Massachusetts vs Missouri (live, state, better, largest)
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Time to start chuckling, at the absurdity. We all, now, based on this thread, should bow to Boston. Evidently, not much else matters, or compares. And, you can even hike there, as opposed to just walking. That's huge, right btownboss4??
I completely understand where citidata is coming from. The notion that Boston is the "educational capital of the universe" is incredibly pretentious and very much factually untrue.
It's ironic you say that, because if there's on thing I've learned about Bostonians in my time as a transplanted New Englander, it's common to hold other cities to a MUCH higher standard than Boston.
NYC gets to be the world financial Capital but Frankfurt has both the largest European banks and sets European Fiscal Policy with the ECB. Then London is debatably also equal to NYC.
While possibly the most important Financial institution in the US (The Fed) and the US’s largest bank (Bank of America) isn’t even in NYC.
It’s holding Boston to a much higher standard than other cities.
Nobody ****s on Miami for a non Latin American city claiming to be the Capital of Latin America, or Atlanta the Capital of the South when it’s the 4th largest city in the South.
Apples and oranges.
Atlanta can make the argument for being the Capital of the South because it's the largest metro by a wide margin in the area that has always been considered "Dixie."
As far as Miami, I've only heard it as being the Gateway to Latin America.
That said, amongst major metros, only LA has a larger share of population that is considered Hispanic and that speaks Spanish. However, LA is also still heavily dominated by the Hollywood culture that is predominately white, and the Hispanic/Latino community doesn't have the level of political influence there that they do in Miami. That's why Miami's status is not disputed.
As far as NYC, the differentiator is that the US is still home to the world's reserve currency. For that reason, more stock market transactions come through Wall Street than any other exchange in the world.
It's ironic you say that, because if there's on thing I've learned about Bostonians in my time as a transplanted New Englander, it's common to hold other cities to a MUCH higher standard than Boston.
People call Boston small when it isn’t. It has basically the same urban footprint as Philly.
People say Boston has bad nightlife because it’s last call is too early. The same last Call as Los Angeles, SF, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Seattle and like a few dozen states.
People act like Boston it has one of the highest and most diverse foreign born populations in the country.
People act like Boston has an artic winter when it’s coldest month has a 34F average high (although many northern cities have this stereotype)
People call cities Capital this capital that just meaning it’s a world leader yet when Bostonians say (no matter how accurately) if it’s pretentious
If I said Boston was a medical/biotech hub or Capital I swear you’d say Lebanon, MO has a CVS so that’s really pretentious.
Atlanta can make the argument for being the Capital of the South because it's the largest metro by a wide margin in the area that has always been considered "Dixie."
As far as Miami, I've only heard it as being the Gateway to Latin America.
That said, amongst major metros, only LA has the largest share of population that is considered Hispanic and that speaks Spanish. However, LA is also still heavily dominated by the Hollywood culture that is predominately white, and the Hispanic/Latino community doesn't have the level of political influence there that they do in Miami. That's why Miami's status is not disputed.
As far as NYC, the differentiator is that the US is still home to the world's reserve currency. For that reason, more stock market transactions come through Wall Street than any other exchange in the world.
Atlanta in dispute because of Houston.
So basically to be capital you must be an undisputed/able capital though?
People call Boston small when it isn’t. It has basically the same urban footprint as Philly.
People say Boston has bad nightlife because it’s last call is too early. The same last Call as Los Angeles, SF, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Seattle and like a few dozen states.
People act like Boston it has one of the highest and most diverse foreign born populations in the country.
People act like Boston has an artic winter when it’s coldest month has a 34F average high (although many northern cities have this stereotype)
People call cities Capital this capital that just meaning it’s a world leader yet when Bostonians say (no matter how accurately) if it’s pretentious
If I said Boston was a medical/biotech hub or Capital I swear you’d say Lebanon, MO has a CVS so that’s really pretentious.
As whiny as this sounds, this is all true and verifiable by many posts all over C-D. Many times over.
Plains, Latin America, not a regional Capital/US Capital.
I might would say that too but those are the counterarguments that can be levied immediately.
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