5) Detroit
Detroit is classified as a hyperconnected city leader — it is “Ahead of most peers in interconnecting [its] urban ecosystem and seeing significant economic, business, and social benefits,” according to the “Building a Hyperconnected City” report by ESI Thought Labs.
Including the 76 other international cities in the 100-city index, Detroit is ranked 16th.
Among the four pillars of city transformation helped determine the report’s hyperconnected cities index, Detroit placed 2nd in the connected citizens pillar ranking and tied for 14th with Shanghai, China, in the cybersecurity pillar ranking.
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