Best city with a population of around 5 million (fit in, job outlook)

[survivingearth]

Name the best city to live with a population of around 5 million residents.
And by best i mean:
Great transit
Good job outlook
Safety
Education
Things to do

[kikebxl]

Madrid, Berlin, Boston, Hamburg, Barcelona, Sydney, Guadalajara, Melbourne, Milan....

[Davy-040]

San Francisco and Sydney.

[Milky Way Resident]

I guess Melbourne could fit into this category.

[Ethereal]

San Francisco, Sydney or Melbourne.

[ciTydude123]

And Singapore and Barcelona

[irish_bob]

Originally Posted by kikebxl

Madrid, Berlin, Boston, Hamburg, Barcelona, Sydney, Guadalajara, Melbourne, Milan....

most of those are a good bit off five million

[Rozenn]

I'd say that Zhengzhou has a lot going for it, even though it badly needs to address the air quality issue.

[Pokitobounto]

Roma (4,5 m) is great in many aspects!

[grega94]

To make this a little bit easier here is a list of all Urban areas in the world between 5.5 and 4.5 million plus the cities just above or below that threshold.

Singapore, Singapore: 5,624,000
Philadelphia, United States: 5,570,000
Surat, India: 5,447,000
Milan, Italy: 5,257,000
Suzhou, China: 5,246,000
Saint Petersburg, Russia: 5,126,000
Khartoum, Sudan: 5,125,000
Atlanta, United States: 5,015,000
Zhengzhou–Xingyang: China
Washington, D.C., United States: 4,889,000
Harbin, China: 4,815,000
Abidjan, Ivory Coast: 4,800,000
Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar: 4,800,000
Nairobi, Kenya: 4,738,000
Barcelona, Spain: 4,693,000
Alexandria, Egypt: 4,689,000
Kabul, Afghanistan: 4,635,000
Guadalajara, Mexico: 4,603,000
Sydney, Australia: 4,588,000
Ankara, Turkey: 4,538,000
Melbourne, Australia: 4,530,000
Belo Horizonte, Brazil: 4,517,000
Boston, United States: 4,478,000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._by_population
* note most of these stats were taken from around 2010 so it is a bit outdated and many have grown past the threshold, and many have been added as well, but it's a good start.