The Americas — From Manhattan to Montevideo

North America offers the deepest capital markets and the costliest tax regimes; Latin America offers territorial taxation, attractive residencies and, in the right cities, a quality of life that is consistently underestimated by those who have not visited.

Jurisdictions in this region

Argentina 1 city
Brazil 1 city
Chile 1 city
Mexico 1 city
Panama 1 city
Paraguay 1 city
United States 7 cities
Uruguay 1 city

The cities, ranked.

#	City	Banking	Tax	Residency	Family Office	Privacy	Composite
1	New York City United States	98	100	58	100	97	94
2	Miami United States	82	72	72	86	72	81
3	Chicago United States	86	96	58	82	58	80
4	Panama City Panama	78	92	92	72	86	80
5	Los Angeles United States	82	83	58	78	58	78
6	San Francisco United States	88	69	58	82	58	78
7	São Paulo Brazil	78	61	68	88	70	77
8	Buenos Aires Argentina	90	58	72	74	68	75
9	Santiago Chile	75	68	78	76	72	75
10	Montevideo Uruguay	68	86	82	68	82	74
11	Las Vegas United States	68	82	68	68	78	73
12	Austin United States	68	72	62	72	68	70
13	Mexico City Mexico	72	58	72	72	58	70
14	Asunción Paraguay	70	86	86	58	78	69

All scores 0–100. Composite is a weighted aggregate of banking, tax, residency, luxury, internationality, privacy and family-office presence.