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Uh... did you just say that SF is close to rivaling ATL, Houston, Miami, Detroit, Dallas and Boston? And you have the nerve to call us delusional? SF clearly > all of the above. The only one that's even remotely debatable is Philly.
can you read? he said closer. meaning it can be above *or* below. ...but they are in the same league.
And what's your metric for saying that the list is incorrect? If your main argument is GDP then why are you lumping in Berlin (a city with a GDP 200 billion dollars less than SF) with HK and Tokyo? It's even a class below San Francisco on the GaWC list of world cities.
It's also the capital city of the fourth largest economy on the planet...in terms of an economic contribution, it certainly is not on the level of the San Francisco Bay. I think you could actually make an argument for Berlin and SF to be on the same level. I guess I was focusing on the political influence and cultural offerings.
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Some of your arguments are pretty thin.
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And you sounded jealous because in your previous post you were basically stating that they're not comparable on any level.
What? Paris and San Francisco? They aren't comparable. As I said before, I guess they do share some similarities, but they are nowhere near the same level.
can you read? he said closer. meaning it can be above *or* below. ...but they are in the same league.
Yes, I can read. Miami, Houston, Detroit and Dallas are more than clearly not in the same league as San Francisco. ATL and Boston can be argued better city-wise, but their metros not so much.
I'm beginning to wonder if any of you (other than grapico) have left your bedrooms, let alone the east coast.
Uh... did you just say that SF is close to rivaling ATL, Houston, Miami, Detroit, Dallas and Boston? And you have the nerve to call us delusional? SF clearly > all of the above. The only one that's even remotely debatable is Philly.
While I would place San Francisco over cities like Houston, Philly and Boston, it's by no means a landslide.
Yes, I can read. Miami, Houston, Detroit and Dallas are more than clearly not in the same league as San Francisco. ATL and Boston can be argued better city-wise, but their metros not so much.
I'm beginning to wonder if any of you (other than grapico) have left your bedrooms, let alone the east coast.
Well I for one lived in SF; also DC, NYC and Philly
Love all these cities but claims in this thread are beyond rediculous. I actually in the real world speak extremely highly of SF; but to read this garbage is almost sickening
Talk about nonsensical. If you're trying to argue that San Francisco is globally less important than Berlin then you're dead wrong on all counts.
Why you're even interjecting Philly into this conversation is
And New Yorkers use the argument you're accusing us of using all the time... "the stock exchange takes place in New York City so that makes NY the financial center of the universe! Never mind that most of our debt is owned by China and most of the shareholders are outside of NY." Why do you only take issue with it when its used for the Bay Area?
And you're 100% delusional if you think the Bay Area does not compare to LA or Chicago.
You can't be serious.
Lol at you thinking the stock exchange just "takes place" here.
And you don't think people would be able to recognize San Francisco? Seriously?
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It's also the capital city of the fourth largest economy on the planet...in terms of an economic contribution, it certainly is not on the level of the San Francisco Bay. I think you could actually make an argument for Berlin and SF to be on the same level. I guess I was focusing on the political influence and cultural offerings.
It's not on the economic level of San Francisco city, let alone the San Francisco Bay.
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Such as the two points you were trying to make above.
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What? Paris and San Francisco? They aren't comparable. As I said before, I guess they do share some similarities, but they are nowhere near the same level.
I never claimed they were equals. However, in some aspects they are comparable. This is what I said before.
Yes, I can read. Miami, Houston, Detroit and Dallas are more than clearly not in the same league as San Francisco. ATL and Boston can be argued better city-wise, but their metros not so much.
I'm beginning to wonder if any of you (other than grapico) have left your bedrooms, let alone the east coast.
Have you ever left the bay? Seriously with all these delusional remarks..
Detroit is still one of the most important cities sure I think SF is more important but they are still in same tier. Houston, Boston, Philly, Atlanta all have industries SF doesnt top them in, energy, education, airline, federal mint... while I do think SF is slightly more important it is by no means a runaway
While I would place San Francisco over cities like Houston, Philly and Boston, it's by no means a landslide.
It definitely is a landslide over Detroit, Miami and Dallas. Why Infamous Past would even assert that they're on the same level as San Francisco is beyond me.
And Houston gets made into a lot more than it actually is here... its not on the level of Dallas or Atlanta, let alone San Francisco.
I already said that Boston and Philly are arguable.
No, but BILLIONS of people around the world use our websites everyday for a myriad of reasons. Nowhere else on this planet even comes close to recieving the web traffic our sites do.
People my pretend that this is unimpressive, but we're laughing all the way to the bank.
I'm going to have to echo Grapico....when did these become your websites? Stop smoking crack. You're reminding me of Charie...not Sheen, but Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia:
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