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11. Miami
12. Seattle
13. Detroit
14. Minneapolis
15. San Diego
San Diego is more important than Denver and Phoenix. It's a global hub for defense, international trade, and tech/innovation. Honestly...what are Denver and Phoenix important for? An airport or the state's sports teams? San Diego's industries and binational economy are a lot more important and impactful.
Being a big fish in a small pond doesn't automatically make you important at a national or international level.
Denver and San Diego have economies on par with each other. Which kinda says a lot since it's not a coastal city and doesn't have a major industry. Phoenix is ahead of San Diego for size alone.
11. Miami
12. Seattle
13. Detroit
14. Phoenix
15. Minneapolis-St. Paul
16. Denver
San Diego
Baltimore
My picks are based on many factors for importance. That includes population, economy, regional importance, transportation and logistics, tourism, immigration, international clout and name recognition, etc. I left San Diego and Baltimore unranked because I'm unsure whether I would rank them directly after Denver.
San Diego handily beats Denver in a minimum of 7 out of these 9 categories....
It's funny that you were unsure whether you would rank SD directly after Denver or not...when it's clearly more important based on your own factors.
And I'm just basing that on a comparison with San Diego County. If you included the binational economy with Tijuana, San Diego totally dwarfs Denver.
They are bigger cities than Miami but Miami is more popular in pop culture
Miami is more important on every single level. There is literally nothing for which Denver or Phoenix are more important. You'd have to dig into really trivial stuff...like mining...
Denver and San Diego have economies on par with each other.
San Diego MSA economy is nearly 15% larger than Denver's. San Diego's economy is closer in size to Phoenix, Minneapolis, and Detroit than it is to Denver. It's better to look at actual data, not just your gut feeling.
Also, that's just on one side of the border. San Diego's binational economy far surpasses Denver or Phoenix. The economies are very much interlinked. Manufacturing on one side, white collar on the other.
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Which kinda says a lot since it's not a coastal city and doesn't have a major industry.
In what way does it "say a lot"? Non-coastal cities can have major industries...?
Minneapolis and St Paul proper blow Detroit out the water in almost every category as do most of these cities. I don't see Detroit or Phoenix being above Minneapolis.
11. Miami
12. Seattle
13. Minneapolis
14. Detroit
15. San Diego
16. Phoenix
16. Denver
Minneapolis and St Paul proper blow Detroit out the water in almost every category as do most of these cities. I don't see Detroit or Phoenix being above Minneapolis.
That may be, but everyone judges cities on their entire metro. With that being the case Detroit would blow Minneapolis out of the water, as you like to say. It’s larger and thus has a bigger economy, it’s on the border with Canada and is the busiest crossing in trade volume, is in a better location closer to major cities, has a much more storied history, and finally it’s still a global player known around the world. I understand you’re proud of your city, but you need to look at this objectively.
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