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New Yorkers be proud: the Big Apple has been named the best city in America for 2018.
For the latest ranking from Resonance Consultancy, America’s biggest cities were scored across six broad metrics and 28 subcategories.
The overall themes include place (crime rate, air quality, weather); product (attractions and infrastructure, museums, sports teams, housing affordability); programming (arts, culture, entertainment, culinary, shopping, nightlife); people (immigration rate, diversity, languages spoken at home, education); prosperity (unemployment rate, GDP per capita, household income, Fortune 500 companies); and promotion (online presence and buzz, Facebook check-ins, Instagram hashtags, TripAdvisor reviews).
Of the 50 cities considered, New York outperformed the competition, thanks to top scores in food and dining, neighborhoods and landmarks, urban parks and green space and city infrastructure.
Meanwhile, at the bottom of the heap are Detroit (48th) Rochester(49th) and Memphis (50th).
The report features cities with populations of more than one million.
Here are America’s top 10 cities for 2018:
1. New York
2. Chicago
3. Los Angeles
4. San Francisco
5. Las Vegas
6. San Diego
7. Houston
8. Miami
9. Seattle
10. Boston
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