In order within tiers...
Elite Tier:
-DC
-NYC
-Chicago
-San Fran
Top Tier:
-Boston
-LA
-Dallas
Upper-Middle Tier:
-Miami
-Austin
-San Diego
-Charlotte
-Houston
Lower-Middle Tier:
-Atlanta
-Philadelphia
-Seattle
Not Completely Horrible:
-Denver
-Milwaukee
-Minneapolis
-Tampa
-Nashville
-Phoenix
Special Shoutout For Being The Absolute Worst of The Worst:
-Cleveland
-Detroit
-Baltimore
-Portland
-Pittsburgh
| +260 | Earliest you can get fired | 56 | 1h |
| +244 | UBS’s M&A BANKERS ARE DOING TERRIBLY. $200M EXTRA IS BEING CUT | 44 | 1h |
| +220 | Career Crossroads | 31 | 9h |
| +220 | Investment Banking is Divine | 38 | 4h |
| +214 | US 2027 SA IB worried about background check | 52 | 15h |
| +206 | Analyst: Why is UBS IB doing worse than peers?, UBS CFO: No Comment | 41 | 3h |
| +204 | Another $115bn Mega deal for these banks. Congrats! | 43 | 9h |
| +49 | Is UBS really that bad? | 20 | 1h |
| +37 | Is Houston SA 28 recruiting already over? | 32 | 4h |
| +22 | Sweat Group 2026 Discussion | 24 | 5h |
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Boston is such a fucking dump. A racist, miserable, cold, culturally barren dump, no less. -Boston +Miami from tier two.
DC is Hollywood for ugly people, move it down at least a tier.
SF I don’t know how dodging shit and hypodermics on the sidewalk is elite.
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