….They lock things up at stores in every city.

Makes sense as there's a location one block away in the Target.

“Schroders’ Global Cities Index seeks to rank global cities across four key criteria: Economic, Environmental, Innovation and Transport. It also aims to identify the cities which combine economic dynamism with world-class universities, forward-thinking environmental policies and excellent transport infrastructure.”

Sharing that our city ranks well among global cities in these areas is misleading? It wasn’t intended to be.

You must’ve missed the “neo-libs” comment that I was responding to…. simply by knowing of the company I knew that was a foolish take. Thanks for the feedback though bud.

Fair enough

What aspects of their criteria would rank favorably only from an asset management perspective to the point that they aren’t relevant on a real-world level?

I can’t find the full 900, I’m not sure it’s available.

Here's a further explanation of how they rank cities: https://www.schroders.com/en/schrodersglobalcities/blog/global-cities-index/

I don't think it's bias so much as the methodologies used, but I could be wrong. For example, Shenzen has a 28 out of 30 "environmental" rating.

The interactive globe tool is pretty cool. The data gets pretty granular but it takes some clickthroughs. It's probably what I should've shared in the first place.

I don't think you are familiar with Schroders. Here is some more granular information on how they compiled the index, it's pretty interesting: https://www.schroders.com/en/schrodersglobalcities/blog/global-cities-index/

If it was, the only city that would've been omitted is Chicago. Certainly didn't take long for a negative comment though.

The point in sharing this is to show where we stack up against other cities globally, and to remind people that there is a lot of good about living here.

Northern Liberties and Fishtown sound like what you're looking for.

Center City is generally safe. I'd recommend Rittenhouse Square, Logan Square, Fitler Square, Old City, Washington Square West, and Grad Hospital as the best areas.

Haha I’m not sure what that random sentence contradicting the rest of the article is doing at the end. Maybe they meant traveled from? Which would also seem wrong.

“The fruit of the research bequeath upon Pennsylvania the number two overall ranking, losing only to New York. Hawaii took home the bronze.

“Featuring 61 countries’ top five, Pennsylvania is officially the second most popular state,” reads the study itself. “It’s topped the list in 28 countries, including Germany, France, Sweden, and Israel, and second in 16 countries, including the UAE, Qatar, South Africa, and the U.K.”

You can’t street park a car in a city without dents or scrapes happening here and there. It’s just not possible. If you get a new car, you’ll just have to accept this and remember that no one is scrutinizing your car even 1% as much as you are.

Remember, no car will look better the more it is used. You just have to enjoy having a new one to drive around :)

Political punching bag that is a vastly underrated place to live?

Crazy to think that on one hand we could end up with Domb/Rhynhart and Squilla, but on the other we could end up with Gym and KJ....