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There are definitely dreamers on this forum. This lays it all out. I know it will be argued and ignored by some (who will think they know better). I tend to rely on those who don't have a bias, and information that's in black and white.
Well it's Washington and then Houston. Question answered.
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Washington or SF... I'm sorry I just can't get on the Houston wagon here. I understand that it has economic prominence, but SF and DC are EASILY better contenders. Houston just doesn't do it for me with it's 634 square mile land area and not incredibly diverse economic stature. Houston needs to diversify, become more dense, develop better transit and a few other things before I put it with NYC, LA, Chi, DC and SF. Give me all the business re-location jargon and yearly stats you want... Imagine if Chicago expanded its limits to 634 square miles...
Washington or SF... I'm sorry I just can't get on the Houston wagon here. I understand that it has economic prominence, but SF and DC are EASILY better contenders. Houston just doesn't do it for me with it's 634 square mile land area and not incredibly diverse economic stature. Houston needs to diversify, become more dense, develop better transit and a few other things before I put it with NYC, LA, Chi, DC and SF. Give me all the business re-location jargon and yearly stats you want... Imagine if Chicago expanded its limits to 634 square miles...
Or any city for that matter. Philly would have a population of like 8 million if it's city limits were that far stretched and it would still be denser (development wise) than Houston. 80% of Philly's suburbs are denser than 80% of the city of Houston.
I think SF Bay Area, in terms of its population, economy and cosmopolitanism should be in the First Tier.
Next would be DC. But the strange thing about DC though is that it definitely doesn't feel like a big city nor does it feel like it has 8 million plus people in the surrounding area.
Next would be DC. But the strange thing about DC though is that it definitely doesn't feel like a big city nor does it feel like it has 8 million plus people in the surrounding area.
Washington or SF... I'm sorry I just can't get on the Houston wagon here. I understand that it has economic prominence, but SF and DC are EASILY better contenders. Houston just doesn't do it for me with it's 634 square mile land area and not incredibly diverse economic stature. Houston needs to diversify, become more dense, develop better transit and a few other things before I put it with NYC, LA, Chi, DC and SF. Give me all the business re-location jargon and yearly stats you want... Imagine if Chicago expanded its limits to 634 square miles...
While I will not say you're wrong in your opinion just a few things to point out. The 634 square miles of Houston's land area is pretty much a non-factor in many of the rankings that you see on here i.e. GaWC, BEA, etc. The MSA is the metrithat is used here. This is the metric that is used for all metros nationwide so the same criteria used got Houston id used got NYC. That being said DC with the same metric has a higher GDP. Also, even though Houston has a higher GDP than SF, when you fair in the bay area it's GDP is larger. This id why while GDP is a good factor it is not the determining factor.
I think SF Bay Area, in terms of its population, economy and cosmopolitanism should be in the First Tier.
Next would be DC. But the strange thing about DC though is that it definitely doesn't feel like a big city nor does it feel like it has 8 million plus people in the surrounding area.
That's the same thing I said about Baltimore.
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