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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".
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.
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......
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
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.
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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