Posted June 27, 200717 yr http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:tXCyFl1UOukJ:www.brookings.edu/metro/pubs/20050222_worldcities.pdf+us+cities+world+city+network+taylor+lang&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a The Brookings Institute did a report measuring the global connectivity of U.S. metros. As you may have guessed, New York is a global city par excellence, while LA and Chicago also have strong global connectivity. Cities in Tiers III-V tend to have varying degrees of global connectivity due to large geographic hinterlands (Atlanta is the capital of the South), unique relationships to foreign regions (Miami's role in Latin America) or a unique global economic niche (Houston's energy dominance; Detroit's auto industry). Ohio's three major metros fall in tiers that rank behind even these. Tier I: New York Tier II: Chicago Los Angeles Tier III: San Francisco Miami Atlanta Washington Tier IV: Boston Dallas Houston Seattle Tier V: Denver Philadelphia Minneapolis St. Louis Detroit Tier VI: San Diego Portland Charlotte Cleveland Indianapolis Kansas City Pittsburgh Tier VII: Baltimore Phoenix Cincinnati Tampa Columbus San Jose Rochester Tier VIII: Palo Alto Hartford Richmond Buffalo Honolulu Tier IX: Las Vegas New Orleans Sancramento Omaha Tier X: Wilmington Ohio cities fall within tiers that "combine sub-regional centers such as Charlotte and Portland with reviving industrial cities like Cleveland and Pittsburgh. There are suprises in both types of metropolitan area, with relatively low connectivities for the likes of old and reviving Baltimore and new and dynamic Phoenix." With the exception of NYC and a few others, U.S. cities tend to have a very strong domestic focus as compared to similar cities in Europe... and Ohio's cities are leading the pack when it comes to domestic economic connectivity compared to global economic connectivity.
June 27, 200717 yr "With the exception of NYC and a few others, U.S. cities tend to have a very strong domestic focus as compared to similar cities in Europe... and Ohio's cities are leading the pack when it comes to domestic economic connectivity compared to global economic connectivity. " hmm....I bet America's cities would have higher "international connectivity" if each state was a seperate, sovereign entity. The top of the list makes sense, but tiers IV-VII surprised me. I don't know what makes Dallas or Minneapolis higher than Cleveland, Columbus, or Phoenix.
June 27, 200717 yr Dallas and Minneapolis are twice the size of Cleveland and Columbus and have much larger, more diversified and more successful regional economies. It only makes sense that they occupy higher tiers than those of minor sub-regional centers like Cleveland and Columbus. Phoenix is a unique case... despite its larger population, it still occupies a low rung in the country's economic hierarchy (right along with Cincinnati) and has little global connectivity.
June 27, 200717 yr Dallas and Minneapolis are twice the size of Cleveland and Columbus and have much larger, more diversified and more successful regional economies. Excuse me. please site your source.
June 27, 200717 yr dallas metro is 6 million and minneapolis has 3.1 million (wiki) wiki..god lord. That is the population for Dallas, Ft. Worth and Arlington. Not Dallas. again, we comparing apples to oranges which puts cleveland on the short end of the stick. Damn, i'm in a cranky ass mood this morning.
June 27, 200717 yr Yes, you are. Chill out and have some cantaloupe. It's common knowledge that Dallas and Minneapolis are larger metros with more diverse and powerful economies than Cleveland and Columbus. These attributes are key components in their higher global connectivities. Nobody is giving Cleveland the "short end of the stick". It's a Tier VI city in the U.S. when it comes to economic global connectivity. The Brookings Institute is one of the country's most highly regarded think tanks and regularly focuses on urban/metropolitan issues and regional economies.
June 27, 200717 yr Yes, you are. Chill out and have some cantaloupe. It's common knowledge that Dallas and Minneapolis are larger metros with more diverse and powerful economies than Cleveland and Columbus. These attributes are key components in their higher global connectivities. Nobody is giving Cleveland the "short end of the stick". It's a Tier VI city in the U.S. when it comes to economic global connectivity. The Brookings Institute is one of the country's most highly regarded think tanks and regularly focuses on urban/metropolitan issues and regional economies. common knowledge? oh brother! :roll:
June 27, 200717 yr How did Rochester new york end up in tier vii? Given its size... Rochester would probably be assumed to be a Tier XIII city... so XII isn't that crazy. Up until a few decades ago, Rochester had one of the world's most high-tech economies... and it was to optics technology (Kodak, Xerox, Bausch & Lomb, Institute of Optics) what Detroit was to automobiles. While Rochester has taken severe hits and seen its global importance as a center of optics diminish... it still retains a substantial cluster in this industry and still fills a minor global niche... enough to vault it a tier higher than the tier it would probably normally inhabit if it was just another million-person metro like Buffalo.
June 27, 200717 yr Yes, you are. Chill out and have some cantaloupe. It's common knowledge that Dallas and Minneapolis are larger metros with more diverse and powerful economies than Cleveland and Columbus. These attributes are key components in their higher global connectivities. Nobody is giving Cleveland the "short end of the stick". It's a Tier VI city in the U.S. when it comes to economic global connectivity. The Brookings Institute is one of the country's most highly regarded think tanks and regularly focuses on urban/metropolitan issues and regional economies. common knowledge? oh brother! :roll: Please don't derail the thread. You are possibly the only person in the world who would argue that Metro Cleveland has more people... or a more diverse and dynamic economy than Metro Dallas or Metro Minneapolis-St. Paul. Just look up the population statistics in the encyclopedia and the economic performance statistics on the websites of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Cleveland Fed.
June 27, 200717 yr Yes, you are. Chill out and have some cantaloupe. It's common knowledge that Dallas and Minneapolis are larger metros with more diverse and powerful economies than Cleveland and Columbus. These attributes are key components in their higher global connectivities. Nobody is giving Cleveland the "short end of the stick". It's a Tier VI city in the U.S. when it comes to economic global connectivity. The Brookings Institute is one of the country's most highly regarded think tanks and regularly focuses on urban/metropolitan issues and regional economies. common knowledge? oh brother! :roll: Please don't derail the thread. You are possibly the only person in the world who would argue that Metro Cleveland has more people... or a more diverse and dynamic economy than Metro Dallas or Metro Minneapolis-St. Paul. Just look up the population statistics in the encyclopedia and the economic performance statistics on the websites of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Cleveland Fed. W-E
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