New York City (this should not be a surprise to anyone) ranked No. 1 as the city where young professionals had the best chance to reach the corner office. New York is home to many of America's biggest and best companies, not to mention a night life second to no place on Earth.
San Francisco ranked 2, ahead of Atlanta, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Boston, Seattle, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Denver respectively.
Forbes compiled the list by tracking where the graduates of top universities across the country ended up 10 years after commencement; where the best business opportunities exist; which cities had the most young and unmarried people; and which cities paid young professionals the best.
Alumni that remained close to school were excluded from the data. But for this exclusion, Boston would have ranked higher.
"The bottom 10 cities were brought down by a variety of causes. Salary to cost of living submarined Miami, Norfolk, Va., and San Antonio. The inability to attract top grads and top companies hurt Detroit and Las Vegas, and all our measurements converged on Tampa, Fla., beating it down to last place on our list."
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