World's Financial Centres (best cities, tax, best) - General U.S. - Page 3 - City-Data Forum

Brickmama · 03-19-2009, 05:15 PM

Blackout, keep in mind those stats also include insurance.

Katarina Witt · 03-19-2009, 05:44 PM

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Blackout, keep in mind those stats also include insurance.

Well, yes, I CAN read!

Same for Chicago. I realize the percents represent a lot more people in Chicago, but I stand by what I said: Denver is the financial center of the Rocky Mountain region.

Brickmama · 03-19-2009, 05:46 PM

There is no other city of comparible size in the rocky mountain region.

Katarina Witt · 03-19-2009, 05:48 PM

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There is no other city of comparible size in the rocky mountain region.

True. There is no city of comparable size to Chicago in the midwest. Maybe that's why they're the financial centers.

Brickmama · 03-19-2009, 05:50 PM

Whoa, I wasnt even talking to you. I was responding to Blackout's stats.

Drover · 03-19-2009, 05:52 PM

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I agree. I think this "study" is pretty suspect. Let's see, the City of London decides that London is the world's top financial center, even ahead of NYC, while London's main rival, Paris, is 19th?? I don't think so.

London and NYC are on pretty equal footing, and SarbOx has done substantial damage to NYC's standing as a financial center. London is the New York not just of UK but of Europe. Paris isn't anywhere in London or NYC's league as a financial center. But I have to wonder how Tokyo ends up behind Jersey, Guernsey(?!) and Luxembourg.

Brickmama · 03-19-2009, 05:52 PM

At least Chicago has a lot of other competition. Denver has none.

Drover · 03-19-2009, 05:54 PM

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St Louis is sometimes referred as the financial center of the midwest.

http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/02/02/story2.html

That's riotous. As Midwest financial centers go, STL is a pimple on Chicago's ass.

Katarina Witt · 03-19-2009, 05:59 PM

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Whoa, I wasnt even talking to you. I was responding to Blackout's stats.

We all talk to each other here. I clarified that over on "About the Forum" the other day.

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At least Chicago has a lot of other competition. Denver has none.

Chicago has nothing close to its size in the midwest, or even in most of the country.

Other Rocky Mtn cities of note are Salt Lake City, Boise, and Vegas. Albuquerque if you count New Mexico as a Rocky Mtn state.

//www.city-data.com/top2/c544.html

Brickmama · 03-19-2009, 06:00 PM

It is what it is man. Facts are facts. As stated STL has a larger broker population per capita than any other city outside NYC. I'm just stating STL has a large financial status.