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View Poll Results: Which cities are emerging as world cities?
Dallas-Forth Worth 19 6.31%
Las Vegas 8 2.66%
Houston 63 20.93%
Miami 45 14.95%
Phoenix 7 2.33%
Twin Cities 13 4.32%
Boston 26 8.64%
Philidelphia 34 11.30%
Atlanta 86 28.57%
Voters: 301. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-08-2012, 11:13 PM
 
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I don't think I saw it mentioned, so I will throw it out there... I think Denver is a strong up and comer. Wikipedia has it as a Beta- world city with Detroit, Cleveland, and St. Louis. Seems to me it should be in Beta with Minneapolis and Seattle.
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Old 04-09-2012, 11:54 AM
 
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Boston, Houston, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta
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Old 04-09-2012, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Albany, NY
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Berlin's ranking as only a Beta makes me question the study's methodology altogether.

As for American "world cities" - I'd argue for the obvious candidates: NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, and Miami. People might differ on ways to rate these things, but the important factors to me are world recognition and economic power. NYC is clearly there; LA has Hollywood; the Bay Area has the economic power of Silicon Valley and its innovative culture/venture capital; Chicago is a vital power, the capital of the "flyover" areas; and Miami is a vital, dynamic cultural icon. DC is up there, too, based on political power and its population, and Atlanta and Boston both have reasonable claims, but I'd argue that they're a little lower on the totem pole.

But as Dennis Miller used to say at the end of one of his rants... that's just my opinion; I could be wrong.
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Old 04-09-2012, 02:08 PM
 
Location: Albany, NY
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And, incidentally, I voted for Houston. Miami, Boston, Atlanta and Philadelphia are already "world cities," if on different levels; Houston, I think, has an excellent opportunity to grow in stature over the coming years as it grows its economy even further and raises its cultural profile. You could conceivably argue that it's already there, at least on the level of Atlanta and Philadelphia, and I wouldn't give you too much of an argument in return. But as far as American cities with powerful futures - just from my knowledge of the place from having visited a number of times - I think Houston is well-positioned to be a great city in the future. Just wish it had less-humid weather and a more varied downtown area (though I love Montrose and the museum district) - I'd go back more often.
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Old 04-09-2012, 03:32 PM
 
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None of them.

The only US cities I would classify as world cities would be:

New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Honolulu

Those on the threshhold:

Seattle
Chicago

The rest do not even come close.
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Old 04-09-2012, 04:34 PM
 
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None of them.

The only US cities I would classify as world cities would be:

New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Honolulu

Those on the threshhold:

Seattle
Chicago

The rest do not even come close.
So you're putting Honolulu ahead of Boston, Chicago, DC, Atlanta, etc. Ok buddy
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Old 04-09-2012, 04:45 PM
 
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So you're putting Honolulu ahead of Boston, Chicago, DC, Atlanta, etc. Ok buddy
have you ever been to Honolulu? Its extremely cosmopolitan and international for its size. Definitely far more than the others.
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Old 04-09-2012, 04:54 PM
 
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You could conceivably argue that it's already there, at least on the level of Atlanta and Philadelphia, and I wouldn't give you too much of an argument in return.
Much argument or zero argument?

Houston I would argue has the edge over ATL in a more international economy
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Old 04-09-2012, 05:10 PM
 
Location: London, U.K.
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have you ever been to Honolulu? Its extremely cosmopolitan and international for its size. Definitely far more than the others.
LOLOL thanks for sharing the joke with us. I remember there was once another guy who tried to argue Honolulu as a world class city over LA because freeways bisected central LA and they didn't for Honolulu

The Honolulu fanfare is interesting to me. LOL
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Old 04-09-2012, 05:19 PM
 
Location: NYC
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have you ever been to Honolulu? Its extremely cosmopolitan and international for its size. Definitely far more than the others.
International? Yes. Cosmopolitan? Hardly, if by cosmopolitan you mean not just racially diverse but also sophisticated and urbane. Compared to places like Miami and LV I thought it was very provincial. And I could probaly think of another 10 US cities that are far more cosmopolitan than Honolulu.
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