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We're all aware of the United States' Alpha global cities: New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago (although Chicago is somewhat debatable, but shall be included notwithstanding this). The question is, what is America's fourth city? Is there one that is on par, or close to being on par, with the other three previously mentioned centers? Is there a city that has reached both national and international prominence in the same way that these cities have, such that it can be included among these? What say you?
how is chicago debateable, l.a. is not even an alpha city, the only alphas in north america are ny/chicago/toronto/mexico city.
Sorry to disappoint you, but you're wrong. LA is classified an Alpha city according to GaWC. I don't know where you retrieved your information, but here you go:
there is your quote, i verified, Los Angeles is not an Alpha they are Alpha -, below Chicago which is an Alpha.
Do you now want to dispute the ranking probably? Or find something else? :I
No wait, you are the expert now, right?
Personally I think they are kind of interchangeable and on the same tier by themselves, 2A and 2B, NYC is on a tier above both of them at 1. All the other u.s. cities are somewhere below.
I wouldn't trust the Gawc for anything other than tiering cities for accountancy, advertising, finance, and law.
And it appears very flawed even at that. GaWC Research Bulletin 5
rhymes, I agree with you. hence why I said I think l.a. and chicago are pretty equal all things added up, nyc is on a level above them both. Those european cities however are probably better than pretty much all of the ones in u.s. They have much much longer histories, and its usually only 1 per country.
there is your quote, i verified, Los Angeles is not an Alpha they are Alpha -, below Chicago which is an Alpha.
Do you now want to dispute the ranking probably? Or find something else? :I
No wait, you are the expert now, right?
Personally I think they are kind of interchangeable and on the same tier by themselves, 2A and 2B, NYC is on a tier above both of them at 1. All the other u.s. cities are somewhere below.
It's still classified an Alpha, which was the point I was making. And previously, LA was classified as fully Alpha, without the (-). Anyway, it's still and Alpha city, regardless.
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