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Old 12-07-2013, 02:46 AM
 
Location: Europe
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In the rank of the 66 first ones list I've been to:


London
New York
Washington DC
Bangkok
Rome
Florence
Paris
Brussels
Zurich
Madrid
Berlin
Miami
Vienna
Barcelona
Amsterdam
Munich
Dublin
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Old 12-07-2013, 07:59 AM
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Location: Ontario
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Cities I've been to....over 500,000 population...

Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
Hamilton
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Quebec City
Buffalo
NYC
Los Angeles
San Diego
Miami
Las Vegas
San Francisco
Phoenix
Tucson
Denver
Salt Lake City
El Paso
Juarez
Albuquerque
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Memphis
Nashville
Chicago
Detroit
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Tampa
Orlando
Philadelphia
Washington, DC
Pittsburgh
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Dallas
New Orleans
London
Paris
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Copenhagen
Geneva
Zurich
Athens
Rome
Vienna
Munich
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
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Old 12-07-2013, 12:09 PM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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Originally Posted by Fabio SBA View Post
In the proper meaning of the word 'global', only New York, London, Paris and Tokyo are really global cities.
^^I agree with this, basically. These 4 are the truly elite global cities of the world.

Other cities which may get "honorable mention" include Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seoul and Washington, D.C. But even that is stretching it.
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Old 12-09-2013, 04:44 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Originally Posted by The Postman View Post
Global city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Listed by rank (of cities on the list i've been to):

London
New York
Hong Kong
Singapore
Dubai
Sydney
Milan
Beijing
Los Angeles
Kuala Lumpur
Washington DC
Melbourne
Boston
Bangkok
Taipei
Rome
Houston
Ho Chi Minh City
Auckland
Birmingham
Brisbane
San Diego
Perth
Hanoi
Adelaide
Colombo
Austin
Southampton
Tianjin
Las Vegas
Hartford
Nashville
Florence
Kaohsiung
Christchurch
Johor Bahru
Naples
Penang
Memphis
Macau

Please no discussion about the validity of the list/ranking.
I bolded the ones I've been to.
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Old 04-18-2017, 09:49 AM
 
Location: Taipei
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Speaking of...
GaWC - The World According to GaWC 2016

According to the new list:

Quote:
Alpha:
Warsaw
Johannesburg
Jakarta

Alpha-:
Vienna
Stockholm
San Francisco
DC
Manila


Beta+
Boston
Munich
Rome

Gamma+
Osaka


Talk about garbage.
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Old 04-18-2017, 10:26 AM
 
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London
New York

Tokyo
Paris

Milan
Chicago
Mexico DF
Frankfurt
Madrid
Toronto
Amsterdam
Brussels
Los Angeles

Dublin
Washington
Zurich
San Fran
Miami
Bogota
Barcelona
Lisbon

Rome
Montreal
Philadelphia
Houston

Manchester
Stuttgart
Geneva

Guatemala City
Lyon
Panama City
San Jose (CA and CR)
Cleveland
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Denver
San Diego
Edinburgh
Monterrey

Baltimore
Charlotte
Osaka
Tampa

Glasgow
San Juan
Marseilles
Raleigh
San Jose

Columbus
Orlando
Turin
Managua
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Old 04-18-2017, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Pennsylvania / Dull Germany
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London
New York City
Singapore
Hong Kong
Paris
Beijing
Tokyo
Shanghai
Milan
Chicago
Moscow
Frankfurt
Warsaw
Madrid
Toronto
Seoul
Kuala Lumpur
Istanbul
Amsterdam
Brussels
Los Angeles
Dublin
Washington
Bangkok
Zurich
Vienna
Stockholm
San Francisco
Miami
Luxembourg,
Barcelona
Lisbon
Copenhagen
Rome
Hamburg
Düsseldorf
Athens
Montreal
Philadelphia
Budapest
Berlin
Kiev
Vancouver
Manchester
Oslo
Helsinki
Stuttgart
Geneva
Bratislava,
Cleveland
Seattle
Denver
Antwerp
Birmingham
Rotterdam
Edinburgh
Saint Petersburg
Cologne
Osaka
Glasgow
Marseille
Leeds
Baku
Tallinn
Belfast
Valencia
Porto
Utrecht
Orlando
Seville
Portland
Kraków,
Leipzig
Malmö

Excluding airport stopovers.
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Old 04-18-2017, 12:58 PM
 
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Alpha
Milan
Chicago
Toronto
Istanbul
Brussels

Alpha-
Dublin
Washington
Zurich
Vienna
San Francisco
Miami
Barcelona

Beta+
Copenhagen
Bucharest
Atlanta
Budapest
Kiev
Rome
Lima

Beta
Geneva
Montreal
Philadelphia
Sofia

Beta-
Lyon
Antwerp
San Diego

Gamma+
San Jose (CA)

Gamma
Phoenix
Tampa
Lausanne

Gamma-
Charlotte
Belfast
Raleigh
Orlando
Malmo

High sufficiency
Pittsburgh
San Antonio

Sufficiency
Florence
Richmond (VA)
Hamilton
Genoa
Palo Alto
Las Vegas
Harrisburg
Basel
Quebec
Bern
Honolulu

Going this year for the first time: Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, Helsinki, Oslo, Bergen
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Old 04-18-2017, 02:10 PM
 
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Alpha:
New York
London
Paris
Dubai
Milan
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Barcelona

Beta:
Copenhagen
Düsseldorf
Munich
Rome
Oslo
Berlin
Abu Dhabi
Stuttgart

Gamma:
Riga
St. Petersburg
Gothenburg
Bilbao
Bologna

Sufficiency:
Florence
Las Vegas
Nice
Bergen
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Old 04-18-2017, 03:43 PM
 
Location: Manchester NH
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Originally Posted by Greysholic View Post
Speaking of...
GaWC - The World According to GaWC 2016

According to the new list:





Talk about garbage.
Did you highlight Osaka meaning it should be higher in the list or lower?
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