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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"
LA doesnt have 40 fortune 500 companies. The Bay Area is second to the NY Metro in that regard and we've only got 27 or 28.
LA doesnt have 40 fortune 500 companies. The Bay Area is second to the NY Metro in that regard and we've only got 27 or 28.
You're both wrong. San Francisco and LA only have 5 apiece. Now, California as a whole has 54, and many of those are in the metro areas of LA or SF, but the cities, proper, have 5 apiece. NYC has 45. Houston has 22. Atlanta has 12. Chicago and Dallas each have 11. NY has the most as a state. 57. Texas has 56. Then Cali. Then IL with 33 and Ohio with 28.
When it comes to the GLOBAL 500, only NYC can hang with Tokyo or London.
I really don’t find Chicago really that significant to what is going on in America today, only that it is the 3rd most populous city in the US with Houston coming on strong looking to take that position away, as did Los Angeles. Maybe Chicago was years ago.
(Think about what you use every day, computer/software/Phone/TV etc…….what banks you use/what you watch on TV, go to movies, eat, drink, and what political developments rule the headlines, and you.
The us relies heavily on (Tourism, Technology, Finance, Entertainment, and Politics)
New York, Los Angeles tops in most of those categories
New York - has the music industry, Time Warner, MTV, VH1, BET etc. finance, tourism etc. /New York effects you everyday
Los Angeles - practically every movie is made there, music industry, entertainment, tourism, /L.A. is in your home every day.
D.C. – Politics, Tourism/DC affects you everyday
Seattle – Technology/ Microsoft, Nintendo, Amazon, Real Networks, Google, Bungie studios, Expedia, T-moble, At&t, Boeing (planes we fly everyday are built in the greater Seattle area) / Finance – Washington Mutual Tourism other Starbucks – Seattle, is utilized by you every day, at home or work to make things move more efficiently for you.
San Francisco/bay area – Technology/ Apple, Google, adobe, digidesign, Intel etc. / Finance, Tourism – San Francisco (see Seattle)
Houston
Miami/Florida
Atlanta – music industry, CNN, TNT, coca-cola
Even throw in Las Vegas, for the Tourism department.
I’m not saying Chicago isn’t important………but because of its population people over state it. There are actually other cities, as you can see, that have a direct effect on our lives, and how we function every day across the entire US.
The cities on both coast, west, east, and in the gulf, have the most profound effect on our country, and culture. Thus the shift in population west and south and some in the east.
A lot of rust belt, and midwestern cities, have lost population, or status as top cities. The midwest is not a desirable location compared to the west and east coast cities, San Jose, was just a burb of San Francisco, now it’s bigger than San Francisco. I don’t think Milwaukie, or Garry Indiana will ever pass Chicago anytime soon.
If you just took Chicago, and wiped it off the map, nothing would change in the US, because you have New York.
Wipe out L.A. - that means…..no movies, no commercials, no TV shows, no Disneyland, it would effect, the entire US.
Wipe out D.C. – No Government to run the country
Wipe out Seattle – No Microsoft - means no windows, You would have no PC computer, no internet, no software to run, millions of office jobs gone, no X box 360, No Halo 3 No Nintendo Wii, no Amazon.com, no expedia, no starbucks, most aplines for travel and military gone, no Google….wow.
Wipe out San Fran and the bay area – See Seattle, with the addition of no Apple, no I-Pod, no I-phone, no I-Tunes No Pro tools - which makes most of the music you hear on radio or in movies today. No Processors to run computers period, wow.
In my book, Chicago is in a big three comparison with New York, and L.A. by way of population only……IMO. But L.A. has over a million more people than Chicago, and growing.
In reality New York is really five separate counties that formed one city. Most people recognize New York as Manhattan, which L.A. is more than twice the size of.
If you made L.A. into a five county city as New York is with annexation
To be honest, you have no freaking clue what you're talking about. Unlike the global players like New York and Chicago, LA's global role is less significant in the world today. This has already been discussed. Go back a few pages and find out yourself.
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I really don’t find Chicago really that significant to what is going on in America today, only that it is the 3rd most populous city in the US with Houston coming on strong looking to take that position away, as did Los Angeles. Maybe Chicago was years ago.
(Think about what you use every day, computer/software/Phone/TV etc…….what banks you use/what you watch on TV, go to movies, eat, drink, and what political developments rule the headlines, and you.
The us relies heavily on (Tourism, Technology, Finance, Entertainment, and Politics)
New York, Los Angeles tops in most of those categories
New York - has the music industry, Time Warner, MTV, VH1, BET etc. finance, tourism etc. /New York effects you everyday
Los Angeles - practically every movie is made there, music industry, entertainment, tourism, /L.A. is in your home every day.
D.C. – Politics, Tourism/DC affects you everyday
Seattle – Technology/ Microsoft, Nintendo, Amazon, Real Networks, Google, Bungie studios, Expedia, T-moble, At&t, Boeing (planes we fly everyday are built in the greater Seattle area) / Finance – Washington Mutual Tourism other Starbucks – Seattle, is utilized by you every day, at home or work to make things move more efficiently for you.
San Francisco/bay area – Technology/ Apple, Google, adobe, digidesign, Intel etc. / Finance, Tourism – San Francisco (see Seattle)
Houston
Miami/Florida
Atlanta – music industry, CNN, TNT, coca-cola
Even throw in Las Vegas, for the Tourism department.
I’m not saying Chicago isn’t important………but because of its population people over state it. There are actually other cities, as you can see, that have a direct effect on our lives, and how we function every day across the entire US.
The cities on both coast, west, east, and in the gulf, have the most profound effect on our country, and culture. Thus the shift in population west and south and some in the east.
A lot of rust belt, and midwestern cities, have lost population, or status as top cities. The midwest is not a desirable location compared to the west and east coast cities, San Jose, was just a burb of San Francisco, now it’s bigger than San Francisco. I don’t think Milwaukie, or Garry Indiana will ever pass Chicago anytime soon.
If you just took Chicago, and wiped it off the map, nothing would change in the US, because you have New York.
Wipe out L.A. - that means…..no movies, no commercials, no TV shows, no Disneyland, it would effect, the entire US.
Wipe out D.C. – No Government to run the country
Wipe out Seattle – No Microsoft - means no windows, You would have no PC computer, no internet, no software to run, millions of office jobs gone, no X box 360, No Halo 3 No Nintendo Wii, no Amazon.com, no expedia, no starbucks, most aplines for travel and military gone, no Google….wow.
Wipe out San Fran and the bay area – See Seattle, with the addition of no Apple, no I-Pod, no I-phone, no I-Tunes No Pro tools - which makes most of the music you hear on radio or in movies today. No Processors to run computers period, wow.
In my book, Chicago is in a big three comparison with New York, and L.A. by way of population only……IMO. But L.A. has over a million more people than Chicago, and growing.
In reality New York is really five separate counties that formed one city. Most people recognize New York as Manhattan, which L.A. is more than twice the size of.
If you made L.A. into a five county city as New York is with annexation
For all you people who still don't know what chicago is important for check down here.
Chicago is the candy capital of the world.
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Chicago ranks second only to New York in the publishing industry
. chicago has something it is know for ok. it might not be known for the one big thing but it has many little things that are important to the nation. Chicago unlike the rest of the cities doesn't need one major thing to survive on. we don't need one big thing like hollywood. imagine if no one is interested movies anymore L.A 's economy will suffer. having one thing as your major source for your economy isn't neccessary an advantage
Candy capital of the World? No, thanks. I am on diet now
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For all you people who still don't know what chicago is important for check down here.
Chicago is the candy capital of the world. . chicago has something it is know for ok. it might not be known for the one big thing but it has many little things that are important to the nation. Chicago unlike the rest of the cities doesn't need one major thing to survive on. we don't need one big thing like hollywood. imagine if no one is interested movies anymore L.A 's economy will suffer. having one thing as your major source for your economy isn't neccessary an advantage
The city has also been rated as having the most balanced economy in the United States, due to its high level of diversification.
This is why chicago doesn't need to be known for one thing. Its actually better to have diversification. i used think chicago needs to be know for something but now it is lot better that it doesn't need one thing just to keep the economy going.
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The midwest is not a desirable location compared to the west and east coast cities, San Jose, was just a burb of San Francisco, now it’s bigger than San Francisco. I don’t think Milwaukie, or Garry Indiana will ever pass Chicago anytime soon.
have you hear about the drought going on lately. when all these cities run out of freshwater the midwest will be the most desirable.
To be honest, you have no freaking clue what you're talking about. Unlike the global players like New York and Chicago, LA's global role is less significant in the world today. This has already been discussed. Go back a few pages and find out yourself.
Then show me one thing, that is not factual in what I said.
Fact of the matter is. Chicago doesn't matter to me, or most people for that matter. Everything I mentioned is what pretty much every US citizen utilizes on a daily bases 24 / 7 / 365 and none of it comes from Chicago. So with that being said, I don't find Chicago that important. Period.
another fact is, you are the one with no clue to what you are talking about.
Then show me one thing, that is not factual in what I said.
Fact of the matter is. Chicago doesn't matter to me, or most people for that matter. Everything I mentioned is what pretty much every US citizen utilizes on a daily bases 24 / 7 / 365 and none of it comes from Chicago. So with that being said, I don't find Chicago that important. Period.
another fact is, you are the one with no clue to what you are talking about.
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Chicago really isn't that meaningful
