Which of these American cities do you feel has a significant worldwide influence? (largest, life)
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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.
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.
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:
^^ 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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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.
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.
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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