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Cosmopolitanism can also refer to high culture, character, and general level of knowledge of how things are or work in the world but for the intents and purposes of this thread, we will disregard that definition of cosmopolitanism and just look at the other side of the term. The other side being more demographical, ethnical, and global.
Use whatever as a metric for them, CSA, MSA, CMA, Golden Horseshoe, whatever you feel most compelling to you, use it. Thought this would be interesting.
Compare them on the following:
- Most diverse "feeling"
- Most integrated feeling
- Most linguistically diverse
- Most cultural influences in local culture due to immigration
- Economic factors that drive immigration
- Most ethnically diverse
Feel free to include other such comparison topics if you feel it should have been included. Pictures, statistics, and personal experiences are welcome.
It's basically a battle between Drake v Kanye v E-40 v Wale
Drake obviously wins here
The Six is the future of North America. From Mississauga to Ajax to Richmond Hill, T-Dot wins it by far
Lol but being serious being the biggest city of a country enhances Toronto's international ties in a way that the other three cities don't have.
I'm pretty sure that Washington being the Capital City of the world's sole superpower and largest economy gives it more international prestige/ties than Toronto gets from being the largest city in a country smaller than California.
And on the prestige game, San Francisco has 15 of the world's most ubiquitous companies who have built a brand that no other city can match: Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Google, HP, Oracle, Stanford, Silicon Valley, Electronic Arts, McKesson, Chevron. San Francisco is known as a beacon of modernity. Not sure any city in North America can match that.
I'm pretty sure that Washington being the Capital City of the world's sole superpower and largest economy gives it more international prestige/ties than Toronto gets from being the largest city in a country smaller than California.
And on the prestige game, San Francisco has 15 of the world's most ubiquitous companies who have built a brand that no other city can match: Apple, Facebook, Twitter, Google, HP, Oracle, Stanford, Silicon Valley, Electronic Arts, McKesson, Chevron. San Francisco is known as a beacon of modernity. Not sure any city in North America can match that.
Twitter...schmitter....just a company as are the others ...doesn't make it more cosmopolitan.
Same with DC, I visited DC last year, museums were very nice (and free),
but the city felt sleepy compare to "The Six"
I've been to all 4 cities. Live in Toronto but been to S.F 3 times and D.C and Chicago once each.
If the discussion is on most diverse feeling, ethnic and linguistic diversity i'd say Toronto quite handily followed by S.F, D.C and then Chicago.
In terms of being cosmopolitan with a global flair i'd say its a toss up between S.F and Toronto. Probably slight edge to S.F when you consider silicon valley and its draw for International technology professionals - Toronto gets more of your average joe or disenfranchised newcomer (the city has just taken in 10000 Syrian refugee for example in just 3 months on top of its normal 90K-100k immigrants/refs it gets per year in metro) followed again by D.C and Chicago with an edge to D.C for 3rd..
This is in terms of the general population. If you are talking about small political circles than D.C obvious is the most globally connected but that doesn't speak to the population as a whole.
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