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Old Posted Aug 17, 2018, 12:44 AM
wwmiv wwmiv is offline
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The most recent study on World Cities by GAWC was in 2016 included the following American cities. They are listed in order from first place to last and divided into tiers.

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2016t.html


Alpha ++

New York City


Alpha

Chicago
Los Angeles


Alpha -

Washington, D.C.
San Francisco
Miami


Beta +

Boston
Atlanta
Dallas
Houston


Beta

Philadelphia


Beta -

Minneapolis
Denver
Seattle
St. Louis
San Diego


Gamma +

Cleveland
Detroit
San Jose


Gamma

Phoenix
Austin
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Tampa


Gamma -

Charlotte
Raleigh
Orlando
Columbus
Pittsburgh


High Sufficiency

Hartford
Milwaukee
Portland
Sacramento
Jacksonville
Indianapolis
San Antonio
Salt Lake City


Sufficiency

Richmond
Tulsa
Las Vegas
Memphis
Birmingham
Oklahoma City
New Orleans
Louisville
Omaha
Des Moines
Madison
Providence
Honolulu


Noticebly missing cities:

Nashville, Tucson, Albuquerque, and Charleston

Respectively, I'd argue that Nashville belongs in the Gamma - level and the other three are Sufficiency level. I can also quibble with some placements (San Antonio, Vegas, and New Orleans should be higher) based on my qualitative perception, but I have the vague impression these rankings are based on quantitative data, so I'll let the experts' opinions speak for themselves.
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HTOWN: 2305k (+10%) + MSA suburbs: 4818k (+26%) + CSA exurbs: 190k (+6%)
BIGD: 1304k (+9%) + MSA div. suburbs: 3826k (+26%) + adj. CSA exurbs: 394k (+8%)
FTW: 919k (+24%) + MSA div. suburbs: 1589k (+14%) + adj. CSA exurbs: 90k (+12%)
SATX: 1435k (+8%) + MSA suburbs: 1124k (+38%) + CSA exurbs: 18k (+11%)
ATX: 962k (+22%) + MSA suburbs: 1322k (+43%)

Last edited by wwmiv; Aug 17, 2018 at 12:57 AM.
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