London is the closest match, 10.7 percentile points from New York City across 10 shared metrics. The two sit within eight percentile points of each other on cost of living, city-centre rent and places to eat. The band widens slowly from there: the last city listed sits 17.6 away, so these 10 are a cluster rather than a ranking with a clear winner. 4 of the 10 are also in United States of America; the other 6 are abroad. Distance says how alike two cities measure, never which one is better to live in: a city can be close to New York City because both score badly on the same things.
921 cities ranked by male-to-female ratio, 848 of them measured below national level, 104 country deep-dives.
| Closest on | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| LondonUnited Kingdom | 10.7 | 10 | cost of living, city-centre rent, places to eat |
| ParisFrance | 14.7 | 10 | places to eat, universities, women aged 20–39 |
| BrusselsBelgium | 15.0 | 10 | places to eat, salary against local costs, green space |
| BostonUnited States of America | 15.2 | 10 | city-centre rent, local salary, cost of living |
| PhiladelphiaUnited States of America | 15.3 | 10 | local salary, women aged 20–39, green space |
| WashingtonUnited States of America | 15.8 | 10 | local salary, cost of living, city-centre rent |
| TorontoCanada | 16.3 | 10 | places to eat, green space |
| ChicagoUnited States of America | 16.8 | 10 | local salary, city-centre rent, places to eat |
| Frankfurt am MainGermany | 17.2 | 10 | places to eat, green space |
| CologneGermany | 17.6 | 10 | places to eat, women aged 20–39 |
Distance is the root-mean-square gap in percentile points across the metrics both cities carry, so 0 would be an exact match and 100 the opposite end of every scale. A pair scored on fewer than 8 shared metrics is not listed.
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