What's the seventh most important city in the US? (live, best, largest)

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Freddy K

Nobody is buying your o&g arguement, for good reason.

Believe me, NO ONE in Houston with a brain thinks Houston is more important than LA.

[Freddy K]

Nyc is its own level

La is its own level

Then you have
Chicago
Bay area
dc/baltimore

And some order of
Philly
houston
atl
dallas
boston
Sea
Miami

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by Freddy K

Nyc is its own level

La is its own level

Then you have
Chicago
Bay area
dc/baltimore

And some order of
Philly
houston
atl
dallas
boston
Sea
Miami

I would create a separate level for Boston and Houston but after that, I agree.

[Soonhun]

I wouldn't put Houston and Boston on a desperate level. The step from Dallas to Houston, GDP wise, isn't that big, while population order is reversed.

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by peterlemonjello

To settle the question, look at the job growth in the last year. Its 1000% true that Dallas does not boom and bust now. It may have at one time, but its far too diverse now:

SA and MSA 3 million+, Job Growth June 2015-June 2016
Los Angeles +221,300
New York+217,100
San Francisco +133,900
Washington DC +120,100
Dallas +114,500
Philadelphia +78,700
Atlanta +76,200
Seattle +73,400
Miami +70,000
Phoenix +67,300
Boston +64,500
Orlando +60,900
Chicago +60,800
Denver +53,700
Portland +38,400
San Diego +37,600
Cleveland +22,600
Houston +5,200

Yes I'm aware of the jobs numbers. So this is about the only time in either city's history where you could say something like this.

[Cowboys fan in Houston]

Originally Posted by DabOnEm

Yes I'm aware of the jobs numbers. So this is about the only time in either city's history where you could say something like this.

Not at all. Dallas didn't suffer that badly in the 80s. Houston was a ghost town.

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by peterlemonjello

Not at all. Dallas didn't suffer that badly in the 80s. Houston was a ghost town.

Not as bad but still pretty damn bad. Then in the early 00s, it went bust worse than Houston.

[intheclouds1]

Houston and Boston are not on the same level at all. I thought I'd seen it all when people from Texas started saying Houston was on the same level at Boston, but now they are starting to say that it's on par with cities like LA and Chicago. If there is anything the threads about Houston have taught me these past couple of days it's that Houston Boosters are quite possibly the most annoying thing on City data. Granted, most Texans on here are reasonable and don't spout out false claims. It's just a couple of Houston boosts (maybe they are all the same person) but BOY there are some very delusional people out there.

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by intheclouds1

Houston and Boston are not on the same level at all. I thought I'd seen it all when people from Texas started saying Houston was on the same level at Boston, but now they are starting to say that it's on par with cities like LA and Chicago. If there is anything the threads about Houston have taught me these past couple of days it's that Houston Boosters are quite possibly the most annoying thing on City data. Granted, most Texans on here are reasonable and don't spout out false claims. It's just a couple of Houston boosts (maybe they are all the same person) but BOY there are some very delusional people out there.

What Houston posters are saying its on par with LA and Chicago? There is one persom from Chicago saying it for some reason but that's it. Please double check and you'll see Texans aren't saying it.

Quote the posts.

[murksiderock]

Lol my guy really said Houston and Boston arent on the same level...