Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Chicago No. 8 in new global cities list

Crain's:
Chicago’s size and the diversity of its immigrant population, as well as its ability to attract international students, helped place it among the top 10 of a new listing of global cities.

Chicago landed in the eighth spot on the inaugural Global Cities Index, a listing compiled by the Chicago Council of Global Affairs, management consultancy A. T. Kearney Inc. and Foreign Policy magazine, a subsidiary of Washington Post Co. The rankings appear in the November/December issue of Foreign Policy.
 

The top spot went to New York, while Kolkata, India — formerly known as Calcutta — finished the list of 60 cites.

“We’re delighted” with Chicago’s performance in the rankings, said Rachel Bronson, vice-president of programs and studies for the Chicago Council of Global Affairs. “Given all the different (measures), we feel pretty good we’re solidly in the top 10.”

Chicago's ranking could help boost the city's profile in its bid to land the 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Only Tokyo landed higher on Foreign Policy's list. Chicago's other competitors, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro, ranked 14th and 47th, respectively.

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