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Chicago still calls itself the Second City even though it hasn't been for a very long time now. A lot of people from that area also seem to think they are much better than the rest of the Midwest.
Philadelphia has a lot of pride for a city that is doing so poorly. Pittsburgh doesn't realize that its declined significantly from its heyday and can't compare at all to cities like Charlotte, Houston, Dallas, and Nashville.
Charlotte and Nashville are about the size of Pittsburgh they are absolutely comparable. I'm really unsure if you are wildly underrating Houston and Dallas or wildly overrating Nashville and Charlotte.
Big fish, small pond syndrome. Just cause you matter in a small state doesn't mean youre setting many trends elsewhere.
Nice cities, but cut the ego.
Portland was way ahead of the rest of the country on thinks like breweries and other "millennial things." In fact I would argue that it has had way more cultural influence beyond what you would expect from a city of it's size.
Culturally Portland is currently more culturally significant than Charlotte, Orlando, or San Antonio and despite being smaller than all three outperforms them in GDP. Heck, Portland has it's own TV show, Portlandia. Portland is actually bigger than it's physical size.
I don't think I have ever met anyone from Boise that thought we were setting trends anywhere. A lot of Idahoans feel misunderstood because many people can't find the state on a map and think it is in the Midwest somewhere. Actually, outside of the immediate neighbors, I would say that about 50% of people I meet nationwide(Boston, DC, Florida, Atlanta, SF, LA, Chicago, Dallas, Houston etc.) don't know where Idaho is located and just think it is potato fields.
What a lot of folks from Boise will say is that to them it is the best place in the world to live, or that it is their favorite place, but I have never heard anyone claim that we are setting trends in other places.
SLC? It is a large metro with major sports teams, but I personally don't have any experience with locals thinking that they are Dallas or Boston or something.
In a way I think it's a compliment to cities, especially mid-sized ones, with large aspirations to think bigger than they are. Those type of cities (the Nashvilles, Charlottes, Austins, etc) tend to envision themselves as cutting-edge, next-level, "can do" cities. Seems the visions they have of what they are and can be, tend to become self-fulfilling.
In a way I think it's a compliment to cities, especially mid-sized ones, with large aspirations to think bigger than they are. Those type of cities (the Nashvilles, Charlottes, Austins, etc) tend to envision themselves as cutting-edge, next-level, "can do" cities. Seems the visions they have of what they are and can be, tend to become self-fulfilling.
Nashville I would argue might be justified in that, as their cultural influence is disproportionately large for a city its size.
Nashville I would argue might be justified in that, as their cultural influence is disproportionately large for a city its size.
I agree to an extent. Although "cultural influence" is subjective. Therefore, Nashville does not offer much to me from that perspective. I was thinking more in terms how those aforementioned cities seem to continually find new ways to diversify economically, break new growth barriers, and position themselves for entry into the next tier of cities. Twenty years ago who would've thunk it? I think they did and results are beginning to materialize.
I agree to an extent. Although "cultural influence" is subjective. Therefore, Nashville does not offer much to me from that perspective. I was thinking more in terms how those aforementioned cities seem to continually find new ways to diversify economically, break new growth barrier, and position themselves for entry into the next tier of cities. Twenty years ago who would've thunk it? I think they did and results are beginning to materialize.
I would say Country Music is a pretty massive export, and even though its not measureable like soybeans or NIH funding is its undeniable that its cultural exports exceed the typical 2,000,000 metro. Its just a different level, in Music its more significant than Chicago or San Francisco.
Now obviously overall its not on Chicago's level, but since Nashville has a particular industry where it is top tier in the country (2nd to LA) believing its a "Major City" is a bit more justified IMO.
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