great heights. But Angelenos are helping L.A. take flight once more.
Chicago: America’s great Midwest metropolis has an abundance of programming and culture, with the deep infrastructure and affordability that eludes many other cities.
San Francisco: San Francisco doesn’t just welcome differences, it celebrates them, ranking it #34 in our People category, including #9 for Educational Attainment among its citizenry.
Washington D.C.: America’s intriguing capital city has the world’s attention – and is working to keep it.
London England. Lucas Davies/Unsplash Photo
Their top 25 in the world were as follows:
1. London
2. Paris
3. New York City
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 D.C.
18. Beijing
19. Dublin
20. Istanbul
21. Las Vegas
22. Milan
23. Budapest
24. Toronto
25. Sydney
Toronto was tops in Canada at number 24 overall for Resonance’s 2023 study. Montreal finished 57th, with Calgary at 65, Vancouver at 69 and Ottawa at 96.
For Australia, Sydney was tops at 25, followed by Melbourne (34), Brisbane (79) and Perth (91).
