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I find it odd to see anyone mentioning Atlanta as somehow more economically important than Boston. I'm very familiar with both, and it's really not all that close. Boston is a world class juggernaut of asset management, education, biotech, venture capital, consulting, and healthcare. To me, the top economic cities in the US on a world scale are pretty cut and dry:
Globally, sure. Within the United States, Atlanta is the giant regional city. Boston will always be NYC's little brother with a boutique economy where there are narrow sectors where it is world class.
You can kind of say the same for Chicago. It's the giant regional city. In terms of global importance, I'm not confident that it's "Tier 1". Nationally, it's clearly Tier 1 as the dominant midwestern city.
Interesting list from over a decade ago. A lot of that looks okay, but some of them are not even close. St Louis and Pittsburgh are probably ranked too high in 1-AA, but I guess it is arguable. Cleveland though?
And what is up with Charlotte and Austin in the same category as Peoria, Harrisburg, and Youngstown? LOL.
Interesting list from over a decade ago. A lot of that looks okay, but some of them are not even close. St Louis and Pittsburgh are probably ranked too high in 1-AA, but I guess it is arguable. Cleveland though?
And what is up with Charlotte and Austin in the same category as Peoria, Harrisburg, and Youngstown? LOL.
Globally, sure. Within the United States, Atlanta is the giant regional city. Boston will always be NYC's little brother with a boutique economy where there are narrow sectors where it is world class.
You can kind of say the same for Chicago. It's the giant regional city. In terms of global importance, I'm not confident that it's "Tier 1". Nationally, it's clearly Tier 1 as the dominant midwestern city.
I consider Chicago the quintessential American city of utmost national importance. It serves as the nation's premier logistics and transportation hub; the U.S. wouldn't have expanded to become a continental nation without Chicago. Chicago was arguably the first model of a modern American city in several respects from engineering to public health to transportation to recreation as well as culture. Agribusiness is its domain as well; the city basically controls food costs for the whole nation.
Of course it's the dominant regional player, but when that region is the heartland that represents a convergence of all of the nation's regions, you get Chicago as the nation's preeminent national city IMO.
Agreed that a lot has changed in 15 years, although I think some of those were probably off 15 years ago as well, but with changes since then, now they are way off.
I find it odd to see anyone mentioning Atlanta as somehow more economically important than Boston. I'm very familiar with both, and it's really not all that close. Boston is a world class juggernaut of asset management, education, biotech, venture capital, consulting, and healthcare. To me, the top economic cities in the US on a world scale are pretty cut and dry:
Tier 1: New York
Tier 1B : Washington DC - Baltimore, Los Angeles
Tier 1C : Chicago, San Jose- San Francisco Bay Area
Tier 2A : Greater Boston, Houston
Tier 2B : Philadelphia, Dallas - Fort Worth, Atlanta
Tier 2C : Seattle, Miami - Fort Lauderdale, Detroit
1. New York
2. Tokyo
3. London
4. Los Angeles
5. Singapore
6. France
7. Chicago
8. Boston
9. San Francisco-San Jose
10. Toronto
As for American only cites, here is my preference.
Tier 0 - New York
Tier 1 - Los Angeles, Chicago
Tier 2 - Boston, Washington DC., San Fransico-San Jose
Tier 4 - Atlanta, Houston, Baltimore, Charlotte, etc.
Interesting list from over a decade ago. A lot of that looks okay, but some of them are not even close. St Louis and Pittsburgh are probably ranked too high in 1-AA, but I guess it is arguable. Cleveland though?
And what is up with Charlotte and Austin in the same category as Peoria, Harrisburg, and Youngstown? LOL.
Charlotte NC has international flights including some overseas.
Many people in the US have probably never even heard of Youngstown.
Charlotte NC has international flights including some overseas.
Many people in the US have probably never even heard of Youngstown.
Yeah, I agree. Charlotte is a major regional business center like Atlanta, Houston, etc. Youngstowns is a very small regional city in the middle of Ohio LOL. If I didn't study geography I would've never heard of it.
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