1. San Francisco
San Francisco was rated no. 1 in JLL's City Momentum Index; no. 8 by The Guardian's branding study; no. 3 by City Mayors; no. 6 by The Atlantic/CityLab and no. 57 by Foreign Policy.
2. New York
New York came in no. 1 in The Atlantic/CityLab study; no. 6 in JLL's city Momentum Index; no. 2 in The Guardian's branding study; no. 1 in City Mayors' study; and no. 7 in the Foreign Policy study.
3. Austin
Austin was rated no. 7 in JLL's City Momentum Index.
4. San Jose
San Jose was rated no. 9 in JLL's City Momentum Index.
5. Los Angeles
Los Angeles was rated no. 15 in JLL's City Momentum Index; no. 1 in The Guardian's branding study; no. 12 by City Mayors; no. 5 by The Atlantic/CityLab; and no. 12 by Foreign Policy.
6. Boston
Boston came in at no. 17 in JLL's City Momentum Index and no. 4 in The Atlantic/CityLab's study.
7. Chicago
Chicago was rated no. 13 by The Guardian's branding study; no. 7 by City Mayors; no. 3 by The Atlantic/City Labs; and no. 38 by Foreign Policy.
8. Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., was no. 37 in The Guardian's branding study; no. 3 in The Atlantic/CityLab's study; and no. 25 in Foreign Policy's study.
9. Seattle
Seattle ranked no. 18 in JLL's City Momentum Index; no. 40 in The Guardian's branding study; and no. 74 in Foreign Policy's study.
10. Las Vegas
Las Vegas was rated no. 9 in The Guardian's global city branding survey.
11. Atlanta
Atlanta came in at no. 22 in The Guardian's branding study and no. 48 in Foreign Policy's study.
12. Houston
Houston ranked no. 11 by City Mayors; no. 7 by The Atlantic/CityLab; and no. 22 by Foreign Policy.
13. Dallas
Dallas rated no. 8 by The Guardian/CityLab and no. 23 by Foreign Policy.
14. Philadelphia
Philadelphia was no. 9 in The Atlantic/CityLab's study.
15. Miami
Miami was rated by The Atlantic's CityLab as no. 10 and by Foreign Policy as no. 44.
16. Phoenix
Phoenix came in at no. 54 in the Foreign Policy study.
17. San Diego
San Diego was ranked no. 70 by Foreign Policy.
