World Class American Cities (cost, best, better, compare)

[afonega1]

Originally Posted by Infamous Past

LOL Savannah is world class now? Every body in Paris only dreams about vacationing in Savannah one day. LMAO

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Once again you read and do not comprehend.I suggest you do more diligence before you speak.

“The most beautiful city in North America,” is how Paris’s famed newspaper Le Monde describes Savannah today. The Toronto Sunday Sun says of this alluring city: “Savannah wears her past like a fine old cape, draped in Southern graciousness, pockets filled with treasures of a rich, proud history.”

I never said that but I do think Savannah lik many other cities have world class "attributes" but is not world class as of yet.Based on the quotes above I think thats a very air assessment.

[seattlefanatic]

Originally Posted by afonega1

Your life must really not be complete.Or maybe you are still in Junior High.Even High school students
Once again you read and do not comprehend.I suggest you do more diligence before you speak.





I never said that but I do think Savannah lik many other cities have world class "attributes" but is not world class as of yet.Based on the quotes above I think thats a very air assessment.

C'mon, let's not kid ourselves. Savannah is really far from world class. There's just no disputing it. It probably never will be. It still is a charming town that has alot of character and beauty.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by seattlefanatic

C'mon, let's not kid ourselves. Savannah is really far from world class. There's just no disputing it. It probably never will be. It still is a charming town that has alot of character and beauty.

he never said Savannah was world class. He said it has some attributes considered world class

[BigCityDreamer]

Originally Posted by Caymon83

Although, I wouldn't say DC is a dump. With a little bit of work, it has the potential to rise to a SF level city. Its making progress in eating and DT has improved. But, it still needs a larger residential base and more retail.

San Francisco does not have the level of world-class museums that DC does. The iconic sites in DC also have much more importance than SF. I rate DC above SF for that alone.

[Deezus]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

San Francisco does not have the level of world-class museums that DC does. The iconic sites in DC also have much more importance than SF. I rate DC above SF for that alone.

DC has more museums than San Francisco and some of the largest collections anywhere--and the fact that the Smithsonian is free is one of the greatest attractions. So you could rank DC above SF in this category.

However, San Francisco does have 4 world-class museums, especially since 3 of them were recently remodeled: the DeYoung Art Museum, the California Academy of Sciences, the Asian Art Museum, and the SF MOMA. Add in the surrounding Bay Area and places like the Lawerence Hall of Science at Berekely or Oakland Museum of California or the Tech Museum or Rosecrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, and it's a large range to choose from.

The new rainforest exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences is one of the best I've seen in any sort of natual sciences museum or zoo.

I'd say both DC and SF are world-class in this regard...Especially since you could proably find other large foreign cities in places in Asia or Latin America(or even parts of Europe), which might rank high in a listing of world-class or world cities but wouldn't have the same calibre of museums.

[jeffredo]

No particular order:

San Francisco
New York
Los Angeles
Washington DC
Chicago

These are the only ones I can say in the same breath as London/Paris/Tokyo/Rome/Toronto/Hong Kong and not feel like a silly civic booster (and my own is borderline if I didn't think of including the rest of the Bay Area).

[BigLake]

You got four, possibly six if generous, total in U.S. imho, in order:

World Class Cities
New York City

Chicago
LA

Washington D.C.

Probable World Class
San Francisco

Boston

Aspiring World Class
Philadelphia
Houston

Atlanta

Dreaming of World Class
Seattle
Miami

Fat Chance World Class but We'll Put you here Anyway
Dallas
Minneapolis

What did I do?
Detroit

[Spade]

Why would Dallas be in the Fat Chance category? I do generally agree with your list. But I would move Dallas to dreaming of world class status.

[BigLake]

Originally Posted by Spade

Why would Dallas be in the Fat Chance category? I do generally agree with your list. But I would move Dallas to dreaming of world class status.

Yea, toward the bottom it got a little dicey. I could see movement in those categories. I could see Dallas and Seattle switching and Miami possibly dropping out. I also was a bit rough on Detroit. It will come back.

[afonega1]

Originally Posted by Spade

Why would Dallas be in the Fat Chance category? I do generally agree with your list. But I would move Dallas to dreaming of world class status.

Well as I have said it before.Dallas is more upscale overall than Houston.Dallas just has more options.Now Houston does have a better arts scene so maybe that is why some would say Houston is more so than Dallas.