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- Size: Chicago is larger, DC/Baltimore is pretty close in size, but not nearly as coherent as a single entity, the Bay Area is notably smaller than both but has a strong regional identity despite have several focal points
- Importance : DC/Baltimore mostly because of the federal government and by a large stretch, Chicago and the Bay Area are on pretty equal footing overall
- Influence: DC/Baltimore mostly because of the federal government and by a large stretch, Chicago and the Bay Area are on pretty equal footing overall
- Power: DC/Baltimore mostly because of the federal government and by a large stretch, Chicago and the Bay Area are on pretty equal footing overall
- Global profile (brand awareness): DC/Baltimore because of the federal government, Chicago slightly above San Francisco and Silicon Valley as people don't really have brand awareness of the Bay Area as a whole but it's not too uncommon for people to know San Francisco, and to a lesser extent, Silicon Valley
- Immigration: Pretty sure when it comes to raw numbers it's the Bay Area, Chicago, and then DC/Baltimore but I might be wrong. The Bay Area also has a smaller total population than the other two areas meaning it has a larger percentage as well
- Politics: DC/Baltimore by a large margin, Chicago, then the Bay Area
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DC/Baltimore
Chicago
Bay Area
All pretty close.
- Immigration: Pretty sure when it comes to raw numbers it's the Bay Area, Chicago, and then DC/Baltimore but I might be wrong. The Bay Area also has a smaller total population than the other two areas meaning it has a larger percentage as well
Originally Posted by peterlemonjello View Post
2014-15 Total International Immigrants - All over 5,000 listed, this is MSA
New York: 174,714
Los Angeles: 80,527
Miami: 72,038 Washington DC: 39,531
Houston: 33,856 Chicago: 33,042 San Francisco: 32,904
Dallas: 28,780
Boston: 24,026
Atlanta: 19,626 San Jose: 18,590
San Diego: 17,670
Philadelphia: 17,655
Seattle: 17,529
Riverside: 13,362
Detroit: 12,814
Phoenix: 11,956
Minneapolis: 11,202
Orlando: 10,217
Tampa: 9,647
Sacramento: 8,724
Las Vegas: 8,562 Baltimore: 8,437
Denver: 7,375
Portland: 6,628
Austin: 6,134
Charlotte: 5,421
San Antonio: 5,404
Columbus: 5,287
Total Immigration from Africa - All over 1,000 listed:
Total Immigration from Asia - All over 3,000 listed:
New York: 68,443
Los Angeles: 45,401 San Francisco: 21,162
Washington DC: 16,582
Chicago: 15,656 San Jose: 13,888
Houston: 13,651
Dallas: 13,443
Seattle: 10,432
Detroit: 9,453
San Diego: 9,228
Atlanta: 8,884
Boston: 8,621
Philadelphia: 8,498
Sacramento: 5,601
Riverside: 5,012
Phoenix: 4,624
Miami: 4,600
Minneapolis: 4,376
Honolulu: 3,852
Las Vegas: 3,518
Portland: 3,239
Total Immigration from Europe - all over 1,000 listed
New York: 16,882 Chicago: 6,045
Los Angeles: 4,661
Miami: 3,978 San Francisco: 2,959
Boston: 2,873 Washington DC: 2,568
Philadelphia: 2,084
Seattle: 1,911
Houston: 1,858 San Jose: 1,625
Detroit: 1,556
Atlanta: 1,382
Orlando: 1,093
San Diego: 1,061
Dallas: 1,032
Immigration from North America (this includes Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean) - all over 3,000 listed:
New York: 53,482
Miami: 48,317
Los Angeles: 24,555
Houston: 12,534
Dallas: 8,955 Chicago: 7,741
Riverside: 6,797
Boston: 6,757 Washington DC: 6,751
San Diego: 6,249 San Francisco: 5,734
Phoenix: 5,214
Tampa: 4,462
Atlanta: 3,890
El Paso: 3,971
Orlando: 3,801
Las Vegas: 3,328
Philadelphia: 3,118
International Immigration from South America - All over 1,000 listed:
New York: 21,818
Miami: 14,325 Washington DC: 3,057
Orlando: 2,499
Los Angeles: 2,476
Houston: 2,323
Boston: 2,059
Atlanta: 1,518 Chicago: 1,168
Dallas: 1,097 San Francisco: 1,084
Yea, and I believe those are the numbers for a year's span of time rather than total number of immigrants at the moment. DC's picked up international migration a lot more in recent years.
The thing with DC that puts it over for me is the addition of being the home of the POTUS, the Capital of the US, Seat of US Government, its Agencies, Seat of Defense, CIA, NSA and FBI, Supreme Court, the Embassies, Associations, Monuments, and Memorials.
The thing with DC that puts it over for me is the addition of being the home of the POTUS, the Capital of the US, Seat of US Government, its Agencies, Seat of Defense, CIA, NSA and FBI, Supreme Court, the Embassies, Associations, Monuments, and Memorials.
You guys out way to much stock in Washington being the fed capital. The Bay Area gets more foreign immigration and tourism for a reason. It's brand awareness is higher.
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You guys out way to much stock in Washington being the fed capital. The Bay Area gets more foreign immigration and tourism for a reason. It's brand awareness is higher.
OP lists more than just brand 'awareness' to be criteria discussed:
- Size
- Importance
- Influence
- Power
- Global profile (brand awareness)
- Immigration
- Politics
SF wins in no more than two of them, maybe you're the one putting in too much stock.
You guys out way to much stock in Washington being the fed capital.
Yeah thats a highly overrated reason. You never hear people talk up London, Paris or Tokyo because they are their respective national capitals...even if NYC were the nation's capital, we wouldnt really talk about it that much because there would still be much more to NYC than just that.
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The Bay Area gets more foreign immigration and tourism for a reason. It's brand awareness is higher.
Pretty much.
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