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Yes, they focus on narrow indicators of "advanced producer services" in law, finance, accounting, and advertising, using the presence of certain global companies. It's about business centers and "global connectivity."
What that says about "world class" cities is beyond me, unless you mean world class business centers.
We talk about how bad GaWC is but so what if its connected around London?London and NYC are the world top business and cultural centers.There aren't many places that are not connected to London so why does it have to be such a bad way to judge?
It has a bias towards the Commonwealth and the US which overall just have strong ties to the U.K. But within those countries it's pretty accurate just don't use it to compare Istanbul vs Atlanta.
Lol at the results. Massive suburban sprawl, surrounding a tiny, non urban city is now world class?
Atlanta is hardly a "tiny" city. It's just not built in the traditional compact, dense sense that other large cities follow.
What exactly is it lacking that "world class" cities have?
I've been pretty vocal about my dislikes of how Atlanta handles some of its development, but I'll be quick to acknowledge what it does have, and it's certainly not lacking in world class amenities and economic power that other cities have.
Lol at the results. Massive suburban sprawl, surrounding a tiny, non urban city is now world class?
None of the above mentioned cities are or will be world class. The only world class cities are currently NYC, LA, and Detroit. Potentials are Chicago if it would address crime(so never really), and SF or Seattle perhaps because of the tech industry and if their economies would grow substantially larger.
None of the above mentioned cities are or will be world class. The only world class cities are currently NYC, LA, and Detroit. Potentials are Chicago if it would address crime(so never really), and SF or Seattle perhaps because of the tech industry and if their economies would grow substantially larger.
You're being facetious right??
Also a larger economy does not automatically equate to world class.
Atlanta is hardly a "tiny" city. It's just not built in the traditional compact, dense sense that other large cities follow.
What exactly is it lacking that "world class" cities have?
I've been pretty vocal about my dislikes of how Atlanta handles some of its development, but I'll be quick to acknowledge what it does have, and it's certainly not lacking in world class amenities and economic power that other cities have.
I would say architecture, history, density/ walkability, public transit, culinary offerings and cultural offerings.
Not to say Atlanta does not offer that, but its not historic or groundbreaking in any way, you need a car to live there, the public transit is meh, and compared to other "worldly" cities in the US and abroad it does lack in cultural institutions and culinary offerings and diversity in its cuisine.
That being said, I think Atlanta is a cool city, and out of that bunch it has the most potential, but I don't see how it should be considered a world class city. It is more of a regional capital.
I would say architecture, history, density/ walkability, public transit, culinary offerings and cultural offerings.
Not to say Atlanta does not offer that, but its not historic or groundbreaking in any way, you need a car to live there, the public transit is meh, and compared to other "worldly" cities in the US and abroad it does lack in cultural institutions and culinary offerings and diversity in its cuisine.
That being said, I think Atlanta is a cool city, and out of that bunch it has the most potential, but I don't see how it should be considered a world class city. It is more of a regional capital.
I can't think of a foreign city other than maybe London or Toronto that's more diverse than Atlanta
None of the above mentioned cities are or will be world class. The only world class cities are currently NYC, LA, and Detroit. Potentials are Chicago if it would address crime(so never really), and SF or Seattle perhaps because of the tech industry and if their economies would grow substantially larger.
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