London named 'best perceived' city in the world

 
Pic: London city
Staff reporter(wp/es):
London has been voted the “best perceived” city in the world after triumphing over Paris and New York in a new study.
In the poll of 30 global cities, London also emerged as the best in terms of living up to its perception.
Some 5,200 well-educated adults from 16 countries voted London top based on a variety of factors including culture, entertainment, infrastructure, health and general happiness.
Although the poll, published by consultancy firm PwC, was carried out in December 2015, months before the UK’s vote to leave the EU.
The report states: “London registers as a dynamic city, scoring well across the board in 29 of 36 image attributes.
“It’s No. 1 on attributes including having a well-developed infrastructure, being connected to the rest of the world, and having a well-developed legal framework. It’s in the top three in breadth of education for its population and for providing easy access to capital.”
 The study questioned equal numbers of “business decision makers”, “informed elites” and other general adults on 40 different topics to generate the rankings.

It rated Paris as the second best perceived city, followed by New York in third, Amsterdam in fourth and Sydney in fifth.
In terms of living up to those perceptions, Singapore and Toronto became the new second and third ranked cities respectively.
Nigeria’s capital, Lagos, ranked bottom of both lists while Bogota, Jakarta, Mumbai and several other South American cities also did badly.