Life in world class cities vs. everywhere else - Page 3

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Gamma - world cities
Detroit, Manchester, Wellington, Riga, Guayaquil, Edinburgh, Porto, San Salvador, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Port Louis, San Diego, Islamabad, Birmingham, Doha, Calgary, Almaty, Columbus,

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Here's another list: Alpha Alpha++ world cities: London, New York Alpha+ world cities: Hong Kong, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Milan, Shanghai, Beijing Alpha world cities: Madrid, Moscow, Seoul, Toronto, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur, Chicago

Originally Posted by iammatt

Try living in a mediocre city with world class pretentions.

Originally Posted by Manton

The place I most want to live is Santa Cruz.

Originally Posted by StephenHero

noted. fixed.


Has anyone lived in Munich? Is it as great as it looks? I was surprised it wasn't more alpha.

Originally Posted by Not Ed Harris

I live in London but I grew up in a small village just south of the Scottish border. I honestly don't think that I could tolerate living in any other city in the UK barring maybe a couple (Edinburgh and maybe Newcastle). They all seem to be just that bit crapper in every respect other than the cost of living. It also doesn't help that the other cities seem to be largely the same. Wife is the same, but she's a Londoner and doesn't even have the experience of living anywhere else.

Living in the country I could easily handle, but a mediocre town where everything is a little worse than what I'm used to? Not going to happen.

Originally Posted by changy

San Diego and Detroit are not the same class

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Chicago is 6th on the Global Cities Index.

Rank\tCity\tScore
1\tNew York City\t6.22
2\tLondon\t5.86
3\tTokyo\t5.42
4\tParis\t5.35
5\tHong Kong\t4.14
6\tChicago\t3.94
7\tLos Angeles\t3.90
8\tSingapore\t3.45
9\tSydney\t3.44
10\tSeoul\t3.40
11\tBrussels\t3.29
12\tSan Francisco\t3.26
13\tWashington, D.C.\t3.25
14\tToronto\t3.13
15\tBeijing\t3.12
16\tBerlin\t3.03
17\tMadrid\t3.02
18\tVienna\t2.96
19\tBoston\t2.78
20\tFrankfurt am Main\t2.78
20\tShanghai\t2.78
22\tBuenos Aires\t2.73
23\tStockholm\t2.71
24\tZurich\t2.68
25\tMoscow\t2.61
26\tBarcelona\t2.57
27\tDubai\t2.56
28\tRome\t2.56
29\tAmsterdam\t2.54
30\tMexico City\t2.41

Here's another list:

Alpha

Alpha as fuck ++ world cities:

London, New York

Alpha+ world cities:

Hong Kong, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Milan, Shanghai, Beijing

Alpha world cities:

Madrid, Moscow, Seoul, Toronto, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur, Chicago

Alpha− world cities:

Warsaw, São Paulo, Zurich, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Jakarta, Dublin, Bangkok, Taipei, Istanbul, Rome, Lisbon, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Athens, Caracas, Los Angeles, Auckland, Santiago

Beta

Beta+ world cities:

Washington, Melbourne, Johannesburg, Atlanta, Barcelona, San Francisco, Manila, Bogotá, Tel Aviv, New Delhi, Dubai, Bucharest

Beta world cities:

Oslo, Berlin, Helsinki, Geneva, Copenhagen, Riyadh, Hamburg, Cairo, Luxembourg, Bangalore, Dallas, Kuwait, Boston

Beta− world cities:

Munich, Jeddah, Miami, Lima, Kiev, Houston, Guangzhou, Beirut, Karachi, Düsseldorf, Sofia, Montevideo, Nicosia, Rio de Janeiro, Ho Chi Minh City

Gamma

Gamma+ world cities:

Montreal, Nairobi, Bratislava, Panama City, Chennai, Brisbane, Casablanca, Denver, Quito, Stuttgart, Vancouver, Zagreb, Manama, Guatemala City, Cape Town, San José, Minneapolis, Santo Domingo, Seattle

Gamma world cities:

Ljubljana, Shenzhen, Perth, Kolkata, Guadalajara, Antwerp, Philadelphia, Rotterdam, Amman, Portland, Lagos

Gamma - world cities
Detroit, Manchester, Wellington, Riga, Guayaquil, Edinburgh, Porto, San Salvador, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Port Louis, San Diego, Islamabad, Birmingham, Doha, Calgary, Almaty, Columbus,

Originally Posted by GQgeek

It's nice to be able to go to the opera, or the symphony, or a really high-end restaurants, but unless you're making well into six-figures (meaning 500k, not 120k), it's hard to enjoy that stuff too often because it's expensive.