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Originally Posted by 18Montclair
Too late, youve been owned yet again.
California is a massive state, fyi.
SoCal Pop 23,000,000 $1.2 Trillion GDP
NorCal Pop 15,000,000 $800 Billion GDP
So to say that SF isnt even 1st in its own state really is silly because 2nd in CA is still bigger than 1st in all but 2-3 other states, so yeah.
Nice try.
NYC metro GDP $1.47 Trillion GDP
Again, you keep grasping. NYC's metro GDP is individually bigger than SoCal's GDP, and is individually bigger than NorCal's GDP. There is no California metro that has an answer to NYC. And yes, California is a massive state. Guess what? If the east had a state of an equivalent size, we'd have a larger economy, too (BosWash). Again, quit trying to turn this into a Cali-BosWash thread (with your numerous mentions of Philly). This is SF/The Bay vs NYC.
And it's not silly because if first in CA isn't bigger than NYC, why should we bother about second? You just keep lending credence to the fact that SF isn't the biggest and baddest in its own state--because it isn't. And you want to keep going up against NYC? Lol you keep owning yourself. What's going to be brought up next, San Diego? NYC > SF in most objective measures. SF has a few where it's on top, but for the most part, it's a slaughter.
No hard feelings caught. You're just getting thoroughly trounced on here and fail to see how SF doesn't compete with NYC. A more apt analogy would be a 20-carat diamond vs a 5-carat diamond.
Again, you keep grasping. NYC's metro GDP is individually bigger than SoCal's GDP, and is individually bigger than NorCal's GDP. There is no California metro that has an answer to NYC. And yes, California is a massive state. Guess what? If the east had a state of an equivalent size, we'd have a larger economy, too (BosWash). Again, quit trying to turn this into a Cali-BosWash thread (with your numerous mentions of Philly). This is SF/The Bay vs NYC.
yawns@the backtracking.
You said SF isnt even first in its own state implying therefore that it cant compare to other cities that are first in their own.state, but obviously that's total BS because SF is the 3rd absolute financial center in the world according to GAWC, the 5th financial center in the world according to GFC, the global leader in Venture Capitall,
Furthermore,
BOTH OF CALIFORNIA'S 2 PRINCIPAL CITIES RANK AMONG THE 10 MOST POWERFUL CITY BRANDS ON EARTH.
Top 10
1 Los Angeles
2 New York
3 London
4 Paris
5 Seoul
6 Barcelona
7 Rio de Janeiro
8 San Francisco
9 Las Vegas
10 Dubai
In fact, as you can see^, the Western US is home to 3 of the 10 most visible cities in the world conciousness at this time. NYC is the only Eastern city in the whole of North America to make the top 10. http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...aromet-013.jpg
So yeah...
Last edited by 18Montclair; 12-10-2014 at 07:25 AM..
I never implied that SF can't compare to other primate cities--I only pointed out that it isn't even the primate city in its own state.
Furthermore, this is SF versus NYC--not NYC versus the Pacific Rim, BosWash versus Cali, LA and SF vs NYC, etc. I, along with other posters, are only pointing out ad nauseum through numerous statistics, polls, Youtube videos, you name it, that SF cannot compete directly with NYC...because you know, it can't. Every infographic and link you post just reasserts NYC's superiority to SF. They all have NYC at a superior position. Instead, you try to shift the conversation to SF boxing above its weight or try to denigrate the East Coast. It just makes you look petty and delusional. Just give it up.
And if you care about the super fantabulously wealthy, then the Knight Frank Report is nothing to disregard.
The Knight Frank Global Cities Survey keeps track of which cities are of most importance to the world’s wealthiest people. It ranks cities based on four factors: Economic Activity, Quality of Life, Knowledge & Influence and Political Power, as well as taking into account the number of UHNWIs who call each city home.
2014 Rankings
1. London
2. New York
3. Singapore
4. Hong Kong
5. Geneva
6. Shanghai
7. Miami
8. Dubai
9. Beijing
10. Paris
Here's their current scores:
New York A++
San Francisco A-
Ask me if I feel bad for scoring an A- when it comes to satellite office locations of a few financial services locations?
lmfao
Next.
That's right. You mean the new rankings where San Francisco is placed in the same bracket with Atlanta, Warsaw and New Delhi? That's the same report that puts New York and London into their own separate bracket above everyone else, right?
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