New York City will be the world's most competitive city 12 years from now, a new study has found.
The revelation was made by 'Hot Spots 2025: Benchmarking the Future Competitiveness of Cities,' a Citi-commissioned study by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
According to the Huffington Post, New York City is not the only U.S. city to make the cut, and some of the cities projected to make a jump in the next few years might be surprising.
US cities dominate the list of most competitive list of 2025. Six out of the top 20 most competitive cties are in the US.
The list is as follows:
1. New York
2. London
3. Singapore
4. Hong Kong
5. Tokyo
6. Sydney
7. Paris
8. Stockholm
9. Chicago
10. Toronto
11. Taipei
12. Zurich
13. Amsterdam
14. Washington
15. Copenhagen
16. Seoul
17. Los Angeles
18. San Francisco
19. Boston
20.
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