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Leading Canidates for World Class City In Order:
1. Houston (arguably already there. Strong Economy intertwined with the world wide energy market, With the widening of the panama canal it's already busy port is really about to further strengthen it's international ties. The biggest hinderance is the absence of mass transit wich makes it "feel" less urban. That's being resolved as we speak and we should fully expect Houston to BLAST OFF once the transit issues improve in addition to the Canal widening. Not to mention culturally the hidden Tex-Mex-Cajun culture is finally getting national recognition beyond the region itself.)
2. Dallas (4th Largest Metro, inevitably it will become world class by default with it's current growth rate. The "urbanization" image projects just keep going and going and going. However, IMO it's real International Ties are probably the weakest of all the canidates. But it's efforts to become premeir American city coupled with it's exansive growth will like it push it over the top into World Class status at some point)
3. Atlanta (I'll be honest and maybe my opinion is somewhat biased. Hosting the Olympics is not enough to make you a World Class city. On the plus side, it's urbanization efforts makes it a premier American city arguably ahead of it's competition Houston and Dallas, I just feel Atlanta is furtherst Away from International Stature which would make it a "World Class" city)
Honorable Mention (Seattle, Phoenix, New Orleans, Honolulu, Vegas)
In closing, I just recognize that my list of of World Class cities are all located next to a major body of water. Is that a mere coincidence? wondering what role that plays as opposed to being land locked?
i think you place a bit too much importance on the port. goods are just passing through, for the most part. savannah has the 4th busiest container port (moreso than houston) but that fact doesn't really elevate savannah to any kind of global city. 5 of the top 10 busiest (cargo) ports are in the middle of nowhere, or in smaller cities that are equally unimportant on any sort of global sense. (nobody thinks of huntingdon, va or beaumont, tx when it comes to global importance) the majority of what passes through the port of houston is petroleum.
i think you place a bit too much importance on the port. goods are just passing through, for the most part. savannah has the 4th busiest container port (moreso than houston) but that fact doesn't really elevate savannah to any kind of global city. 5 of the top 10 busiest (cargo) ports are in the middle of nowhere, or in smaller cities that are equally unimportant on any sort of global sense. (nobody thinks of huntingdon, va or beaumont, tx when it comes to global importance) the majority of what passes through the port of houston is petroleum.
I disagree, only because you're discounting the fact that the Panama Canal project will strengthen Houston's hand as it's a closer POE to the larger ships from China than is Savannah. This doesn't mean it will overtake Savannah for containers (since the Port of Savannah plays a large role in cargo distribution in the Southeast) but certainly increases can be expected. Houston's port does support a lot of petroleum shipping as well and that will only increase in the future with the completion of the southern part of the Keystone pipeline. More gasoline exports = more business for the ports of Houston and Beaumont.
I voted for Houston for this very reason, the Port and the energy-based economy will continue to thrive for the foreseeable future. Atlanta and DFW are right there as well and will be world cities at some point, though Atlanta has lost some steam economically as of late.
I disagree, only because you're discounting the fact that the Panama Canal project will strengthen Houston's hand as it's a closer POE to the larger ships from China than is Savannah. This doesn't mean it will overtake Savannah for containers (since the Port of Savannah plays a large role in cargo distribution in the Southeast) but certainly increases can be expected. Houston's port does support a lot of petroleum shipping as well and that will only increase in the future with the completion of the southern part of the Keystone pipeline. More gasoline exports = more business for the ports of Houston and Beaumont.
I voted for Houston for this very reason, the Port and the energy-based economy will continue to thrive for the foreseeable future. Atlanta and DFW are right there as well and will be world cities at some point, though Atlanta has lost some steam economically as of late.
Yeah that guy is being silly, the Port of Houston is responsible for 1M jobs in Texas. That is huge for ANY metro.
The Ports in LA has an even greater economic impact.
Major ports are huge for emerging cities.
Savannah port System is nowhere close to being as large as Houstons.
Houston's Port Region is the 9th largest in the World and the Largest in the US.
Looks like Atlanta is losing the poll. This just proves Atlanta will never be a world city. I would vote for every city in the poll before I would Atlanta.
Boston is already a global city and there are lots of studies like this one to support that. Although Philly is a big northeastern city, it is not close to Boston, DC, or NYC on the world stage.
Boston is already a global city and there are lots of studies like this one to support that. Although Philly is a big northeastern city, it is not close to Boston, DC, or NYC on the world stage.
I didn't see Philly at all. Did I miss it?
Didn't see Dallas either.
Not to say that nyc doesn't have a big gap on LA but why the big gap comment when only 4 cities separating? Then you group the last 5 together when there's a huuuuuuge gap between SF and mia 18-36, going by this mia, houston and atl are 4th tier cities by a long shot
Boston is already a global city and there are lots of studies like this one to support that. Although Philly is a big northeastern city, it is not close to Boston, DC, or NYC on the world stage.
LA and Chicago seemed to have switched places. Boston and SF did too
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