According to the results of a study entitled «Cities of opportunity», conducted by the London company of PwC, working in the field of business consulting, 5 U.S. cities entered the list of the most attractive for new business projects. It’s new York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Mexico city.
Cities with the greatest economic potential today is very often not available in terms of rental housing and commercial real estate. Because of rising cost of rent in the ranking fell, even new York. High rent prevents the attraction of new talent and retention of specialists has already made a practical contribution to the development of business in a particular city.
For example, in new York, according to the study, the rental costs of about 59% of the annual income, in Mexico 60%, but in San Francisco – only 41%. For comparison, in Moscow this figure is 21% and in Kuala Lumpur 20%.
However, the level of development of American cities and loyalty to the business and opportunities for its development — at altitude.
If we talk about ranking in General, at the top of the list, with the highest level of innovation processes and economic development, is located in London. It is followed by Singapore, Toronto, Paris, Amsterdam, and only at the 6th place new York. Also in the top ten included Stockholm, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Sydney. Los Angeles took 14-th place, Mexico city -23-E.
