Toronto seizes 2nd spot in annual ranking of cities..

[The_Architect]

Toronto seizes second spot in annual ranking of cities.
ADRIAN MORROW
Globe and Mail Update
Published Friday, May. 06, 2011 6:58PM EDT
Last updated Friday, May. 06, 2011 9:34PM EDT


Toronto has grabbed the second spot in one of the many annual rankings of cities, beating out the likes of London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Paris.

And that's not the only surprise on PricewaterhouseCooper's Cities of Opportunity list, released this week.

Three other cities in the top five – San Francisco, Stockholm and Sydney – are often considered secondary world cities. In fact, the only traditional heavyweight among them is New York, which narrowly grabbed the top spot.

Unlike other reports that place great value on a city's size and the breadth of international economic influence, the PWC ranking gives equal weight to other factors, including livability, research and development, and education.

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The greatest strength for the smaller cities, Toronto included, is in the field of innovation, where the city outshines New York.

The list, which is being published for the fourth time, ranks 26 different cities considered major business and financial hubs.

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Full article here.

Not too shabby! Toronto keeps climbing among different city rankings in the world.. It's really making a name for itself, and hopefully will become one of the more well-known global cities with the other heavyweights..

[Coldrsx]

Toronto is really kicking some arse in how livable it is and how eclectic of a city it has become.

Love that place

[BretttheRiderFan]

This shouldn't be in the Canada thread

[The_Architect]

What thread do you recommend? The non existent Toronto thread?

[kwoldtimer]

The "non existent Toronto thread". Has kind of an appealing sound to it, doesn't it.

[Architype]

What exactly are they being ranked on?

[BretttheRiderFan]

Originally Posted by The_Architect

What thread do you recommend? The non existent Toronto thread?

Let's see.....well.......there's an Ontario forum

[Bdog]

Originally Posted by BretttheRiderFan

This shouldn't be in the Canada thread

This coming from a guy who started a thread called "How would Vancouver deal with an 8.9 Earthquake?" lol

[The_Architect]

Originally Posted by Architype

What exactly are they being ranked on?

Excerpt from the article:

Unlike other reports that place great value on a city's size and the breadth of international economic influence, the PWC ranking gives equal weight to other factors, including livability, research and development, and education.

Just some of them.

[The_Architect]

Originally Posted by BretttheRiderFan

Let's see.....well.......there's an Ontario forum

Any other city and this would be perfectly fine and acceptable on the Canada forum. Just discuss the article and leave the "threadworthy" decision up to the mods.

[Waterlooson]

This was a very detailed study... I wouldn't write it off, even though some of the results are "surprising". You can download the study here: http://www.pwc.com/us/en/cities-of-opportunity/2011/pdfdownload.jhtml

Toronto is becoming very important when it comes to "economic clout".

[BretttheRiderFan]

Originally Posted by Bdog

This coming from a guy who started a thread called "How would Vancouver deal with an 8.9 Earthquake?" lol

I've been found out....

[caltrane74]

I'll never understand why's Sydney ranks so high in these listings. It's second city (Melborne) is almost the same size and perhaps more important.

[habfanman]

Cool! I'm going to move back now lol! Berlin, Hamburg and Amsterdam make Toronto look like a steaming heap of developing world shite.

[BretttheRiderFan]

Originally Posted by habfanman

Cool! I'm going to move back now lol! Berlin, Hamburg and Amsterdam make Toronto look like a steaming heap of developing world shite.

99% of your posts are a load of shite

[Ramako]

Originally Posted by habfanman

Cool! I'm going to move back now lol! Berlin, Hamburg and Amsterdam make Toronto look like a steaming heap of developing world shite.

But tell us - how you do you really feel?

[The_Architect]

Originally Posted by habfanman

Cool! I'm going to move back now lol! Berlin, Hamburg and Amsterdam make Toronto look like a steaming heap of developing world shite.

Apparently not.

Keep trolling, much smarter and more respectable people disagree with you.

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by habfanman

Cool! I'm going to move back now lol! Berlin, Hamburg and Amsterdam make Toronto look like a steaming heap of developing world shite.

And to think Toronto wouldn't be what it is today if Montreal hadn't self distructed 40 years ago.

[Ramako]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

And to think Toronto wouldn't be what it is today if Montreal hadn't self distructed 40 years ago.

Speaking of which I notice that Montreal isn't even listed in the report. Not even worth consideration. Interesting that...



On a serious note, it is worth reviewing the actual report. It's pretty comprehensive. If only we had a decent transit system, we'd have topped the list.

[Ramako]

Who knows... maybe PwC is simply trying to stir up some goodwill in Toronto before opening their newly-built Canadian headquarters at 18 York Street. Yes, I think I see their grand plan now...