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What many fail to realize is that Philly's numbers are shortchanged in many areas because of its proximity to NYC, whereas Boston's are enhanced due to it having control over its region. Just a thought.
That being said, I assumed Boston as sixth even though it was a close call for the sake of poll parity. I'm sure many would have placed Houston, Philly, or some other city as sixth had I placed Boston in the poll. Boston would have probably won pretty handily, however, and less cities would have gotten a number of votes and been in the conversation.
Is Boston's economy as diverse as Philadelphia's? Serious question.
No it isn't. Boston ranked .65 for economic diversity out of 1. Philly ranked .73. Those numbers were done by a Prudential Economic survey.
But I hardly think thats a measure of importance. San Antonio and Denver came out as the most diverse economies in the US. I don't think anyone would argue they are more important than any of the cities talked about here.
All anyone cares about are economical numbers which is kind of shallow because there is way more to a city than just that
Well, this thread is about importance. So far, no one has given me any reason to believe people, followed by money, are not the most important things to a country.
That means you're bumping either SF or DC to 6, which I strongly disagree with. You'd also be rating it higher than Boston and Houston, when it should be considered about 8 or 9, ranked even with DFW.
I honestly think arguments can be made for Philadelphia being as high as 3rd or 4th. The cities commonly listed on here from #3 down to #9 are very comparable in many respects, and so I find it odd when posters comment on this topic saying things like "it's indisputable" as to a particular order or call their lists "consensus", etc. - city data forum polls and opinions can be fun, but these are by no means official or indisputable.
Culture, museums, institutions of higher learning, the arts, sciences, cuisine, etc all are pretty important.
The almighty dollar continues to rule. Very sad.
You seem to be ignoring the fact that I put the most weight on the number of people, not the economy. Neither Philadelphia nor DFW are slouches in any of those categories, but DFW has between a third of a million to a million more people.
Personally, I find it more shallow that you value the above more than people, but agree to disagree, I suppose.
Cuisine for example, doesn't nominate two clowns for President, so how I value people and how do you are quite different. Less people the better.
Are you trying to also say that better equates to important? You say stuff to support your points, but they are rhetoric without any sort of data to back it up. Some people have made good points as to why Philadelphia may be more important than DFW, but you haven't said any facts to lead people to believe Philadelphia is so far ahead of DFW or Houston that they should not be mentioned together.
You seem to be ignoring the fact that I put the most weight on the number of people, not the economy. Neither Philadelphia nor DFW are slouches in any of those categories, but DFW has between a third of a million to a million more people.
Personally, I find it more shallow that you value the above more than people, but agree to disagree, I suppose.
I think people is a tough for Philly as there are close to 2 million people arguably in the greater philly area not included and add to the area around Philly
Trenton, Allentown etc are all very close Trenton is I believe as close or closer to philly then FW is to Dallas yet not included in the population counts
Trenton, Allentown etc are all very close Trenton is I believe as close or closer to philly then FW is to Dallas yet not included in the population counts
Its about 5 miles further, but I do understand your point.
Either way, I think by most measurements, Philly and DFW are equally as important to the US as one another. They come out about equal in just about every measurement.
Its about 5 miles further, but I do understand your point.
Either way, I think by most measurements, Philly and DFW are equally as important to the US as one another. They come out about equal in just about every measurement.
I think there are quite a few cities today in a similar range so makes sense
Philly is part of a much larger region then the population as a stand alone shows. This is a blessing (greater job access) and maybe a curse - shortchanged on actual size by some measures
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