other than New York City. what is the most important city in the northeast united states? (life, cons)

[sskink]

Obviously it's New Haven. Without New Haven the country would have to cede "best pizza" to New York City.

[foo cities]

Originally Posted by Toure

So your saying Baltimore is more important then Philadelphia?

Yep, it's more happening in the evening by the Innerharbor.

[Amercity]

Philadelphia. It is the second largest city in the northeast region behind NYC. The more people that live in a city, the more important the city is.

Then El paso, texas must be very important because it has 750,000 people. Or what about jacksonville, fl? It must be way more important then boston, cleveland, st.louis, minnepolis, Cincy, Pittsburgh, las vegas, Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, Kansas City and New Orleans.

Are you really saying that the larger a city is the more important it is? No, its by metro area that makes a region more important then a city.

[Gaylord_Focker]

Dc

[Gaylord_Focker]

Originally Posted by Amercity

D.C is the second most important, it has 8 million in its metro, over 30 fortune 500's i think (not sure back me up or correct me), the headquarters of tens of federal agencies and commanding area for the united states. Its defiently D.C.

After D.C it would be phil or boston. It always seems boston is more important than philadelphia but philadelphia is 3 times the size of boston in pop. and seems to have the same metro size. Boston has prestigious schools and many banking instutions not to mention more tourism.

The list for me would the following
1.NYC
2. D.C
3. Boston/Philadelphia
4. Baltimore
5. Pittsburgh
6. Buffalo
7. Providence/Hartford/New Haven
8. Rochester/Reading/Scranton
9. Syracuse
10. ?????

Portland should be behind Buffalo. Or does that not count as the NE?

[aries4118]

1. DC
2. Boston
3. Philadelphia

[masssachoicetts]

1. New York

2. DC
3. Boston

4. Philly

5. Baltimore

[Joakim3]

In colloquial conversation…

DC
Boston
Philly
Baltimore

Now if we get more nuanced and talk about specific industries, that’s a way more complex debate.

[BigCity76]

Not only are NY and DC the most important cities in the Northeast but they are also the two most important cities in the entire country.

[cpomp]

Originally Posted by masssachoicetts

1. New York

2. DC
3. Boston

4. Philly

5. Baltimore

There is definitely a gap between DC and Boston, more so than Boston to Philadelphia.

But in short, the answer is DC.

OT, but do people realize when they resurrect 11 year old threads? Like how do they even find this thread?