Global cities by country

[Docere]

GWAC rankings for selected countries.

Australia

Alpha: Sydney
Alpha-: Melbourne
Beta: Brisbane, Perth
Gamma: Adelaide
Sufficiency: Canberra

Canada

Alpha: Toronto
Beta+: Montreal
Beta: Vancouver
Beta-: Calgary
Sufficiency: Edmonton, Halifax, Ottawa, Quebec City, Winnipeg

France

Alpha+: Paris
Gamma+: Lyon
High Sufficiency: Marseille
Sufficiency: Bordeaux, Lille, Nice

Germany

Alpha: Frankfurt
Alpha-: Berlin, Munich
Beta+: Dusseldorf, Hamburg
Beta-: Stuttgart
Gamma-: Cologne
Sufficiency: Bremen, Dresden, Hanover, Leipzig, Mannheim, Nuremberg,

Japan

Alpha+: Tokyo
Gamma: Osaka
Sufficiency: Nagoya

UK

Alpha++: London
Gamma+: Manchester
Gamma-: Bristol, Edinburgh
High Sufficiency: Belfast, Birmingham
Sufficiency: Aberdeen, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham, Southampton

US

Alpha++: New York
Alpha: Chicago, Los Angeles
Alpha-: Boston, San Francisco, Washington
Beta+: Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami
Beta: Denver, Seattle
Beta-: Philadelphia
Gamma+: Austin, Detroit, Minneapolis, San Diego, St. Louis
Gamma-: Charlotte, San Jose, Tampa
High Sufficiency: Baltimore, Cleveland, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Nashville, Phoenix, Pittsburgh
Sufficiency: Cincinnati, Columbus, Des Moines, Hartford, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Louisville, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Palo Alto, Portland, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global...search_Network

[Steely Dan]

^ where's Philly?

[Docere]

Sharing a space with Calgary and Stuttgart.

[iheartthed]

I still don't get why this is meaningful criteria to measure globalization:

The GaWC examines cities worldwide to narrow them down to a roster of world cities, then ranks these based on their connectivity through four "advanced producer services": accountancy, advertising, banking/finance, and law.

[Gordo]

Good to see Palo Alto hanging out at the sufficiency level lol

[sopas ej]

Originally Posted by Gordo

Good to see Palo Alto hanging out at the sufficiency level lol

What's funny to me is that Palo Alto is a city of about 66,000 people and ranks with much larger cities.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by Gordo

Good to see Palo Alto hanging out at the sufficiency level lol

Interesting that it was listed at all and not included with San Jose. I though these lists went by metro areas.

[Docere]

Yeah, I don't know why Palo Alto and San Jose are separated out. And they're both pretty integrated with San Francisco though the Census Bureau doesn't see it as one urban area for some reason.

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by Docere

Sharing a space with Calgary and Stuttgart.

Oh thanks.

It was missing when I first saw your list.

[mhays]

The most over-quoted, misused ranking in SSP history. Again and again over the years.

[craigs]

Originally Posted by mhays

The most over-quoted, misused ranking in SSP history. Again and again over the years.

Agreed.

[Docere]

Kearny Global Cities Ranking 2020

1. New York
2. London
3. Paris
4. Tokyo
5. Beijing
6. Hong Kong
7. Los Angeles
8. Chicago
9. Singapore
10. Washington
11. Sydney
12. Shanghai
13. San Francisco
14. Brussels
15. Berlin
16. Madrid
17. Seoul
18. Melbourne
19. Toronto
20. Moscow
21. Boston
22. Vienna
23. Amsterdam
24. Munich
25. Buenos Aires
26. Barcelona
27. Dubai
28. Frankfurt
29. Montreal
30. Miami

https://www.kearney.com/service/glob...20-full-report

[Docere]

There's also the Mori Foundation in Tokyo, which does a Global Power City Index. Trying to measure too many things from "business climate" to "cultural interaction."

https://www.mori-m-foundation.or.jp/...23_summary.pdf

[Nouvellecosse]

As I've always said, Halifax is nothing if not sufficient. In fact, one might even say "adequate".

[Steely Dan]

Lots of different ways to quantify and measure this nebulous concept, but in general, the usual suspects generally float to the top of most "global cities" lists.

Take them all with a grain of salt, of course, but it's also unwise to entirely discard them out of hand. They each have something to say about the topic, even if none of them are anything close to definitive.

[Docere]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Lots of different ways to quantify and measure this nebulous concept, but in general, the usual suspects generally float to the top of most "global cities" lists.

Take them all with a grain of salt, of course, but it's also unwise to entirely discard them out of hand. They each have something to say about the topic, even if none of them are anything close to definitive.

Yeah, it's not like there's no pattern here. It's not just "one random guy's opinion" or more accurately one research institute's analysis.

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by Docere

There's also the Mori Foundation in Tokyo, which does a Global Power City Index. Trying to measure too many things from "business climate" to "cultural interaction."

https://www.mori-m-foundation.or.jp/...23_summary.pdf

This is such a superior set of rankings criteria, I think you guys will like this report.

Plus, it uses hexagon charts like only Japanese seem to do. Who reading this doesn't want to see cities visualized like JRPG character stats?

[Docere]

Number of alpha cities:

Australia 2
Canada 1
France 1
Germany 3
Japan 1
UK 1
US 6

[Innsertnamehere]

Calgary is Beta+ but Edmonton only "Sufficient"? lol that's gotta burn.

Calgary being ranked above dozens of US cities of similar or larger sizes is also a good lol.

That Kearny list putting not only Sydney but also Melbourne above Toronto is.. interesting.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Docere

There's also the Mori Foundation in Tokyo, which does a Global Power City Index. Trying to measure too many things from "business climate" to "cultural interaction."

https://www.mori-m-foundation.or.jp/...23_summary.pdf

Vancouver is on the list but Montreal is not?

Also Helsinki?