[Impy]

According to the EIU, factors that will boost Chicago include its improvements in government effectiveness

ROTFLMAO

OTOH I heard we got almost as many tourists as NY last year.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I expect that the NSA scandal and its aftermath will drop New York (and every other American city) out of the top 25 altogether by 2025.

The world is already reengineering its markets to work around the USA.

New York, Chicago, and Paris should be replaced in the top ten with Shanghai, Moscow, and Kuala Lumpur.