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No. 12: San Francisco (+3)

Business Activity: 27
Human Capital: 10
Information Exchange: 16
Cultural Experience: 7
Policy Engagement: 32

The little West Coast city punches above its weight globally, thanks to an intense concentration of top technology companies. San Francisco rose three places overall due to a big gain in its cultural experience ranking, tied to performing arts and culinary offerings. It also gained on the information exchange metric because of increased international press coverage and freedom from censorship.

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