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1. New York
2. Washington
3. Los Angeles
4. Chicago
5. San Francisco
6. Boston
7. Miami
8. Houston
9. Atlanta
10. Dallas
11. Philadelphia
12. Detroit
(d) Metro Cincinnati is the nation's 13th largest exporter. (Trade.gov - Top 50 Metro Area Exporters) The enclosed PDF's reveal not only how closely Cincinnati ranks just behind Philadelphia, but also how it is the third biggest exporter in the Midwest, behind only Chicago and Detroit. In fact, in many cases, metro Cincinnati exports twice that of any two metros listed below it.
(f) Metro Cincinnati is home to nine F500 companies. These include Kroger, the nation's largest traditional grocery store chain; Procter & Gamble. the world's largest consumer products company and advertiser; and Macy's, the nation's largest and most well-known clothing retailer.
(g) Metro Cincinnati is home to GE Aviation, where the majority of the world's commercial jet engines are designed, tested and manufactured. In fact, there's probably not one major airport in the world where one of these jet engines isn't revving up at this very moment.
(h) Cincinnati is rated the Midwest's premier marketing/branding hub.
(i) Cincinnati is home to NFL and MLB teams.
Lastly...
(j) Cincinnati is Ohio's largest MSA; also its GDP is expected to become the state's largest in either 2016-17.
Houston --- 2nd most productive city on earth, 15th largest gdp of any city, highest traded sector productivity differential of the Knowledge Capitals.
Ok, I am in agreement that Cincinnati kicks KC off for its spot.
You raise good points. But, LV and Orlando are large tourist locations and still large cities even if their economies are smaller, they are somewhat more famous cities due to visitors/tourism. Sacramento is the state capital of the largest state in the US (CA contains 1/8 of the countries population), while its population is larger than Cincinnati, its economy is not. Charlotte is much smaller UA in 2010 but is probably much larger than it was by now. Its GDP is 22nd largest among metros and 8th busiest airport nationally.
Cincinnati is close to Louisville, Columbus, Dayton, Indianapolis, and Lexington whereas KC is relatively isolated. The only thing is that Cincinnati airport is sort of weak at 53rd nationally probably due to so much competition nearby. If nothing else Cincinnati probably replaces / kicks KC off for 30th place in all fairness, and may challenge Sacramento, Orlando, and maybe Las Vegas to take 27th place. Thank you for correcting this.
What defines importance? Austin has larger GDP then many of the cities listed. Important to the USA? Important to..
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