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Are we taking into account rising sea levels and green energy? I hope and wish the best for Houston but it has a lot of challenges in the near future. Seattle's topography, climate, tech industry, and attitude toward green energy gives it the upper hand imo. The only thing it has less of is people, which isn't necessarily a bad thing..
Same can be said for Miami. However, I really respect Miami's distinct culture and identity. I'd say Miami has the upper hand in those categories compared to any of these metros.
You realize that Houston is the energy, not the oil, capital of the US. Doesnt matter the type of energy, the heavily lifting is done here.
Another thing to consider: the oil and gas giants of today are the green energy giants of tomorrow. Literally no one invests more in green energy than oil companies.
I'm brazenly going to suggest a six-way draw between all of these cities.
I think this very recent report by JLL/The Business of Cities illustrates how the standard hair-splitting/p*ssing match that these threads so often devolve into really don't provide any sort of objective assessment:
The fact of the matter is all of these cities have a very strong national and global profiles for different reasons and roles, whether they're innovation-based leaders (Philadelphia and Seattle), cultural "influencers" (Miami), or engines of population/economic growth (Houston, Atlanta and Dallas).
I've yet to come across an assessment that's more logical, comprehensive, and fair.
Houston is severely underrated, after making frequent visits to it, I find it to be just as, if not more international than Atlanta. And it carries the energy industry. Atlanta carries logistics, filming, banking, ect.
Take Atlanta away and we lose a significant portion of the entertainment industry, experience severe complications in logistics, the financial sector of the country would suffer in the short run but in long - other metro's would take up the slack.
Take Houston away and the country literally runs out of gas, biotech and future energy technologies would be haulted, the medical industry would also suffer.
I would say if Houston is 6, Atlanta is 6.5 ... they're fairly close IMO.
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