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1.) NYC
2.) LA
3.) DC
4.) Miami
5.) San Francisco
6.) Houston
7.) Chicago
8.) Seattle
9.) Honolulu
10.) Boston
NYC is in a tier of it's own. LA is a distant second. DC is obviously up there because of it's diplomatic importance. Miami is next because of its role in Latin America, and the fact that it also has a decently sized Jamaican and Haitian community.
San Francisco's internationalism is similar to that of Miami's being that one geographic location dominates (East Asians). Nontheless, that is not something that can be written off or ignored. Therefore, SF rounds out my Top 5.
Houston has huge numbers of Hispanics, Nigerians, and South Asians.
Chicago would come in closely after that with it's Eastern European immigrant population and other smaller groups.
Seattle, Honolulu, and Boston complete the Top 10.
Philly doesn't belong on this list. Nor does Phoenix or Denver.
Those are the only ones which could never be left out of any top 10 list.
Houston and Boston should be up there as well.
Then pick any of the following two to complete it. At this point it's totally subject and doesnt really matter:
Atlanta
Dallas
Philadelphia
Seattle
I don't know if I could put Miami there. They have a huge Latino population no doubt represented by various Latin nations. They also have a large European population. But they have a very small Asian population no matter the nation. It's opposite of what you get with Chicago and San Francisco. I would put Miami in the mold of Houston and Boston. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe their large heavily diverse Latin America population and European population should be enough to put them in the top 6.
I don't know if I could put Miami there. They have a huge Latino population no doubt represented by various Latin nations. They also have a large European population. But they have a very small Asian population no matter the nation. It's opposite of what you get with Chicago and San Francisco. I would put Miami in the mold of Houston and Boston. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe their large heavily diverse Latin America population and European population should be enough to put them in the top 6.
I think we have to put Miami in the top six. Miami is our face to Latin America and the Caribbean. Miami gets more than twice the immigration from Latin America that Los Angeles does. In airline O&D data, the Miami/Fort Lauderdale are gets more visitors from Latin America than any other area by a wide margin (that excludes connecting traffic). For all intents and purposes, Miami is the US's Latin American city.
Even though Miami has a very small Asian and African community, it's Latin American dominance gives it a spot in the top 10 for sure.
Fair points, but when discussing how 'international' a city is, I think an outsider's point of view does have some relevance. To us, Seattle is better known and more familiar. Houston is known maybe by the space center and for those knowledgeable enough for oil. Other than that, it's not even on the psychological radar for most non-Americans. It probably DOES say something about how international it is or isn't.
1)New York
2)Washington DC
3)Miami
4)San Francisco/Bay
5)Chicago
6)Los Angeles
7)Houston
8)Dallas
9)Boston
10)Philadelphia
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