Life in world class cities vs. everywhere else

Santa Cruz is a world-class granola hippie surfer beach town.

Originally Posted by StephenHero

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I tolerate mean people more than philistines. I went to a baseball game last week and I was truly embarrassed at how sloppy and disgusting people are. It was Labelking's worst nightmare.

Try living near wrigley field

Originally Posted by otc

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Try living near wrigley field

Wrigleyville is a cesspool.

Originally Posted by iammatt

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Try living in a mediocre city with world class pretentions.

I was gonna say this about Chicago, and then expect every single poster from Chicago to burn me in effigy and dip me in whichever Great Lake they have there, but I don't really like Chicago.

I am typing this from Tokyo, my favorite city in the world. The girls are beautiful, the city is clean, everything is well-made, people are courteous, and the food and drink are beyond words. There is no better city.

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

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I was gonna say this about Chicago, and then expect every single poster from Chicago to burn me in effigy and dip me in whichever Great Lake they have there, but I don't really like Chicago.

I am typing this from Tokyo, my favorite city in the world. The girls are beautiful, the city is clean, everything is well-made, people are courteous, and the food and drink are beyond words. There is no better city.

Yeah, but it's full of Japanese. Just saying.

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

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I was gonna say this about Chicago, and then expect every single poster from Chicago to burn me in effigy and dip me in whichever Great Lake they have there, but I don't really like Chicago.

I personally love Chicago, but it's definitely in the grey area. It's not NY, London, Tokyo, Seoul but it's not that far below. I lean towards calling it world class, but I can see where one could make the argument against its inclusion.

Seoul does not belong in that sentence.

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 **** ++ 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 Josà , 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,

I understand that CBS is considering reviving the TV show "Dallas".

Okay, we need a list of "world class cities." I'll start:

London
NYC
Tokyo
Paris

Edit: Rats, SH and his damn fancy list!

Originally Posted by Piobaire

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Okay, we need a list of "world class cities." I'll start:

London
NYC
Tokyo
Paris

Edit: Rats, SH and his damn fancy list!

I think there's still room for debate. Even if we except that that list is an accurate ranking of the top-30 cities, there's still the question of whether or not there are 30 world class cities.

Wow, I'm surprised to see DC so high on the list. I love it, but it strikes me as more of a big (company) town than a city.

Originally Posted by Ambulance Chaser

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Wow, I'm surprised to see DC so high on the list. I love it, but it strikes me as more of a big (company) town than a city.

The more of America's wealth that it hoovers up and concentrates there, the more "world class" it gets.

Originally Posted by Ambulance Chaser

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Wow, I'm surprised to see DC so high on the list. I love it, but it strikes me as more of a big (company) town than a city.

The Metro, Universities and Smithsonian give DC a huge bump on lists like this.

I rank Tokyo above London and NYC, because there's nothing I like better than seeing sexy Japanese girls in hot pants hoofing it on foot Anyway, earlier today I was in Seoul, which is not a world class city by my estimation, the people there are not world class or close to it, and then I'm Tokyo a few hours later and it's like waking up from a dream or something - I'm back in civilization. The first car I see on the road here is a Morgan Plus 4, the sun is shining and the canals are clean and nice and floaty, tons of green everywhere, the girls are all surprisingly cute, I ate a few good meals here already, people are polite, really a little dream cluster.