10 most cosmopolitan cities (live, state, largest, places)

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by Lancer78

Tokyo is a big crowded city but it's too insular and homogeneous to be considered "cosmopolitan"

i agree.

[krudmonk]

Originally Posted by PDX_LAX

Sorry, I love Seattle but it's laughable that it's coming up in the top 5 while Los Angeles is being left out completely in some of these lists.

Part of being cosmopolitan is being worldly. In Los Angeles you will hear any number of different languages being spoken on a bus or subway line at any one time. Seattle is nothing like that.

"Cosmopolitan" is a fashion sense to many of these people.

[Native17]

Originally Posted by nature's message

In the world:

1) New York City
2) Tokyo
3) London

Top three is debatable.

4) Paris
5) Toronto
6) LA
7) Berlin
8) Moscow
9) Istanbul
10) Buenos Aires

In North America:

1) NYC
2) Toronto
3) LA
4) Chicago
5) Mexico City
6) Montreal
7) San Francisco
8) Vancouver
9) Boston
10) Washington, D.C.


In the US:

1) NYC
2) LA
3) Chicago
4) San Francisco
5) Boston
6) Washington, D.C.
7) Miami
8) Atlanta
9) Philadelphia
10) Houston

Honorable mentions: Dallas, Las Vegas, Seattle, San Diego, New Orleans, Minneapolis
5)

best list I have seen, + 2

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by krudmonk

"Cosmopolitan" is a fashion sense to many of these people.

It would appear that way.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by nature's message

In the world:

1) New York City
2) Tokyo
3) London

Top three is debatable.

4) Paris
5) Toronto
6) LA
7) Berlin
8) Moscow
9) Istanbul
10) Buenos Aires

In North America:

1) NYC
2) Toronto
3) LA
4) Chicago
5) Mexico City
6) Montreal
7) San Francisco
8) Vancouver
9) Boston
10) Washington, D.C.


In the US:

1) NYC
2) LA
3) Chicago
4) San Francisco
5) Boston
6) Washington, D.C.
7) Miami
8) Atlanta
9) Philadelphia
10) Houston

Honorable mentions: Dallas, Las Vegas, Seattle, San Diego, New Orleans, Minneapolis
5)

Awesome list! The most realistic list posted on here

[Lancer78]

Some people here don't know the meaning of the word "cosmopolitan" or refuse to look it up in the dictionary.

[Minato ku]

If Tokyo is in the top that's right people don't know what mean the word cosmopolitan.

Yes Tokyo is can be view as cosmopolitan (if we look international district) but nothing comparable with Paris Toronto, LA, Berlin, Amsterdam, Chicago, Brussel, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Singapor...
Tokyo is still very homogenious.

[Native17]

^^^His global cities might be somewhat off, but what i focused on was "The US top cosmopolitan cities" It is very much true! I agree!

[BeyondInfinity]

Take a look at this link: http://www.metroatlantachamber.com/macoc/business/img/atl_ga_rankings.pdf (broken link)

This may help with some of the bickering on here.

[spalekg]

Perhaps another definition would help: "provincial"- limited in perspective, narrow and self-centered.
Certain cities regardless of their size or importance in one or two industries seem to exemplify this mindset. Richard Florida makes the argument that large numbers of immigrants (and not just form
Latin America) creative class bohemians and gays help a region move beyond provinicialism. It's an intangible quality of openness that allows Boston and Seattle to outrank Atlanta, Dallas and Houston...and within Texas for Dallas to prevail.