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The abundance of arts and culture, along with excellent job prospects, has earned New York City the No. 1 ranking in a new survey of the best U.S. cities in which to work.
Atlanta took the runner-up position, followed by Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles. The survey, sponsored by Cushman & Wakefield (www.cushwake. com), was conducted by Business Science International (BSI), a leading worldwide research organization.
Executives from the fastest-growing occupations nationwide rated continental U.S. cities on a variety of factors, including job market, recreation/leisure, climate, education, business support, real estate cost/availability, taxes, cost of living, crime and distance to office/traffic.
"The information age is changing the way people work, and it has the potential of radically altering the pattern of employment opportunities across the nation," says Thomas P. Falus, president of Cushman & Wakefield of New York. "As a result, the study focused on the attitudes of executives and specialists that manage companies and information, the most dynamic segment of today's work force and one of the most rapidly growing business populations that we service."
Survey respondents showed preference for a wide variety of both older and newer cities. But New York appealed particularly to executives and managers in the marketing, advertising, public relations, finance and legal professions.
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