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View Poll Results: Which of these American cities do you believe has a worldwide influence?
Philadelphia 31 19.25%
Boston 45 27.95%
New York City 127 78.88%
Providence 2 1.24%
Austin 3 1.86%
Chicago 78 48.45%
Seattle 23 14.29%
Los Angeles 110 68.32%
San Francisco 73 45.34%
Salt Lake City 5 3.11%
Albuquerque 5 3.11%
St. Louis 3 1.86%
Houston 34 21.12%
Minneapolis 4 2.48%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 161. You may not vote on this poll

 
 
Old 12-30-2009, 10:01 AM
 
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Houston is very much known for the mexicans.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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I've been overseas a bunch of times, and happened to travel with people from other cities while being shuttled places (airport, hotel, etc). When the local who's driving us asks where we're from, the cities recognized the most were NY, LA, SF, Chicago. That's about it.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:23 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Houston is very much known for the mexicans.
South Americans. We only have a large mexican population because we're located fairly close (8 hours) from the Mexico border compared to other major cities.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:29 AM
 
Location: Pasadena
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From the cities on the list I would say:

Tier 1:

New York City - Financial Services industry, corporate power, cultural influence.

Los Angeles - Movies/Entertainment industry, never-ending line of dumb spoiled rich whores with their own reality show

Chicago - Financial Services industry (CME), corporate power

Tier 2:

San Francisco: High-Tech/Biotech industry, Financial Services industry

Boston: Education (Harvard, MIT), Financial Services industry, High-Tech/Biotech, Medical Research

Houston: Oil, Medical Research
"never-ending line of dumb spoiled rich whores with their own reality show" -
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:32 AM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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I've been overseas a bunch of times, and happened to travel with people from other cities while being shuttled places (airport, hotel, etc). When the local who's driving us asks where we're from, the cities recognized the most were NY, LA, SF, Chicago. That's about it.
I think there is a difference between what is recognized and known.

Just about all of the major metro areas (the top 10) in the US are going to be known worldwide. But not all are influential. I travel overseas every 4-6 weeks and when I say I live in Dallas, every single person without exception knew where it was and had heard of it. But that being said, I dont think Dallas influences the world enourmously besides the fact that it has a bunch of immigrants from other countries here and DFW airport. Hence the difference between being know and being influential.

This thread is tough because Washington DC, the capital of the US and one of the capitals of the free world isnt on the list of choices, but a cities like Austin and Salt Lake City which dont really have any influance on the world are.

Here are the cities that I think have the most influence on the world:

1) NYC
2) LA
3) Chicago
4) Miami
5) San Francisco
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Denver
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^^ The only cities that contribute significantly to the rest of the world is New York City and to an extent Los Angeles

you would be surprise of how many people just don't know about Chicago... I know it's a big deal for this country but I just don't think it's as big of a deal to the rest of the world...

I'm sorry I'm having a hard time understanding, does the OP mean significantly worldwide influence as in well known or significantly worldwide influence as in what the city provides for the world? or both?
Anyone in the corporate world knows about Chicago...especially if you're in the Financial Services industry. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has a solid stranglehold on the derivative/commodity markets worldwide.

San Fran is probably more well-known than Boston and Houston internationally...but I think they're probably still relatively well-known around the world.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:53 AM
 
Location: The land of sugar... previously Houston and Austin
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lol, yeah that and the fact that it's one of the big texas cities. people
abroad seem to know texas pretty well . it also attracts a lot of foreign students...then you have the space center.
Yes, I think the state of Texas is likely known more abroad than the individual cities within it.

Re: the Space Center in Houston... "Houston" was the first word spoken from the moon, and most of those abroad who have any interest in the subject of US space travel (or have seen movies like Apollo 13) would know about it.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:57 AM
 
Location: MichOhioigan
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I voted NYC, LA, and hesitantly Chicago.

But why the odd list of choices?

The list contains some smaller, less significant cities such as Austin, Providence, SLC, and Albuquerque but leaves off DC, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Denver, Baltimore, etc.
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Old 12-30-2009, 10:57 AM
 
Location: New Orleans, United States
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NYC & LA.

The rest maybe known worldwide, but do they necessarily influence the way of like for the average person outside of the U.S.
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Old 12-30-2009, 11:04 AM
 
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Actually Miami and Houston, more Miami significantly influence the economy of Central and South America, more so than Mexico City or Sao Paolo.
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