AlexYVR ..... I hear what you're saying. Sometimes, in terms of absolute knowledge or academic influence, a place can be realtively small.
This comparison list I mentioned does not ignore them but sort of places them in a class of their own. What they are comparing is cities of approximately similar size and scale in this, and that of course starts with the biggies (NYC, London, etc)
It it is calculated on many things: financial importance, yes, but also, infrastructure, cultural facilities, housing and quality of life. Where a city has contributed greatly to the knowledge base of the worl, there are bound to be major universities, history, possible ancient imperial importance and influence (Rome, for example)
I think you feel that great, yet small centres of learning and knowledge are discounted; they are not. They just fit into a different scale, making grouping too complex for this purpose.
They all have a specialisation, and the most frequent about the greatest one there is: medicine.
We may develop it - I hope so - but in the meantime, consider that Canada's pharmeceutical centre is Montreal. That makes a statement right there.
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