Which of these 4 places can challenge Los Angeles the most? Chicago-Toronto-San Francisco-Washington D.C. (state, ranking)

[LiveFrom215]

This thread shows every sign of turning into one of those glorious trainwrecks where Montclair "proves" that San Francisco is "bigger, denser, and wealthier, AND more chic, important and cosmopolitan than LA, NYC, Chicago, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Pawnee, Indiana put together!!!"



Yes.

[qworldorder]

Originally Posted by LiveFrom215

This thread shows every sign of turning into one of those glorious trainwrecks where Montclair "proves" that San Francisco is "bigger, denser, and wealthier, AND more chic, important and cosmopolitan than LA, NYC, Chicago, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Pawnee, Indiana put together!!!"



Yes.

Lol at Pawnee, Indiana. Where's Burt Macklin when you need him?

[WizardOfRadical]

No one challenges LA, not even NYC. The End.

[pwright1]

I would say none of these.

[mosdefinitely]

To me personally, the Bay Area is far more appealing than LA. Weather is more manageable. SF is within driving distance of some nice cities such as San Jose, Berkeley, Oakland, and parts of Stockton. San Jose has a thriving nightlife downtown from what I saw in the past.

If you are upper middle class, you can easily get a very nice house on the hills of the Bay Area overlooking the skylines of SF and Oakland.

Even though I was born in NYC and raised outside of it, I would be lying if I didn't say I could see myself settling in the Bay Area if I chose to move to Cali at some point.

[theterribleone]

Originally Posted by WizardOfRadical

No one challenges LA, not even NYC. The End.

NYC is number one.

[mosdefinitely]

Originally Posted by theterribleone

NYC is number one.

I've met a ton of LA transplants in Philly too. Seems like a lot of you guys like our coast better

[Trafalgar Law]

Originally Posted by fusion2

Well it may not be what you're interested in but nevertheless, L.A is ranked an Alpha world city and S.F an Alpha Minus as per GAWC. Not sure what is oft misunderstood about that at all..

They use a variety of criteria/characteristics to come up with the ranking - not just the one's you get all sweaty over lol..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_city

What is an Alpha World City? Is it anything like the prosimians and primates ecosystem (I.E. "Alpha monkeys")?

Alpha Animals

[bostonkid123]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Hahaha Chicago and Charlotte arent say hi to anybody over here, AIGGHT SON. lmao.

The GAWC ranking of absolute financial
centers divided the industry into sub
sectors:

Financial Services
1 New York
2 London
3 Chicago
4 San Francisco
5 Sydney

Banking
1 New York
2 Chicago
3 Boston
4 Washington DC
5 London

Investment Banking
1 New York
2 London
3 San Francisco
4 Chicago
5 Paris

Investment Management
1 New York
2 London
3 San Francisco
4 Chicago
5 Boston

Capital Markets
1 New York
2 London
3 Chicago
4 Mumbai
5 Toronto

Venture Capital & Private Equity
1 San Francisco
2 New York
3 London
4 Boston
5 Paris

The cumulative scores for all 6 categories:

World's Absolute Financial Centres
1 New York 5,789
2 London 3,120
3 San Francisco 2,197
4 Chicago 2,007
5 Boston 1,561
6 Sydney 1,217
7 Washington DC 1,218
8 Toronto 1,184
9 Paris 1,105
10 Melbourne 831
11 Amsterdam 804
12 Mumbai 662
13 Hong Kong 647
14 Singapore 647
15 Sao Paulo 514
16 Madrid 473
17 Zurich 457
18 Milan 452
19 Johannesburg 447
20 Vancouver 367

GaWC Research Bulletin 432

Yawns.

Yes, and you said tech isnt that important?

Most Valuable Companies in the US as measured by market capitalization, as of July 29, 2015
Largest Companies by Market Cap - Dogs of the Dow

Hahaha fail again.

Just stick to what you know, which is basically nothing.

How do you have so much time on your hands to find all these obscure indices?

I work in strategy and IT consulting. I go where my clients are based, not where consulting offices are based. And the vast majority of our biggest management consulting clients are in manufacturing, aerospace and aviation, transportation and logistics, oil and gas, and banking and insurance. And I have a feeling SF is hardly a contender in any of these areas.

Oh wait, did I just commit the one unforgivable sin by talking down on the great SF? Guys, please be kind in your responses...

[DistrictDirt]

Originally Posted by mosdefinitely

I've met a ton of LA transplants in Philly too. Seems like a lot of you guys like our coast better

Goes both ways. I'm from Bucks County and am enjoying the hell out my adopted city of LA. 30 years of Pennsylvania winters was enough, thanks.