2020 Forbes Billionaires by North American Metro Region (cons, south, transportation)
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Interestingly the Pearl River Delta (Hong Kong - Guangzhou - Shenzhen) has more billionaires (144 total) than NYC CSA (134). Is there another agglomeration or megacity that can be cobbled together to have a higher total?
Interestingly the Pearl River Delta (Hong Kong - Guangzhou - Shenzhen) has more billionaires (144 total) than NYC CSA (134). Is there another agglomeration or megacity that can be cobbled together to have a higher total?
The distance from Guangzhou to Hong Kong is 110 miles (driving).
Philadelphia to NYC is under 100 miles (driving) and would have a total of 141.
Boston to NYC is around 200 miles (driving) and would have a total of 152.
San Francisco to LA is around 380 miles (driving) and would have a total of 157.
One large pool of Billionaires in the northeast and the other pool on the west coast.
?? .. why would it not? Surprised it doesn't have more. It's the 5th largest city in the country in a metro of 5 million. One of the fastest growing large cities in the nation.
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Very cool stat, but can be misleading to the naked eye. Miami for example has among the highest poverty rate and lowest median incomes for large cities and metros, yet is also home to a segment of extreme wealth.
Since every measurement is different, what do people think is the best way to measure overall economic health / affluence in a major metro area? GDP per capita? Median income? Median household income? etc.
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I think your limited reliance on median income to somehow paint Miami as Tijuana East or Bronx South (though it has its sections) underscores the fact (1) it has a much higher percentage of retirees earning less income now than when they were working, thus lowering median income for the area as a whole; (2) has a much higher reliance upon small business than salaried/reported wage corporate employment in which case income is underreported (not just waiters either); and (3) there is definitely poverty/poorer areas here, yet we don’t have anywhere close to the homeless levels of other cities on both coasts. Anyone denying the fact there is vast wealth—not limited—for the 100 miles or so of coastal (haves) Miami MSA stretching from South Miami/Pinecrest up through Miami and Miami Beach, while continuing up the coast through Bal Harbour, Sunny Isles, Ft Lauderdale, Delray Beach/Boca Raton to Palm Beach/Jupiter has not spent much time here and/or is out of touch. There’s more than 50, 500 or 1000 wealthy families living here
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Very cool stat, but can be misleading to the naked eye. Miami for example has among the highest poverty rate and lowest median incomes for large cities and metros, yet is also home to a segment of extreme wealth.
Since every measurement is different, what do people think is the best way to measure overall economic health / affluence in a major metro area? GDP per capita? Median income? Median household income? etc.
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