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What elevates San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland over Boston-Worcester-Providence, and Philidelphia-Camben-Wilmington is San Jose, which has a 180B dollar economy, San Francisco, Boston and Philly are all within 10% of each other (Boston and San Fran within 2% GMP of each other) but the difference in GDP between the Proidence MSA and the San Jose MSA is 120B, which makes the difference between the CSA,s ~100B. Sf has more than 200B outside its MSA but in its CSA, Boston and PHilly have less than 100B between their CSA's and MSA,s.
What elevates San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland over Boston-Worcester-Providence, and Philidelphia-Camben-Wilmington is San Jose, which has a 180B dollar economy, San Francisco, Boston and Philly are all within 10% of each other (Boston and San Fran within 2% GMP of each other) but the difference in GDP between the Proidence MSA and the San Jose MSA is 120B, which makes the difference between the CSA,s ~100B. Sf has more than 200B outside its MSA but in its CSA, Boston and PHilly have less than 100B between their CSA's and MSA,s.
San Jose is the wealthiest economy in the US. Silicon Valley is the most white collar industry in the entire country and that's what elevates the bay's economy to soar beyond similarly sized Boston and 2M larger Chicago.
Boston is a mostly pink collared CSA, its between white collar and blue collar but leans more white collar. Providence obviously being more blue collar than Boston by a longshot so the productivity decreases for Boston going from MSA to CSA.
Have we seen any from you for why SF is above Chicago? Start naming.
Pretty sneaky of you to say the Bay Area, because you know the city itself isnt nearly enough.
This is city vs. city.
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Originally Posted by scrantiX
Do you want to see it?
I mean, really, I'm being serious. Do you want to see why I think San Francisco Bay Area is just as world class as Chicagoland?
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Originally Posted by resuelppA
scrantix, the SF fanboy, present your case as to why you think SF is more world class than LA or Chicago.
I just want to see you try, thats really it.
Then this topic is over. I supported exactly what I told you, for the exact same geography I said I could, that you subconsciously laughed off.
After seeing the evidence then your arguments withered away to San Jose being a separate metro. That's the textbook example of laughable, having been proven wrong, being shown evidence, and then being called out for not understanding the dynamic of a region 3000 miles away. I never said SF Bay Area is on the level of LA, that's ridiculous. LA and NYC are in a higher league but Chicago is not, sorry.
Honestly JMT I think it's time to retire this years old thread (5 years old). Not only has it become boring but it's gotten to the point where the arguments serve no purpose. The topics far to vague as it is.
Some are clearly tourist traps or party spots or beach destinations but I think this is pretty clear. Just go through all the cities you never heard of before, before you get to Chicago. That ranking separates out San Jose(111th spot) btw.
So what's your point? That all these cities that we've never heard of are more world class than Chicago?
Are we supposed to think that Bangkok and Singapore are more world class than NY? Or that Bahrain and Cairo (and 48 other cities) are more world class than Tokyo? (Oh sorry I forgot, according to you Tokyo is not world class... lol).
So no, it's not clear at all. The results of this survey, on their face, illustrate that it has little to no correlation to world class (for pretty obvious reasons, some of which you have alluded to). Chicago is not a vacation spot or party destination; has a bad climate and unfavorable location in the middle of the continent (with the only conveniently located international tourist market being Canada, a country of less than 40 million); and offers a similar (but inferior) package of urban attractions as NYC, which most international tourists would have likely already visited. Thats why it ranks poorly in the international tourism rankings. Not because it lacks world class.
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San Jose is the wealthiest economy in the US. Silicon Valley is the most white collar industry in the entire country and that's what elevates the bay's economy to soar beyond similarly sized Boston and 2M larger Chicago.
Boston is a mostly pink collared CSA, its between white collar and blue collar but leans more white collar. Providence obviously being more blue collar than Boston by a longshot so the productivity decreases for Boston going from MSA to CSA.
Philadelphia is self explanatory really.
I wouldn't say its less productive, though Boston is less weathy than San Jose and San Franciso, they Exports more than those Metros.
So what's your point? That all these cities that we've never heard of are more world class than Chicago?
Are we supposed to think that Bangkok and Singapore are more world class than NY? Or that Bahrain and Cairo (and 48 other cities) are more world class than Tokyo? (Oh sorry I forgot, according to you Tokyo is not world class... lol).
So no, it's not clear at all. The results of this survey, on their face, illustrate that it has little to no correlation to world class (for pretty obvious reasons, some of which you have alluded to). Chicago is not a vacation spot or party destination; has a bad climate and unfavorable location in the middle of the continent (with the only conveniently located international tourist market being Canada, a country of less than 40 million); and offers a similar (but inferior) package of urban attractions as NYC, which most international tourists would have likely already visited. Thats why it ranks poorly in the international tourism rankings. Not because it lacks world class.
The rides at Universal Studios in Orlando alone is more world class than Tokyo
Honestly JMT I think it's time to retire this years old thread (5 years old). Not only has it become boring but it's gotten to the point where the arguments serve no purpose. The topics far to vague as it is.
Agreed. Plus it's become little more than a shouting match between fans of Chicago and SF.
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