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Originally Posted by Crawford
And I think I'm being pretty generous regarding the "even" cities. Somewhere like Detroit has easily twice the population and economy, and is an global economic hegemon in a specific industry. Somewhere like Budapest has a much more extensive urban form and much more monumental feel.
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Houston dominates the global energy industry and is much bigger than Detroit and in far better economic shape...still not on Amsterdam's level. New York and London have a smaller economic outputs and a smaller populations than Tokyo but they are still regarded as the "higher" of the alpha cities.