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^ I've heard it said here before but absolutely Nothing comes close to beating the feel of the west end and westminster on a sunny day as far as major cities go.
How? London looks very grubby and so unattractive compared to Paris. Even on a sunny day, London can look so gloomy. I was in both back to back in the beginning of May and nothing in London tops strolling in Paris on a sunny day. Or an evening stroll with Eiffel Tower sparkling before you. Nothing.
How? London looks very grubby and so unattractive compared to Paris. Even on a sunny day, London can look so gloomy. I was in both back to back in the beginning of May and nothing in London tops strolling in Paris on a sunny day. Or an evening stroll with Eiffel Tower sparkling before you. Nothing.
I'd have to disagree, and I know Paris very well.
Firstly, in such conditions London looks far from 'gloomy'. It's vibrant, colourful, cosmopolitan and feels like the 'place to be'.
And in actuality, the worst parts of the Paris area look far worse than the worse of London.
Even though I live in LA and love it, I can't deny the power and influence that comes out of NYC. Worldwide, yes it's debatable what the most powerful city is, but in the United States alone, it's NYC without a doubt. No other place even comes close. I don't care if DC's where the government, it doesn't compare to NYC. Saying otherwise is completely denying reality IMO. Besides, are you going to tell me that Sacramento, CA is much more important to the state of California than San Francisco or Los Angeles, simply because it's technically the capital? Or that Albany, NY is more important than New York City? Or Springfield, IL over Chicago?
I guess no one on this board got the memo that finance owns the government in DC. So NYC would be the numero uno. But this state of affairs only will last if the US can maintain its role as the supplier to the rest of the world of its reserve currency.
It would be interesting to see how NYC will fare in global power projection when the dollar loses its reserve currency status. "Not well" is the euphemism that comes to mind. (And Adrien Brody's nose is "a little crooked".)
It would be interesting to see how NYC will fare in global power projection when the dollar loses its reserve currency status. "Not well" is the euphemism that comes to mind. (And Adrien Brody's nose is "a little crooked".)
What kind of currency would USD lose its status to?I seriously can't think of any.Euro zone is merely hangin' there,RMB isn't stable as well due to the problem of PRC itself,the other rich and stable currency is nowhere as widely reserved(CHF,AUD,CAD).I'd say that USD still have a longgggggggggg time to live.
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Tokyo ; $1.52 trillion ; $41,446
New York ; $1.21 trillion ; $63,238
Seoul ; $773.9 billion ; $32,155 
London ; $731.2 billion ; $51,978
Paris ; $669.2 billion ; $53,881
Moscow ; $520.1 billion ; $44,774
Shanghai ; $516.5 billion ; $21,364
Rhein-Ruhr: $488; $42,871 (2009)
Taipei ; $376.8 billion ; $41,639
Hong Kong ; $350.4 billion ; $48,672 
Singapore ; $327.2 billion ; $62,523 
Bangkok ; $262.4 billion ; $23,448
Jakarta ; $224.9 billion ; $7,247 
Manila ; $153.7 billion ; $12,979
Kuala Lumpur ; $139.9 billion ; $23,906 
