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Yea, I'm not surprised you would. Most of your posts don't make a lot of sense, or you're too busy knocking Chicago or trolling other cities to be given any credibility.
Go ahead and re-read what I posted. Read it. Don't redress the context for your purposes.
I don't troll any city, I post about reality and real world data. You are right about one thing though, or at least on the right track, I don't care about whiny boosters and their provincial civic pride making them delusional to the rest of the world which is rampant on here.
When I was in school, I took an AP Human Geography book and it had a section about world cities. It said NYC, London, and Tokyo as the three financial capitals of the world and that they were the most important.
When I was in school, I took an AP Human Geography book and it had a section about world cities. It said NYC, London, and Tokyo as the three financial capitals of the world and that they were the most important.
Doh... of course they are. And the other cities aren't close. It would be awesome if there was. I only mention Paris as it served recently as a world center and has high cultural and geopolitical clout.
It does make sense. None of the areas outside Hong Kong SAR count towards its metro area. And most of the area in Hong Kong SAR is just forested.
I have a friend who lives in HK's New Territories. It's like you are nowhere near the city life. I was there last Summer. Yet the total land area of HK is only about 400 square miles or so. It's amazing that they can have all those people yet it seems like there are miles and miles of just hills and forest.
I have a friend who lives in HK's New Territories. It's like you are nowhere near the city life. I was there last Summer. Yet the total land area of HK is only about 400 square miles or so. It's amazing that they can have all those people yet it seems like there are miles and miles of just hills and forest.
Yea, Hong Kong is about 1:3 developed to undeveloped land--which means the populated portions of Hong Kong are incredibly dense.
I was thinking the same thing about Louisville and OKC (but Tulsa did make it). Nothing against Tulsa, but how did it (and Omaha) beat out the aforementioned three? Is there something about Tulsa and Omaha that I am not aware of?
Yeah, it was odd to me that a good number of so called "major cities" failed to make the list, while other supposedly less-major cities made it.
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I wonder if Birmingham refers to Alabama or England??? After all, Birmingham England is significantly larger.
BTW, does anyone know what these categories mean? What distinguishes one from another?
One more thing...the ascent of Miami into the future is going to be tied to the emerging economies of South America, especially Brazil. I do have to laugh that, while Miami gets trashed on C-D all the time, it is not only the highest ranked city in the South (including Texas) but it's also higher than Boston.
Of course, if the DC folks now want to claim they are in South to be ranked higher, that's fine with me.
Yeah if you check the link, it has the country after each of the Birminghams. Birmingham (UK) is a Beta - like Rio De Janeiro and Detroit, while Birmingham (US) is a Sufficiency like Quebec and Providence.
In my opinion L.A should be considered a Alpha- it's mostly just a big suburb with small pockets of nice areas scattered around the city.
LA may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it is a center of industry and a commercial center. It also has a huge airport and a major city on the Pacific rim. LA is a solid alpha city.
Chicago is not on the level of NYC and London It is in the bottom half of Alpha+ as it is, and can not compare to Paris/Tokyo at the upper half. The list is in order. Chicago is in the 8 slot globally, which, is fairly good IMHO, I wouldn't push it farther.
Chicago has a very large and successful financial industry and is a major aviation hub, it has a great and very tall skyline and a famous history, al Capone etc, famous music scene and sports teams, put all this together and Chicago is a powerful city.
LA is also an important world city, it has massive soft power and cultural influence from Hollywood and its music scene. Miami and Toronto are also rising cities and deserve high places on the rankings
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It is in the bottom half of Alpha+ as it is, and can not compare to Paris/Tokyo at the upper half. The list is in order. Chicago is in the 8 slot globally, which, is fairly good IMHO, I wouldn't push it farther.
