U.S. City tiers of importance(Rand McNally)City Rating System. (state, largest)

[john_starks]

i would think LV would at least be a tier higher

and i don't see a huge difference between the 2-BB and 2-AA cities. they should have been lumped together..

[eek]

Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio

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*1 AAAAUnique rating for New York New York City

Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio

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Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio

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*1 AAAAUnique rating for New York New York City

heh.

[tpk-nyc]

Originally Posted by buzzpost

How could Fort Worth be ranked behind places like Little Rock, Omaha, Peoria, Tulsa, Wichita, Buffalo, Youngstown, Baton Rouge, Grand Rapids, etc? Heck, I could name just about every city on the 2-AA list.the list goes on.

Perhaps because it's about "regional" influence. St. Paul and Oakland have the same problem. They're much more influential than many 2-AA cities, but their regional influence is overshadowed by Minneapolis and San Francisco. They should probably add Newark to the list as well.

[TheFriendlyGod]

Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio

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*1 AAAAUnique rating for New York New York City

*1-AAAUnique rating for Chicago and Los AngelesChicago, Los Angeles

*1-AA Major national business centers Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. (13 cities)

*1-A Other national business centersBaltimore, Cincinnati, Columbus, Denver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, San Diego, and Seattle (14 cities)

*2-AA Major regional business centersAlbany, Albuquerque, Allentown, Austin, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Buffalo, Charlotte, Columbia, Dayton, Des Moines, El Paso, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg, Hartford, Honolulu, Jackson, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Lexington, Little Rock, Louisville, Madison, Memphis, Nashville, New Haven, Norfolk, Omaha, Orlando, Peoria, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Rochester, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Shreveport, Spokane, Springfield, MA, Syracuse, Tampa, Toledo, Tucson, Tulsa, West Palm Beach, Wichita, and Youngstown (48 cities)

*2-BBSecondary major regional business centersAkron, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Worth, Oakland, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, San Jose, Wilmington

Not bad for the most part. BUT, inevitably a few quibbles:

- Cleveland, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Pittsburgh above Baltimore, New Orleans, Seattle, Denver?
- Cincinnati, Oklahoma City above Nashville, Austin, Las Vegas?

Now I feel like I'm trashing the Midwest... not my intent! I guess they need those cities to be up there to represent the region.

Washington could be on par w/ LA and Chicago, but is probably better off where it is, on par with SF and Boston.

[buzzpost]

Originally Posted by tpk-nyc

Perhaps because it's about "regional" influence. St. Paul and Oakland have the same problem. They're much more influential than many 2-AA cities, but their regional influence is overshadowed by Minneapolis and San Francisco. They should probably add Newark to the list as well.

But how does being "overshadowed" by Dallas impact the city's importance as a business center. If anything, since it's sitting right next to Dallas, that should be more of a boon than a bust to the city. Fort Worth has far more business centers, fortune 500 companies, etc. than any of those cities. It's home to American Airlines, D.R. Horton, BNSF Railway and XTO Energy; all fortune 500 companies. Then there are many major employers in the area as well. This isn't a "homerism" post; I'm just really scratching my head. I don't by the "overshadowed" scenario, although it's much appreciated. Just because a city is overshadowed by another (in this case, Dallas), that shouldn't impede it's ranking on how important it is.

Fort Worth has more people in its city proper than the entire metropolitan area of Little Rock, and most of those other cities in the tier above it. And let's not forget this is a "Business" ranking; I just can't see Little Rock, Tulsa, etc. being more important as a business center than FW. FW is sitting in a 6.5 million population metropolitan area, the fact that it is sitting in that size of a market alone should make it a more important business center.

[krudmonk]

Originally Posted by clean_polo

^ What? Warriors?

Originally Posted by MacGruber

uhhh what?

Originally Posted by polo89

Silicon Valley=LeBron James??? Que?

Originally Posted by OmShahi

Nope.

Chicago = Michael Jordan
Los Angeles = Kobe Bryant

Guess what? LOL those astonishing players actually played in those cities.

For San Jose (Silicon Valley) doesn't have a basketball team, so I suppose you're talking about San Francisco's, then I'll give you Wilt Chamberlain.

You may now compare Silicon Valley in those terms!

That's pretty much it!

Just playing with you, hopefully you wont take it offensively! =)

I was referring to San Jose and Akron being on the same level. Was it that hard to figure out?

And the Warriors play in Oakland.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by krudmonk

I was referring to San Jose and Akron being on the same level. Was it that hard to figure out?

And the Warriors play in Oakland.

Based on this list, it looks like cities like San Jose and Fort Worth were put to the side because of the bigger powerhouses right next door for whatever reason.

[MplsTodd]

AAAA, AAA & AA seem right to me, but I'm surprised Seattle is rated as an A rather than AA!

[grindin]

I don't understand how Cleveland ranks above Seattle, but whatever...

[Buckeye in SC]

Originally Posted by SweethomeSanAntonio

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*1 AAAAUnique rating for New York New York City

*1-AAAUnique rating for Chicago and Los AngelesChicago, Los Angeles

*1-AA Major national business centers Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. (13 cities)

*1-A Other national business centersBaltimore, Cincinnati, Columbus, Denver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, San Diego, and Seattle (14 cities)

*2-AA Major regional business centersAlbany, Albuquerque, Allentown, Austin, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Buffalo, Charlotte, Columbia, Dayton, Des Moines, El Paso, Grand Rapids, Harrisburg, Hartford, Honolulu, Jackson, Jacksonville, Knoxville, Las Vegas, Lexington, Little Rock, Louisville, Madison, Memphis, Nashville, New Haven, Norfolk, Omaha, Orlando, Peoria, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Rochester, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Shreveport, Spokane, Springfield, MA, Syracuse, Tampa, Toledo, Tucson, Tulsa, West Palm Beach, Wichita, and Youngstown (48 cities)

*2-BBSecondary major regional business centersAkron, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Worth, Oakland, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, San Jose, Wilmington

A few of those 2-AA should be moved to 2-BB IMO like Youngstown & Shreveport and a few should be moved up to 1-A like Charlotte & Austin. For the most part though, list seems fairly accurate.