All the "Most Important Cities" Rankings Combined (market, economy, states)

[Craziaskowboi]

Philadelphia could graduate to a Beta world city now that Comcast has become a media corporation with global influence (NBC).

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

This is perhaps the most favorite topic in City vs City.

Well, I found this very interesting blog, where all of the most prominent rankings are combined: Its pretty neat.

Whomever did this is obviously a person who would love C-D

I like.

[adavi215]

After reading one of these articles from the brookings institute, are we talking top list based on national lists or global standards?

[waronxmas]

Originally Posted by adavi215

After reading one of these articles from the brookings institute, are we talking top list based on national lists or global standards?

Overall these rankings are US centric.

HOWEVER

All of the 10 ten cities on the first post are in the top 50 world wide according to most experts. This is unique since most countries world wide have one, maybe two, world class/economic powerhouses. We have a dozen.

[adavi215]

^Ok, I was just wondering. With the US being so big it should have that many. How many cities does the EU have? That would be a good gauge.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by adavi215

^Ok, I was just wondering. With the US being so big it should have that many. How many cities does the EU have? That would be a good gauge.

Agree as an interesting comparator but the EU has nearly 180 million more people

[grapico]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

Agree as an interesting comparator but the EU has nearly 180 million more people

Not only that, EU is obviously much much older...

[adavi215]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

Agree as an interesting comparator but the EU has nearly 180 million more people

That is quite interesting. I didn't know the EU was that much larger than the US. I thought they were closer. With that said, some sort of equalizer stat would have to be configured in order to account for that. Like global city per capita.

[Thomas R.]

Originally Posted by grapico

Not only that, EU is obviously much much older...

I'm assuming you mean the cities in the EU are older. The EU itself is only like a decade or so old.

[aries4118]

1. New York

2. Los Angeles

3. Chicago

4. Washington, DC

5. Atlanta

6. San Francisco

7. Miami

8. Boston

9. Dallas

10. Houston