What is the next great US city? (state, crime, bigger)

[ATUMRE75]

I will say Houston. Still fill like this city does not get any respect on CD.

[icecreamsandwich]

Originally Posted by BLAXTOR121

That will never happen!! Look at this NYC, SF, Chicago, LA, D.C., and NEW ORLEANS?!?!

New Orleans is undeserving of even being mentioned in the same sentence as those other 5 let alone Boston, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Philly, Atlanta, Detroit, and Seattle

For a good portion of the 1800's NOLA was one of the premier cities of the US... I don't see why given good management and fortune that can't happen again?

From Wikipedia's article on the city:

New Orleans reached its most consequential position as an economic and population center in relation to other American cities in the decades prior to 1860; as late as that year it was the nation's fifth-largest city and by far the largest in the American South.

[cali3448893]

Id say Cincinnati and Cleveland. These cities are doing so well they will be in the top 5. Both of these cities are building a new casino and with hospitals, museums and parks. Both of these cities have new towers in downtown.

[west336]

Seattle, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami are all well on their way. They are pretty much neck and neck in my mind's eye in terms of global importance and opportunity to become even more global and worldly. I also think Denver and Minneapolis are on a similar trajectory but likely a solid tier behind the previous 5, including Seattle, even though it's barely larger than either. I just see Seattle seeing the kind of attention, growth and good fortune that places like Atlanta, Dallas and Houston have had in the past decade or two -- it seems ripe to take off just like they did, and I feel like it may already be happening.

[rcp11889]

I don't really read about a lot these cities that often but I do think that New Orleans is definitely going to be (if not already) the next "it" city of the US. With growing film/tech/bio/arts industries, 2 billion-dollar hospital complexes being built downtown, an already wonderful built urban landscape and transportation system, being one of the most significant cultural centers of the country, already on the world scene because of tourism, NOLA has the greatest potential to become a top-tier city (in terms of importance).

While the others are already large and have loads of business, they simply don't have the urban infrastructure to (in my mind) become top-tier cities.

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by rcp11889

I don't really read about a lot these cities that often but I do think that New Orleans is definitely going to be (if not already) the next "it" city of the US. With growing film/tech/bio/arts industries, 2 billion-dollar hospital complexes being built downtown, an already wonderful built urban landscape and transportation system, being one of the most significant cultural centers of the country, already on the world scene because of tourism, NOLA has the greatest potential to become a top-tier city (in terms of importance).

While the others are already large and have loads of business, they simply don't have the urban infrastructure to (in my mind) become top-tier cities.

Urban infrastructure make no difference in reality. Look at Houston and LA.

[BLAXTOR]

Originally Posted by icecreamsandwich

For a good portion of the 1800's NOLA was one of the premier cities of the US... I don't see why given good management and fortune that can't happen again?

From Wikipedia's article on the city:

New Orleans will never be that city again. Where will those people go?

There's a difference between being on an up swing and being a real threat for the top 5. Pittsburgh is another on an up swing and after 60 years will see better days but really a top 15 let alone top 5 or 10 is impossible for these places

[rcp11889]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

Urban infrastructure make no difference in reality. Look at Houston and LA.

I would really hesitate to call Houston a great American city. If you look at what the young generation values these days, it ain't places like Houston.

[rcp11889]

Originally Posted by BLAXTOR121

New Orleans will never be that city again. Where will those people go?

There's a difference between being on an up swing and being a real threat for the top 5. Pittsburgh is another on an up swing and after 60 years will see better days but really a top 15 let alone top 5 or 10 is impossible for these places

The thing you're forgetting is that a lot of the super-large cities in America right now were relatively small 40 years ago. It's hard to predict the future, but in our country's history there have been many cities go up and then down. It's not completely out of the box to think that any cities on the up-swing can grow more in the future.

Also, those people would go in the many homes and apartments in the area....

[415_s2k]

Originally Posted by icecreamsandwich

For a good portion of the 1800's NOLA was one of the premier cities of the US... I don't see why given good management and fortune that can't happen again?

From Wikipedia's article on the city:

But, in the meantime, cities like Chicago, LA, SF, Seattle, Phoenix, etc etc which were in some cases little more than a few farming settlements and trading posts at that time, have boomed to be influential MSA's with millions of people and established but still growing economies. NOLA would have to experience [i]astronomical/I] growth to re-obtain its former position as one of the US' premier cities. It's still a cultural gem and an amazing city with a phenomenal culture, but it would take a huge amount to become the economic powerhouse that some of the other cities that have sprung up from nowhere in the last 100+ years.