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I thought Dallas always had the higher GDP? I might be wrong then, but my point still stands. Dallas lacks in prominence despite being an economic juggernaut.
No. DFW GDP was lower than Houston GDP and has been for a while. It is not until recently that DFW caught up for obvious reasons.
Atlanta should be behind Dallas and Houston is all seriousness. And feel like Mexico city should be higher. Montreal has done very well for itself. A beautiful city.
If that was the only criterium, Dallas and Houston would be ahead of every other North American city outside of NY, LA, and Chicago, but they're not because that's not how this ranking is measured.
No. DFW GDP was lower than Houston GDP and has been for a while. It is not until recently that DFW caught up for obvious reasons.
DFW GDP even with all of its recent economic growth is still smaller than Houston GDP per capita, by a pretty fair amount. The metro areas have a similar absolute GDP, but Houston metro has something like 500K less people.
DFW GDP even with all of its recent economic growth is still smaller than Houston GDP per capita, by a pretty fair amount. The metro areas have a similar absolute GDP, but Houston metro has something like 500K less people.
Houston also had the Port Dallas cannot to boost it.
Atlanta should be behind Dallas and Houston is all seriousness. And feel like Mexico city should be higher. Montreal has done very well for itself. A beautiful city.
I agree, but I think the airport and being the largest city in the southeast serving as the capital of that region without any major competition nearby helps bump it up. GDP, growth and population should put Dallas ahead of Atlanta. Atlanta struggles with identity issues quite a bit too. It's common among large cities in the sunbelt.
If you're going to argue that GDP, growth and population should put the Texas cities ahead of Atlanta, you're going to have to put them ahead of nearly every other city on this list outside of China. Again, those aren't the only criteria used in their methodology. Also, not sure if you're saying Dallas has an edge on Atlanta with regard to identity, because it doesn't.
If you're going to argue that GDP, growth and population should put the Texas cities ahead of Atlanta, you're going to have to put them ahead of nearly every other city on this list outside of China. Again, those aren't the only criteria used in their methodology. Also, not sure if you're saying Dallas has an edge on Atlanta with regard to identity, because it doesn't.
Not saying if there's an edge or not, but Atlanta has struggled with an identity as well.
I think this is a strange list. Why do they not look into Seattle but analyze Pune and Manama, Bahrain? Seems odd.
My list of Top 25 most important metros in North America:
GLOBAL CITIES
1. New York (economic capital of the World-Wall Street)
2. Los Angeles (cultural capital of the World-Hollywood)
3. Washington (political capital of the World-Capital)
4. San Francisco (technological capital of the World-Silicon Valley)
5. Chicago (agricultural capital of the World-Merc and Agricultural Commodities Exchange)
6. Boston (educational capital of the world-Harvard/MIT/40 colleges)
REGIONAL HUBS
7. Houston (energy capital of the West)
8. Miami ("capital" of the Caribbean/major Latin financial center)
9. Toronto (major financial center/most important in Canada)
10. Atlanta (regional capital of the South)
11. Dallas (regional capital of the Great Plains)
MAJOR SECONDARY CITIES
12. Philadelphia (major NE city)
13. Seattle (regional capital of Northwest, major corporate hub)
14. Montreal ("capital" of North American francophonie)
15. Detroit (major hub for industrial firms-GM, Ford, Chrysler)
16. Minneapolis (second city of the Midwest, major corporate scene)
MAJOR TERTIARY CITIES (not really ranked)
17. Denver
18. Phoenix
19. Cleveland
20. Vancouver
21. Tampa
22. Portland
23. San Diego
24. Cincinnati
25. Orlando
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