Alpha, Beta, and Gamma cities in the U.S. (compare, America, Atlanta)

[AcroJimmy]

ANy thoughts on this?

NYC is a 12 point Alpha city.

LA and Chicago are 10 point Alpha cities.

San Francisco is a 9 point Alpha city.

Boston, Dallas, Houston, and DC are 6 point Gamma cities.

Atlanta and Miami are 4 point Gamma cities.

Those are the only Alpha, Beta, and Gamma cities in the US.

Also, according to the GaWC:


"Well rounded global cities

1. Very large contribution: New York City Smaller contribution and with cultural bias: Los Angeles and San Francisco"

Global city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[noid_1985]

you made a thread to let us know that San Francisco is a 9 point Alpha city didn't you- thanks

[nature's message]

Sounds pretty accurate, although I would add Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis and Philadelphia as 4 point Gamma cities.

[krudmonk]

Originally Posted by noid_1985

you made a thread to let us know that San Francisco is a 9 point Alpha city didn't you- thanks

Hey, that's a lot of tourism. Don't mess.

[AcroJimmy]

I would put Philly as a 6 point.

Originally Posted by nature's message

Sounds pretty accurate, although I would add Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis and Philadelphia as 4 point Gamma cities.

[grapico]

here is the full text for well rounded...

Global Cities[5]
Well rounded global cities

1. Very large contribution: London and New York City Smaller contribution and with cultural bias: Los Angeles, Paris, and San Francisco
2. Incipient global cities: Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Toronto

12 points: London, New York City, Paris, Tokyo10 points: Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan, Singapore Beta World Cities
9 points: San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto, Zurich

can't really argue with that and puts the cities usually where I rank them on here as the premier U.S. cities... nyc and chicago ...then cali with 2 power houses in la/sf .. boston and dc right behind.

[ogre]

I've seen that list a few times before. I always wonder where Washington is. D.C.'s absence leads me to question the criteria they use. Regardless of how it may compare to the American cities on this list in terms of financial, educational, manufacturing, etc., influence (or whatever criteria they use), Washington's political effect on the entire world should be enough by itself for this city to at least make the list. Since this is not the case, I question the criteria.

[thedudewiththeplan]

I would make Philly a 6 pointer as well, and maybe Miami

[FlyMIA]

I would put Miami in the 6 with Boston Dallas etc.. I would put DC up there with Chicago and LA the most powerful city in the world on par with Dallas???

[downtown1]

The info you posted was already outdated. Here's the latest one

The World According to GaWC 2008

Originally Posted by AcroJimmy

ANy thoughts on this?

NYC is a 12 point Alpha city.

LA and Chicago are 10 point Alpha cities.

San Francisco is a 9 point Alpha city.

Boston, Dallas, Houston, and DC are 6 point Gamma cities.

Atlanta and Miami are 4 point Gamma cities.

Those are the only Alpha, Beta, and Gamma cities in the US.