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Show that $200bil gap to the economic experts & world-renowned scholars who
rank LA as a beta city. Who knows they might give back LA the alpha status
Jeez, buddy. Are the "experts and world-renowned scholars" paying any of your bills? Haven't they all been proved wrong in the past?
Economics is probably the most abused science of them all...
I'd rather stick to data that shows LA's output to be $200B bigger than Chicago's. LA contribution to US economy does help to pay my bills as it profoundly affects the economy.
Again, please stop personal attacks. You opinion is not any better than mine. And none of them, cinluding opinions by renowned scholars, really counts when stacked against actual data.
LA's produces $200B more then Chicago. Is that fact of any value to you at all? If not I'll gladly take that $200B...
I can do it, laughing all the way to the bank Anyways, nobody really cares what GAWC thinks are the alpha and beta cities. Certainly not the million people that chose LA over Chicago and certainly not the US cultural elites chosing LA as their home.
If you care so much I suggest you make a big golden plague announcing Chicago as an alpha city and put it on display in O'Hare. Maybe someone will have a chuckle during a short stop over there.
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Chicago's Largest Banks by Assets
1 Northern Trust $67.9 Billion
2 Harris NA $41.4 Billion
3 Corus Bank $8.9 Billion
4 First Midwest Bank $8.2 Billion
5 MB Financial Bank N.A. $8.0 Billion
Chicago's Largest Banks by Assets
1 Northern Trust $67.9 Billion
2 Harris NA $41.4 Billion
3 Corus Bank $8.9 Billion
4 First Midwest Bank $8.2 Billion
5 MB Financial Bank N.A. $8.0 Billion
downtown1 must pray to the GAWC before bed every night.
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Anyways, nobody really cares what GAWC thinks are the alpha and beta cities. Certainly not the million people that chose LA over Chicago and certainly not the US cultural elites chosing LA as their home. 
