Comments on: World Cities http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/08/06/world-cities-2/ The source on how we live, work and play Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:10:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jackson http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/08/06/world-cities-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4971 Jackson Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:19:26 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=2064#comment-4971 I would be curious to see a breakdown of this in both per capita terms and by source of economic power. My hometown (Los Angeles) is the second largest city in the US, but is nearly bereft of large corporate headquarters (Charlotte shames us). I realize this is a poor metric, but we are talking economic power in this survey and the question really becomes where the economic power then lays. Once the aerospace industry shrunk, we were left with entertainment, and while this industry gets a lot of press, it isn't necessarily as big as its shadow. Los Angeles is really a city of small to medium businesses, and I wonder how that plays out relative to cities that either spawn or host corporations with broader reach. My guess is that Los Angeles makes the grade because of a very generous definition of region, and the activity flowing through the port, making the city maybe more a gateway to commerce instead of a center of commerce. I would be curious to see a breakdown of this in both per capita terms and by source of economic power. My hometown (Los Angeles) is the second largest city in the US, but is nearly bereft of large corporate headquarters (Charlotte shames us). I realize this is a poor metric, but we are talking economic power in this survey and the question really becomes where the economic power then lays. Once the aerospace industry shrunk, we were left with entertainment, and while this industry gets a lot of press, it isn’t necessarily as big as its shadow. Los Angeles is really a city of small to medium businesses, and I wonder how that plays out relative to cities that either spawn or host corporations with broader reach. My guess is that Los Angeles makes the grade because of a very generous definition of region, and the activity flowing through the port, making the city maybe more a gateway to commerce instead of a center of commerce.

]]> By: Richard Chmura http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/2008/08/06/world-cities-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4904 Richard Chmura Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:05:38 +0000 http://www.creativeclass.com/_v3/creative_class/?p=2064#comment-4904 "I’m glad to see my newish hometown crack the top 10 where it belongs." -That was all you Richard. ;) I have a new place in my heart for Chicago. Just visited for the first time in July - an excellent experience I would recommend to others. “I’m glad to see my newish hometown crack the top 10 where it belongs.”
-That was all you Richard. ;)

I have a new place in my heart for Chicago. Just visited for the first time in July – an excellent experience I would recommend to others.

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