Oxford Economic Rating of 1000 Global Cities

Dominated by US cities, but all US cities get dinged pretty hard in the governance category due to political instability.

  1. New York
  2. London
  3. San Jose
  4. Tokyo
  5. Paris
  6. Seattle
  7. Los Angeles
  8. San Francisco
  9. Melbourne
  10. Zurich

The Economics Category Ranking
New York, United States
Los Angeles, United States
San Jose, United States
Seattle, United States
San Francisco, United States
Dallas, United States
London, United Kingdom
Chicago, United States
Paris, France
Tokyo, Japan

US political instability is paradoxical. The outcomes till now have always been power sharing, a huge plus.