Do you think New York City,Los Angeles,and Chicago will always be the most meaningful cities in the United States? (insurance, lofts)

[downtown1]

Well, this is the year of 2007. All I know is that FDI did not think LA is the city of the future. Why? one of the reasons is education. Without brainpower you cannot lead this country. PERIOD.


Smart in the Center -College Attainment

Top 5

1. New York-N. New Jersey, NY-NJ
2. Chicago-Gary, IL-IN-WI
3. Portland-Salem, OR-WA
4. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA
5. Seattle-Tacoma, WA

Bottom 5

46. Indianapolis
47. Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA
48. Phoenix, AZ
49. San Antonio, TX
50. Las Vegas, NV



North American Cities of the Future - 2007 fDi magazine award

Chicago, Illinois - fDi City of the Future 2007/2008

Chicago is a repeat winner from the 2005/2006 competition.

2005 Award presentations and 2005 US winners

Chicago, Illinois - fDi City of the Future 2007/2008

Originally Posted by TheRealAngelion

As Chicago’s very own economic development corporation, which is chaired by Mayor Richard Daley, confirms, the size, global reach, competitiveness, and growth of LA's economy is superior to Chicago’s. That's a fact.

Gross Regional Product (GRP) 2005

New York $995B
Los Angeles $637B
Chicago $423B

Percent growth in GRP 2000-2005

Los Angeles 15%
U.S. 13%
New York 11%
Chicago 5%

Private sector job growth 2000-2006

Los Angeles 86,500
New York -34,500
Chicago -75,400

Not only is Chicago's economy smaller, it's growing at a much slower pace than LA or NY. Plus, Chicago is losing jobs. Another sign of competitive weakness.

http://www.worldbusinesschicago.com/Portals/0/infocenter_files/comparingchicago_economy.pdf (broken link)

[TheRealAngelion]

Originally Posted by Caliguy2007

RealAngelion....Even if L.A had the Largest Economy with the Most Skyscrapers in the Country,their will always be those in other Cities that will continue to bash L.A.

L.A has accomplished so much within a relatively short period of time to become the 2nd Largest U.S City with the 2nd Largest Economy,but if others don't notice it,then nothing will convince them otherwise.

What matters most of all is our Positive Thoughts on this City,not what Chicago or NYC thinks of it.

I love L.A,and not a single Negative Comment would change my feelings for this City

Hey buddy I am with you 100 percent. But I figure if the mods allow one person to hog an entire thread by repeating a bunch of garbage and misinformation 24/7, a little reality check every now and again to counterbalance the lies can't hurt. I have posted those numbers before, but things get lost in alll the noise and stupidity that dominates the City Data Forums.

[downtown1]

Please watch your language. Those are FACTS. When you said LA has 40 Fortune 500 companies and boasts more hi-tech jobs than Chicago, but failed to back them up with data, its called "a bunch of garbage and misinformation"

Originally Posted by TheRealAngelion

Hey buddy I am with you 100 percent. But I figure if the mods allow one person to hog an entire thread by repeating a bunch of garbage and misinformation 24/7, a little reality check every now and again to counterbalance the lies helps. I have posted those numbers before, but things get lost in alll the noise and stupidity that dominates the City Data Forums.

[beone]

Originally Posted by TheRealAngelion

Hey buddy I am with you 100 percent. But I figure if the mods allow one person to hog an entire thread by repeating a bunch of garbage and misinformation 24/7, a little reality check every now and again to counterbalance the lies can't hurt. I have posted those numbers before, but things get lost in alll the noise and stupidity that dominates the City Data Forums.

What do you love about LA? I'm being serious here and not condescending. Maybe I missed something this weekend. Maybe I'm just not getting it. Maybe it's just not me.

[milquetoast]

Originally Posted by downtown1

Milky, Chicago is also more global and competitive than LA. Thats a FACT

Chicago is Second Most Global City in U.S.: Brookings


Campaign for Sensible Growth (http://www.growingsensibly.org/news/releaseDetail.asp?objectID=1830 - broken link)

Ya know, Towny, there is more than one little game of global influence out there! It's also funny you seem to have found a site,"Campaign for sensible growth", that comes from a University of Chicago study and can't spell the very word 'globalization'! Also stated, curiously, that economically, NY is 50 percent and CHICAGO is 80 percent, NOT GLOBALLY CHARACTERISTIC! Meaning, they are economically more directed toward their own respective regions and the nation, rather than on a global scale. When I also say, 'Hollywood', all your arguments just fly out the window! And then you make me laugh!

[downtown1]

oh lord...Milky, the Brookings institution is a think tank group based in Washington D.C, not University of Chicago.

Please remember that this research was led by Rob Lang and Peter Taylor at the Metropolitan Institute, Virginia Tech. This is one of the GaWc projects focusing on the world city network study.

This study shows that Chicago is more globalization than LA. It ranks ahead of LA in the world city network (#7). To become more GLOBAL nowadays means one must have a strong global network connectivity. Diversity and multiculturalism are important but they are not the deciding factors.

Anyway, thanks for the good laugh, Milky

GaWC - Project 32

Originally Posted by milquetoast

Ya know, Towny, there is more than one little game of global influence out there! It's also funny you seem to have found a site,"Campaign for sensible growth", that comes from a University of Chicago study and can't spell the very word 'globalization'! Also stated, curiously, that economically, NY is 50 percent and CHICAGO is 80 percent, NOT GLOBALLY CHARACTERISTIC! Meaning, they are economically more directed toward their own respective regions and the nation, rather than on a global scale. When I also say, 'Hollywood', all your arguments just fly out the window! And then you make me laugh!

[milquetoast]

TownCakes, L. A. is ranked 9th globally (according to your GaWC), and I'm fine with that! Financial service sectorially speaking! I've just discovered your "link within the link". Why direct everyone to competing links from different sources and different eras when you have the chance to be a little more clear, for a change. There's a study, from the University of Chicago that states one thing, then the link on the bottom that directs people to another study from The Brookings Institute based on the information from the first study, then in your rebuttle you yet again direct everyone to another study. I told you there's more than one game in this big world, but according to your respective studies, L. A. has even more international visibility than I thought. Let's get to it. First, the study (project 32) uses limited factors for the sake of comparison within the study itself. Second, the study is somewhat flawed and doesn't accurately reflect the ranking of certain cities because it doesn't take into account the actual performance of 'global services' provided by said cities. They suffer by comparison because their known status, for reasons beyond the study, can't be evaluated effectively. Connectivity, irrelavent geographically in the near future and beyond, does not bode well for expensive, established centers like New York, or even Chicago, which will be bypassed. Taking into account that one study is 3 years behind while another is 5 years behind (and the way you misused the word 'globalization' in your rebuttle), and, I'm not exactly laughing. I'm thinking I'm wasting my time and actually pulling out pad and pen and arguing with someone who ignores my posts, someone who may still be in college, or someone who just doesn't have the capacity to see the bigger picture. But thanks for letting me know about Los Angeles' ranking just behind Chicago and New York in global financial service connectivity, I'll add that feather to my cap, and consider all the other ways that L. A. makes the other cities uhh.. not ready for prime time! Relatively speaking.

[milquetoast]

When owning up to their inaccuracies, they state, "These few incongruities imply that there is more to understanding the importance of U.S. cities than just their worldwide standing as global service centers." I think someone has a boo boo in their foot cause they shot themself!

[milquetoast]

Originally Posted by beone

What do you love about LA? I'm being serious here and not condescending. Maybe I missed something this weekend. Maybe I'm just not getting it. Maybe it's just not me.

Again, there will be no list for you.

[irvm]

I'm puzzled.
The only thing "meaningful" about any of those cities is they're full of people who have been meaning to get out asap.