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Old 07-09-2010, 03:12 PM
 
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Why do people equate trendiness with importance? Seattle isn't nearly as important as you probably think it is. The Seattle area is home to 7 Fortune 500 companies, meanwhile St. Louis is home to 9, Pittsburgh 8, and Cleveland 6. Throw in some top tier universities like Washington University, St. Louis University, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, and Case Western Reserve University as well as the Cleveland Clinic and I can easily see how they rank above Seattle.
Are you honestly going to say with a straight face that Cleveland/St. Louis/Pittsburgh are more economically, culturally, or institutionally more prestigious than Seattle...it has nothing to do with "trendiness".
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Old 07-09-2010, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI
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Are you honestly going to say with a straight face that Cleveland/St. Louis/Pittsburgh are more economically, culturally, or institutionally more prestigious than Seattle...it has nothing to do with "trendiness".
Seattle has a larger GDP than the rest of those cities, but they also have more people too. I feel like I'm having the same argument in 2 different threads. Pitt, Carnegie-Mellon, and Washington U blow the crap out of UW in terms of academics. The Carnegie Institutes, University Circle, and Forest Park trump any cultural institutions in the PNW. There's no equivalent to the Cleveland Clinic anywhere in the PNW. Get over it, toughguy.
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Old 07-09-2010, 06:18 PM
 
Location: The State Of California
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Detroit overall is not as bad as the media claims it to be. It has many F-500. It is losing population in the city proper though. Hopefully things will get better for Detroits core.
Detroit City is as bad as THEY MAKE IT OUT TO BE......what you
just read WAS ALL ABOUT METRO "Detroit" , and didn't have any-
thing to do with the City Of DETROIT......
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Old 07-09-2010, 06:21 PM
 
Location: The State Of California
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I'd like to see thier justification for ranking Seattle below places like Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis.
You will never see any....outside of having better UNIVERSITIES.....
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Old 07-09-2010, 06:31 PM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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Detroit City is as bad as THEY MAKE IT OUT TO BE......what you
just read WAS ALL ABOUT METRO "Detroit" , and didn't have any-
thing to do with the City Of DETROIT......
when she says detroit overall I thing she means detroit metro
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Old 07-09-2010, 06:35 PM
 
Location: Boston Metro
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Ranally city rating system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

city rating descriptionExamples (* indicates a complete listing)1-

*1 AAAAUnique rating for New York New York City

*1-AAAUnique rating for Chicago and Los AngelesChicago, Los Angeles

*1-AA Major national business centers Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. (13 cities)

*1-A Other national business centersBaltimore, Cincinnati, Columbus, Denver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, San Diego, and Seattle (14 cities)

*2-AA Major regional business centersAlbany, Albuquerque, Allentown, Austin, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Buffalo, Charlotte, Columbia, Dayton, Des Moines, El Paso, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg, Hartford, Honolulu, Jackson, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Lexington, Little Rock, Louisville, Madison, Memphis, Nashville, New Haven, Norfolk, Omaha, Orlando, Peoria, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Rochester, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Shreveport, Spokane, Springfield, MA, Syracuse, Tampa, Toledo, Tucson, Tulsa, West Palm Beach, Wichita, and Youngstown (48 cities)

*2-BBSecondary major regional business centersAkron, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Worth, Oakland, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, San Jose, Wilmington
I agree with the ratings I like that Boston is in a high category
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Old 07-13-2010, 07:22 PM
 
Location: The State Of California
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Why do people equate trendiness with importance? Seattle isn't nearly as important as you probably think it is. The Seattle area is home to 7 Fortune 500 companies, meanwhile St. Louis is home to 9, Pittsburgh 8, and Cleveland 6. Throw in some top tier universities like Washington University, St. Louis University, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, and Case Western Reserve University as well as the Cleveland Clinic and I can easily see how they rank above Seattle.
SEATTLE Fortune 500 companies are much more "powerfull and higher"
ranked than St. Louis , Pittsburgh and Cleveland Fortune 500 Co's , but
you are right on spot with the Universities comparison , however
Seattle has the "worlds richest man" and mountains and oceans to
boot.
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Old 07-13-2010, 09:42 PM
 
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Generally I agree and think this system of rankings is quite comprehensive for determining which city holds great influence. However, I could think of several cities that deserve to be in the 1A spot moreso than OKC. No disrespect, but I don't get it.
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Old 06-21-2012, 07:32 PM
 
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I thought I would revive this thread.
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Old 06-21-2012, 11:04 PM
 
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How is OKC and Columbus 1-A?

And St Louis and Cleveland should be moved down 1
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