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^^Agree with all of the above. Some very strange rankings for the North American cities. Reposting my question marks from another thread on the GaWC:
Too high (actual ranking in brackets):
Miami (Alpha) - shouldn't be a class above DC and SF even if there is a strong Latin presence. At most, the same grouping as those two.
Houston (Alpha-) - Is this because it gets a ton of connecting flights? Ranked alongside SF, DC, kind of silly.
Montreal (Alpha-) - ditto above. Maybe my real gripe is that DC and SF are too low... but that would put them on the same sphere as LA and
that would definitely seem off.
Calgary (Beta) - Calgary punches well above its weight often but I think it's just overmatched in a grouping with Philly and Denver. And a rank above Seattle and Detroit.
Too low
Boston (Beta+) - Boston is an Alpha- world city, I think it fits in well with the other cities in that grouping. I think it's a cut above Dallas, Atlanta and Vancouver.
Seattle (Beta-) - Seattle is booming and has Microsoft and Amazon in its backyard, think it deserves to be alongside Philly, Denver, Calgary... not below them.
Phoenix (Gamma) - Phoenix is just too big for this category, you have some real C-tier global cities in this classification, I think it can belong with the Gamma+ category.
Honolulu - Dropped from 2018 rankings, but IMO should at least punch in the same class as the likes of Des Moines, Madison, Tulsa, Halifax etc. in the Sufficiency category, if not High Sufficiency. This one boggles the mind a little, it's probably significantly more international and globalized than every one of the cities under "Sufficiency".
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