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Miami is the most internationally known city out of these forums because it draws in lots of foreign visitors and has world-class beaches. However, Houston is the most international city imo.
IMO, Houston and Miami are neck and neck for being the most international city whatever that means anyway. Miami has a much larger presence in Europe and South America. Houston has a larger presence in Africa and Asia.
IMO, Houston and Miami are neck and neck for being the most international city whatever that means anyway. Miami has a much larger presence in Europe and South America. Houston has a larger presence in Africa and Asia.
While New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles are the U.S. leaders in global connectivity, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, and Washington are also important nodes in the world city network. A mixture of regional capitals—such as Boston and Seattle—and specialist cities—such as Houston, the world's energy capital—are found in the next tier. Somewhat surprisingly, dynamic and growing Phoenix and San Jose have relatively low connectivities.
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Definitely Miami. It's a very popular vacation destination for many Europeans. I seldom pass a travel agency over there that doesn't have a Miami poster in the window.
Well you have to take into consideration that they still see Houston as the "Energy Capital" and haven't noticed yet they we are diversifying our economy.
Well you have to take into consideration that they still see Houston as the "Energy Capital" and haven't noticed yet they we are diversifying our economy.
While it has diversified it's economy, Houston is still tied to energy more than any other industry and it thus still holds that title as Energy Capital. Don't see the problem of being so. They do have a breakdown on why they chose the ranks of cities as they did. Will post it later. Keep in mind, both lists were as of 2005. So Miami and Atlanta could have moved up in the GwaC list and Dallas and Houston could have moved up in the Brookings list.
Houston- The US home to British Petroleum, The home of the Dickens on the Strand festival in honor of Charles Dickens. The largest Port, Largest Population of Britts and largest population. Home of the NASA space center, Houston- the first word said on the Moon. Home of the famous Beattles statues.
Dallas- home of the Dallas Cowboys, home of the famous program Dallas..Who shot J.R.???- The place John F. Kennedy was shot.
Atlanta- Hokme to Coke a Cola, Home of CNN- hosted the 1996 summer Olympics.
Miami- Various TV shows- Beautiful vacation spots for the beaches.
A few noteables that you missed for Atlanta...
Atlanta- Home to Coca-Cola, CNN...AND UPS; the Centers for Disease Control; Hartsfield Airport(world's busiest); Martin Luther King Jr; Gone with the Wind; Habitat for Humanity; Delta Airlines; Home Depot; SunTrust Bank, Turner Broadcasting, Equifax - and hosted the 1996 summer Olympics.
I would even include the Atlanta Braves if you include the Dallas Cowboys...both called "America's Team".
A couple for Dallas too...
Dallas- home of the Dallas Cowboys, home of the famous program Dallas..Who shot J.R.???- The place John F. Kennedy was shot....AND home of Exxon; Texas Instruments; Kimberly Clark; American Airlines; Neiman Marcus.
And a couple for Miami...
Miami- Various TV shows- Beautiful vacation spots for the beaches...AND home to Telemundo; cruise lines Norwegian, Celebrity, Carnival, Royal Carribean, and the world's largest cruise ship port; Bacardi; Port of Miami; Burger King; Miami Beach; Art Deco; the Keys; Everglades.
While it has diversified it's economy, Houston is still tied to energy more than any other industry and it thus still holds that title as Energy Capital. Don't see the problem of being so. They do have a breakdown on why they chose the ranks of cities as they did. Will post it later. Keep in mind, both lists were as of 2005. So Miami and Atlanta could have moved up in the GwaC list and Dallas and Houston could have moved up in the Brookings list.
It claimed Houston was a specialist city in Oil (which it does) but TMC and NASA are also very important parts of our economy. Does it go more farther into detail than that??
It claimed Houston was a specialist city in Oil (which it does) but TMC and NASA are also very important parts of our economy. Does it go more farther into detail than that??
I would think the port as well as the TMC are much more important to the economy than NASA. I forgot the entire article. But I don't think NASA was mentioned. Nor should it.
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