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NYC is an Alpha World City++
Chicago is an Alpha World City-
Los Angeles, Washington-DC, and Atlanta are Beta World Cities+
*These are the highest ranked U.S. cities (and rightfully so).
*At the next level, Beta World City, you find Dallas, Miami, and Boston.
So, to reiterate:
The top and/or most important/significant/influential cities in the U.S. (in order of importance)...
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Washington, D.C.
5. Atlanta
6. Dallas
7. Miami
(Miami and Dallas are interchangeable as #6 and #7).
8 and beyond...y'all choose!
Haha, wait so Atlanta, Dallas and Miami are more important than Boston, San Francisco and Houston? Thaaaaat's debatable to say the least. Another ranking (which is actually located on the same page that you linked in your post) which shows the top 30 Global Cities in the world. In that ranking it goes NYC, LA, Chi, DC, SF, Boston.
I'm going to need 18montclair for this, because he has a better understanding of those rankings. He has another, more accurate list. I'll wait for him to get on this thread and explain further.
Lakal/DNCR/SittingDuck/yoyobubba! has officially lost it!
Sorry, troll, but it's 2009!! Why are you posting false Census estimates from the 1990's?
Haha try 2000. It's amazing that you even continue to post.
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Originally Posted by Osito57
FACT: Chicago has lost more population than any other U.S. city, from almost 3.7 million to around 2.7 million, or a loss of one million residents!
You inflate and deflate your numbers to make things seem worse. To start, Chicago barely got over 3.6 million, and to finish, Chicago is almost at 2.9 million residents. Chicago may have lost the most in sheer numbers, but percentage wise it's among the lowest of the "rust belt" which it's not even apart of really.
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Originally Posted by Osito57
FACT: Chicago has lost more population since 2000 than any other U.S. city, from nearly 2.9 million to around 2.7 million, or a loss of 200,000 residents!
Do you have fun being a troll, because you couldn't be anymore wrong. No city looses over 200,000 residents in 10 years unless something along the scales of Katrina happens.
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Originally Posted by Osito57
Last one out of Chicago, turn out the lights!
The lights will be on forever in the second city .
Ha, I don't think anyone will be claiming New York's density is pathetic compared to Los Angeles. I don't think anyone should be claiming Chicago's is pathetic either, because it obviously isn't. For some reason Osito is hung up on bashing Chicago for absolutely no reason.
It's like a little boy in first grade being mean to a girl that he really likes.
Haha, wait so Atlanta, Dallas and Miami are more important than Boston, San Francisco and Houston? Thaaaaat's debatable to say the least. Another ranking (which is actually located on the same page that you linked in your post) which shows the top 30 Global Cities in the world. In that ranking it goes NYC, LA, Chi, DC, SF, Boston.
I'm going to need 18montclair for this, because he has a better understanding of those rankings. He has another, more accurate list. I'll wait for him to get on this thread and explain further.
tmac and Osito...
Why caint y'all just face the fact that Atlanta, Dallas, and Miami are more significant global cities.
Boston, San Fran, and Houston are significant...yes. But they are niche cities...built around a particular industry, culture, tourism, and/or educational institutions.
That's why Dallas is still the preeminent city of Texas...Houston, for example, is big due to oil and a port...a bayou that they widened for ocean-going ships.
^ agree. which is why mia and vicinity is more importan than jacksonville. no offense to jacksonville of course
easily... you can't have cities like miami/sf/boston having city limits of sub 50 miles then cities with 500 miles, look at their populations and expect to get fair comparison.
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Lakal/DNCR/SittingDuck/yoyobubba! has officially lost it!
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