I can’t say the same about LA and Chicago. NYC itself is in a league of its own, NYC represents a way of life, NYC is a belief, a culture and a religion. I would say NYC is by far the most fascinating city in the country. I have been to NYC many many times, I have also been to Chicago a few times. They may explain why we Chicago folk drive cars with bumper stickers that say "WELL, AT LEAST WE ARE NOT PEORIA". Was going to unleash the kraken on you, but all them damned Iowa farmers in their cheeseheads and Packers jerseys growing corn up and down Michigan Avenue cut the cord with their hoe to the internet machine thingy so I couldn't get to the typewriter to respond to you.Ĭan't argue with you on your observations. In any case, I answered New York because it is, after all, New York, and even though Manhattan has been turned into a kind of Disneyfied yuppieland where rich white people live in high rises and unmarried 40 year old bankers live with roommates New York is still New York, and the diversity and urban culture is unparalleled in the US and maybe anywhere. It's just a really big city full of Iowans and Wisconsinites. A megalopolis full of Iowans and Wisconsinites is not a global city. Don't confuse population size with global significance. Miami, San Francisco, Houston, and Washington are all economically and demographically more global than Chicago. I don't think Chicago belongs on a list of "global cities" with New York and Los Angeles. I'm ready for the Chicago homers here to unleash the kraken on me.
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