alt Hacker NewsThe point re: Paris is that most cities would look better when compared to Paris on safety.
> Only London and NY reach the Alpha++ world city designation.
As someone that's spent the last two decades living in both, it's a little bit of past glory. Miami is more ambitious, Lisbon is where smart international companies go. London still has great universities but they're lessened and capital goes elsewhere.
> Miami is more ambitious
My wife grew up there, and I worked for a company based there for years, and I can’t really even come up with a good educated guess for that that means.
You could argue that London is past its prime, but you could have made that argument 75 years ago. It still retains its alpha++ designation and it’s the top ranking in the global financial centers index.
But regardless neither Lisbon nor Miami is a peer to NYC right now.