What are the requirements for a city to be deemed "world class"?

[keond]

Those were the first 7 cities that I thought of, but ATL makes a strong case too.

Id be interested to see what the top 10 destination cities are and have been for international tourists.

How does memphis make it but ATL has a "strong case"

Atlanta had the Olympics, has the world busiest airport, one of the host cities for the World Cup, Michelin restaurants

Meanwhile Memphis is known for the first 48.

 

[Grand Conde]

And what about the other 3?

Haven't been to Nairobi, but no, Hanoi and Jakarta also aren't world-class. Jakarta in particular is an absolute shythole.

 

[invalid]

Good post.
By your criteria, what keeps Boston out of that tier?

i guess i would ask what does boston provide that the aforementioned cities do not? it excels in higher education, yes, but so does the other cities. i think what makes the other cities world class is that they are consistently exceptional across a number of different areas.

boston is obviously a great city so don't want to detract from it, but similarly, it's why memphis wouldn't get a nod. yes, memphis has a trailblazing music legacy but so does los angeles (pop, rock) and new york (hip hop). not even mentioning chicago, because i see chicago's musical legacy as a continuation of memphis' - but obviously chicago excels here as well.

even moreso in the classical arena where its second to nyc. and depending on who you ask, some would place classical as more "worldly" than blues, gospel, and even, sometimes jazz. but even if we could agree that jazz transfers as worldly, new orleans, chicago, and nyc have a premium on that before memphis.

nyc/la/chi as regional hubs excel in finance, law, real estate, medicine, tech, education, *design/infrastructure/city planning, history, music, diversity, culture, politics, etc....

for me world class denotes consistent exceptionalism across all of these factors. yes other cities may do well or even better in a few of these areas, however, they don't have the range to score consistently high across multiple areas.

 

[Batsute]

Public transportation doesn't make a city world class. If your city doesn't attract wealthy investors and top talented middle class workers, it won't be world class.

nikkas dont go to Japan because of bullet trains.

Oh you’ve been to Japan breh?

Ain’t you the same dude that’s living like a hermit until they’re rich.

@DonB90 posted those top cities in the world and you know what they got public transit, effective public transportation. The top 3 are world class.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Oh you’ve been to Japan breh?

Ain’t you the same dude that’s living like a hermit until they’re rich.

@DonB90 posted those top cities in the world and you know what they got public transit, effective public transportation. The top 3 are world class.

Trains and Buses dont attract

Wealthy investors, Talented middle class employees, and tourists Tourists


What does attract:
Innovation, Technology, finance.
Historical culture
Thriving Night life


A good transportation system is the result of more taxes coming from investors, Middle class workers, and tourists.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

@Batsute


Im glad posters in this thread are mentioning LA. Does LA have a good transportation system?

i personally would not equate "international" with "world class". two different things imo. lotta mentions of international cities that i would not say are world class. world class speaks to exceptionalism in some respect. with that in mind, the only cities that get the "exceptional" label in the states are NYC, LA, and Chicago.

 

[invalid]

@get these nets outside of my own personal definition, if I was being generous, and wanted to extend a more concrete definition, i would say that the alpha cities can be deemed world class. in this respect, that includes boston which is considered alpha -. also includes dc, houston, and san francisco (all alpha -). la and chicago are alpha. nyc is alpha ++.

 

[invalid]

Does LA have a good transportation system?

by international standards, no. domestically, it's better than most cities. la's problem is congestion and it's suburban layout. but that is characteristic of all cities south of the mason dixon and west of the mississippi - with exception to San Fran and Seattle.

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

NYC is trash only reason you gotta respect it cause of Wall St. They don’t got good food, the women attitude stink there, yall paying crazy money to live in something you never will own, yall use public transportation, NYC dudes can’t fight either. Matter of fact yall better stay above the Mason Dixon line. Signed a southern N1GGA.

 

[TheMailMan]

No one in their right mind would consider fukking Manila to be a "world-class" city.

Lmao Manila driver would be like do u got a tip pare

 

[null]

there's a list on wikipedia.

of the cities i have been to i consider the following

alpha:

tokyo

beta:

zurich

gamma:

karlsruhe
oslo

delta:

heidelberg
basel

-

possibles (with a bit of work):

munich - beta
DC - beta
copenhagen - gamma
stockholm - beta
helsinki - gamma

should be on the list but i haven't been there/don't know it well enough:

singapore - alpha
vienna - beta
monaco - gamma
macau - gamma

 

[HabitualChiller]

NYC
LA
Chicago
Miami
Houston
Seattle
San Francisco

Are probably the only places in the US all consider world class. The qualities of a world class city are probably physical size, population size, strong tourism, job market, hosts alot of events, famous landmarks.

Add in San Diego.

 

[DonB90]

Oh you’ve been to Japan breh?

Ain’t you the same dude that’s living like a hermit until they’re rich.

@DonB90 posted those top cities in the world and you know what they got public transit, effective public transportation. The top 3 are world class.

Nah let these folks tell it Memphis and Austin are the same caliber as Toyko and London

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

World class cities here are NY,LA and Chicago..nikkas talking about Atlanta and Charlottte .


World class globally includes London,Tokyo,Paris