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For the sake of discussion, I'd like to limit this to city proper, urban area, or MSA. CSA's larger than some European countries should not meet anyone's definition of a city. Imagine if we could rate Switzerland, the entire nation as a city. It's an artificially inflated city metric.
NYC and LA are the only two cities in the U.S. that offer the complete package. SF and Chicago come very close. In my opinion, nothing else other than those four belong in the discussion.
Cities that are 100% world class across the board:
NYC
LA
Chicago
DC
San Francisco
Cities that are poised to be world class in the near future:
Boston
Houston
Philadelphia
Cities that have many elements about them that are world class but probably wont be fully world class soon:
Dallas
Seattle
Atlanta
Miami
San Diego
New Orleans
Cities that have a few world class elements:
Detroit
Minneapolis
Portland
Charleston
Denver
Nashville
Charlotte
Raleigh
Baltimore
Last edited by Cowboys fan in Houston; 10-25-2016 at 10:49 AM..
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