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Oooor a failure to read what is written.
Did you, did you miss this part of my post "Movies and TV shows have the ability to change the way people feel about issues, probably less so than news media obviously." I agreed...damn.
It's all good, people don't read parts of stuff all the time--like their movie ticket stubs. They ask me to repeat what movie theater their movie is in, even though their ticket clearly says "Auditorium X." Drives me more nuts than anything on this site.
There is not much contest here. I'm willing to concede LA has passed Chicago as #2, but the others are not contenders. Houston is tops in the petroleum industries, but nothing else. Also DC is focused on government but it is not the source of government power. Right now, Chicago dominates federal politics.
SF and Boston are both lovely cities (I was born in SF), but I am hard pressed to see what impact they have at all on the rest of the country. The hi-tech industries center in San Jose and the southern peninsula; it is a stretch to attribute it to SF. Boston is enormously important to American history, but what has it done lately?
Chicago is at the center of transportation, agriculture and industry. It still holds a good claim on #2, but for #3, there is no contest.
There is not much contest here. I'm willing to concede LA has passed Chicago as #2, but the others are not contenders. Houston is tops in the petroleum industries, but nothing else. Also DC is focused on government but it is not the source of government power. Right now, Chicago dominates federal politics.
SF and Boston are both lovely cities (I was born in SF), but I am hard pressed to see what impact they have at all on the rest of the country. The hi-tech industries center in San Jose and the southern peninsula; it is a stretch to attribute it to SF. Boston is enormously important to American history, but what has it done lately?
Chicago is at the center of transportation, agriculture and industry. It still holds a good claim on #2, but for #3, there is no contest.
Well, Boston is the #3 finance city in the country (#9 in the world), it's one of the leaders in biotechnology/pharmaceuticals, it's the leader in medical research, and obviously it's tops in higher education.
Notable financial services companies from Boston include State Street Bank, Fidelity Investments, Liberty Mutual, Bain & Co., Thomas H. Lee Partners, Advent International, TA Associates, and the regional headquarters of Bank of America and Sovereign Bank.
Major biotech/pharma firms in the Boston area include Genzyme, Biogen Idec, Millipore, Millenium Pharmaceuticals, and the North American headquarters of Novartis. Most major biotech firms in the country have a significant presence in the Boston area.
Other notable firms headquartered in the Boston area are The Boston Consulting Group (arguably the most prestigious management consulting firms on the planet), EMC Corp, Analog Devices, Gillette, Teradyne (one of the leading manufacturers of semiconductors), and Ratheon (fifth largest defense contractor in the world).
Boston also receives more funding than any city from the National Institutes of Health. Hospitals like Dana Farber, Beth Israel, Mass General, and Brigham and Women's don't just keep our citizens healthy. They're also very involved in medical research for cancer, heart disease, etc.
Last but not least, there's a couple of schools by the name of Harvard and MIT which are located right across the river. Those two colleges educate the best and brightest from across the country and planet. Here's a list of some of Harvard's notable alumni: Harvard University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So as you can see, Boston's institutions are educating leaders of government and business from the past, present and future.
With all of that said, I don't think Boston is the third most important city in the country. I just wanted to show Boston is very important for more reasons than just starting the Revolution.
There is not much contest here. I'm willing to concede LA has passed Chicago as #2, but the others are not contenders. Houston is tops in the petroleum industries, but nothing else. Also DC is focused on government but it is not the source of government power. Right now, Chicago dominates federal politics.
SF and Boston are both lovely cities (I was born in SF), but I am hard pressed to see what impact they have at all on the rest of the country. The hi-tech industries center in San Jose and the southern peninsula; it is a stretch to attribute it to SF. Boston is enormously important to American history, but what has it done lately?
Chicago is at the center of transportation, agriculture and industry. It still holds a good claim on #2, but for #3, there is no contest.
Houston has energy, ports, medicine, Aerospace, and nanotechnology.
All would probably agree that New York and LA are number one and two US cities but who is number three? Is it DC for its political imapct on the planet, Chicago or Houston for their business might, SF for culture or Boston for education?
Please vote and then support your opinion with comments and verifiable data.
Thanks,
I am going to say Chicago
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