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Ive said this here on cd a million times. The US has a high standard of living vs most of the Euro cities often lauded as examples of "world class".
I agree, also some of the cities not considered world class in Europe seemed to have a higher standard of living to me than some of the usual heavy weights.
The reason on made that post is because too many ppl on this forum put way too much stock in population when ranking cities or to a more specific topic such as world class.
One poster made some specific points to justify LA as world class. Some points were good while other points were terrible.
Two such points were airport O&D which has more to do with CSA than city proper. Another was world class amusement parks. Last time I checked Disneyland is in Anahiem, Not Los Angeles. Third point was more international destinations. The disparity between LAX and SFO for direct flights to foreign countries isn't that substantial to discredit one city while praising the other as world class.
If you're talking about just the city proper, then I'd say Houston. Boston and San Francisco are both small (but dense) cities and a lot of their clout comes from the area surrounding them. e.g. Boston gets credit for a lot of stuff that goes on in Cambridge AND
San Francisco gets credit for a lot of stuff that goes on in Silicon Valley.
Houston is larger in area and in population (but more spread out).
If you include the entire metropolitan area, I'd definitely say San Francisco. The city itself is great and the surrounding area is an economic powerhouse.
I'd put Houston at number 5, DC at number 6 and Boston at number 7.
If you're talking about just the city proper, then I'd say Houston. Boston and San Francisco are both small (but dense) cities and a lot of their clout comes from the area surrounding them. e.g. Boston gets credit for a lot of stuff that goes on in Cambridge AND
San Francisco gets credit for a lot of stuff that goes on in Silicon Valley.
Houston is larger in area and in population (but more spread out).
If you include the entire metropolitan area, I'd definitely say San Francisco. The city itself is great and the surrounding area is an economic powerhouse.
I'd put Houston at number 5, DC at number 6 and Boston at number 7.
Houston MSA = 10,000 sqmi, >6M pop
Boston CSA = 10,000 sq mi >8M pop
Boston is accepted as a major global city, Houston is not
Boston land area = 48 sqmi
Cambridge land area = 7 sq mi separated from Boston by a small river made into a lake by a dam
Houston land area is >600 sqmi
Harvard medical, business and laws schools are all in Boston and its huge new science center will be in Boston, too
travel MIT to Boston is less than 5 minutes either walking or heavy rail subway
The Boston metro extends from m NH to RI so while the city is small in area and compact it centers a huge area and population
Houston MSA = 10,000 sqmi, >6M pop
Boston CSA = 10,000 sq mi >8M pop
Boston is accepted as a major global city, Houston is not
Boston land area = 48 sqmi
Cambridge land area = 7 sq mi separated from Boston by a small river made into a lake by a dam
Houston land area is >600 sqmi
Harvard medical, business and laws schools are all in Boston and its huge new science center will be in Boston, too
travel MIT to Boston is less than 5 minutes either walking or heavy rail subway
The Boston metro extends from m NH to RI so while the city is small in area and compact it centers a huge area and population
If you're talking about just the city proper, then I'd say Houston. Boston and San Francisco are both small (but dense) cities and a lot of their clout comes from the area surrounding them. e.g. Boston gets credit for a lot of stuff that goes on in Cambridge AND
San Francisco gets credit for a lot of stuff that goes on in Silicon Valley.
Houston is larger in area and in population (but more spread out).
If you include the entire metropolitan area, I'd definitely say San Francisco. The city itself is great and the surrounding area is an economic powerhouse.
I'd put Houston at number 5, DC at number 6 and Boston at number 7.
Lmao Houston doesn't place over DC in anything...... Maybe in a alternate universe. DC is alpha world class and Houston is a crusty sprawling toe compared to it.
Lmao Houston doesn't place over DC in anything...... Maybe in a alternate universe. DC is alpha world class and Houston is a crusty sprawling toe compared to it.
You're a hater. Houston places above DC in population, GDP, ethnic diversity, and international business trade.
DC is above all in international politics but that's the only thing it has above Houston.
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