In a new (pre-Brexit) report on cities, the British capital scored well in every measure but affordability International accounting and business research firm PricewaterhouseCoopers just released its annual Cities of Opportunities report, exploring which global cities are the best place to live and do business. Considering the business slant of PwC, you might their rankings are focused squarely on jobs and investment data. But, as the report?s authors explain as they lay out their ranking system:

Despite the fact that all our cities represent business centers, engines of the global or regional economies, the strongest relationships with overall success appear in areas like quality of living, senior wellbeing, housing, and disaster preparedness. Put differently, effectively dealing with human needs, both everyday and extraordinary ones, remains the essence of city success.
The report?s authors suggest that creating a more livable metropolis, reducing income inequality, and developer more resilient infrastructure are the key issues that may hold back some of the world?s biggest cities. Resilience, in fact, was the reason New York fell out of the top five (New Amsterdam, it turns out, was pushed aside by Old Amsterdam).

London
Often pegged as simply a financial powerhouse, the PwC report notes that London also excels when it comes to intellectual capital, innovation, and technological readiness. Like other urban areas in the top 10, London takes a big hit ...