y*****n 发帖数: 44 | 1 Tier One: New York (largest city, culturally, commercially, and financially
dominant city in the country)
Tier Two: Los Angeles, Chicago (dominant in their respective regions (the
West and the Midwest) and very economically and culturally significant on
the global scale (e.g. Hollywood, Chicago stock exchange)
Tier Three: Washington, San Francisco, Boston, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta,
Philly, Miami (not the same dominance as the top three cities, but still are
globally significant economically, and contain elements that make them
culturally significant (politics, tech, diversity, ect.)
Tier Four: San Diego, San Jose, Seattle(maybe Tier Three), Phoenix,
Baltimore, Detroit, Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Honolulu,
Pittsburgh (Less integrated in the global economy, and not as culturally
significant, but still are dominant in smaller local refions im the US (like
the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest) and/or provide important
industries (like tech, automobiles, defense, and biomedical)
Tier Five: Orlando, Portland, Charlotte, Cleveland, New Orleans, Milwaukee,
ect. (major cities with only some financial and commercial integration at
the national scale, and/or possess some cultural significance (like Portland)
Tier Six: El Paso, Albuquerque, Jacksonville, Columbus, ect. (large cities
lf minimal financial or cultural importance)
Tier Seven: Bridgeport, San Bernadino, Santa Fe, Riverside, Birmingham, ect.
(The final tier of large cities, ones that are not large or financially or
culturally significant at all) | t**r 发帖数: 3428 | | j****f 发帖数: 3552 | |
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