The best cities to work, play and live

shailesh agarwal (professional accountant) (7642 Points)

14 June 2009

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The best cities to work, play and live

Changing work culture, transformed lifestyles and rise of the services industry make ‘life after work’ as important as ‘life at work’. Chronicling this trend for the first time, BT’s ranking of best cities shows some big changes.

What separates the top five cities from rest
The next best cities aren’t far behind the top 5

Best cities to (Rank wise)

WORK

PLAY

LIVE

1. Gurgaon

2. Noida

3. Chandigarh

4. Surat

5. Bangalore

6. Chennai

7. Hyderabad

8. Mumbai

9. Pune

10. Delhi

1. Chandigarh

2. Chennai

3. Ahmedabad

4. Kochi

5. Kolkata

6. Vadodara

7. Mumbai

8. Nagpur

9. Pune

10. Hyderabad

1. Gurgaon	11. Vadodara	21. Jaipur
2. Chandigarh	12. Coimbatore	22. Indore
3. Chennai	13. Delhi	23. Thane
4. Hyderabad	14. Nashik	24. Lucknow
5. Mumbai	15. Faridabad	25. Ludhiana
6. Noida	16. Kolkata	26. Guwahati
7. Bangalore	17. Nagpur	27. Howrah
8. Pune	18. Visakhapatnam	28. Ghaziabad
9. Surat	19. Kochi	29. Patna
10. Ahmedabad	20. Jamshedpur	30. Kanpur