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Old 08-22-2009, 09:36 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Too bad Tokyo's GDP doesn't correlate to personal wealth since it's far behind New York in that aspect.
I've heard that the Japanese save money at a far higher rate. Americans on the other hand practically live on credit.
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Old 08-22-2009, 09:41 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Post what their GDP is so we can all have a laugh.
San Diego has a larger GDP than Shanghai, Beijing and the entire state of Maharashta in India(Mumbai) and just under Singapore.

Combined Statistical Area compared to some World Urban Areas/ Total Gross Product($150B+)
Greater Tokyo GDP $1.5 Trillion
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA $1.284 Trillion
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA $825.3 Billion
Paris Metropolitan Area $731 Billion
Greater London $669 Billion
Washington-Baltimore-Hagerstown, DC-MD-VA-WV $500.0 Billion
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI $490.9 Billion
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA $475.5 Billion
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH $383.8 Billion
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX $344.5 Billion
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX $341.5 Billion
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD $330.0 Billion
Hong Kong $293 Billion
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL $262.6 Billion
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL $248.0 Billion
Buenos Aires GDP $245 Billion
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI $233.0 Billion
New South Wales State(Sydney) GDP $224 Billion
Greater Madrid GDP $224 Billion
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA $217.9 Billion
Toronto Metro GDP $196 Billion
Moscow GDP $181 Billion
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $179.4 Billion
Minneapolis-St Paul-St Cloud, MN-WI $186.7 Billion
Greater Milan GDP $174 Billion
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO $162.3 Billion
Singapore GDP $161 Billion
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA $157.8 Billion
Beijing GDP $146 Billion
Seoul GDP $146 Billion
Shanghai GDP $128 Billion
Maharashta State(Mumbai) GDP $106 Billion

Kuala Lumpur GDP $100 Billion


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Old 08-22-2009, 09:41 PM
 
Location: The Greatest city on Earth: City of Atlanta Proper
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What five would those be? Even if your guess is correct, I count four in the Sunbelt.

And why four in the South? If you are guessing correctly, I count two in the South. And Miami isn't really "the South".
It's not a guess. Follow the link in the original post:

1 Tokyo Japan $ 1191 Yes
2 New York City USA $ 1133 No
3 Los Angeles USA $ 639 No
4 Chicago USA $ 460 No
5 Paris France $ 460 Yes
6 London UK $ 452 Yes
7 Osaka Japan $ 341 No
8 Mexico City Mexico $ 315 Yes
9 Philadelphia USA $ 312 No
10 Washington DC USA $ 299 Yes
11 Boston USA $ 290 No
12 Dallas USA $ 268 No
13 Buenos Aires Argentina $ 245 Yes
14 Hong Kong Hong Kong $ 244 Yes
15 San Francisco USA $ 242 No
16 Atlanta USA $ 236 No
17 Houston USA $ 235 No
18 Miami USA $ 231 No
19 São Paulo Brazil $ 225 No
20 Seoul

If it's too much, here are the American cities in the top 20 broken down by region:

Northeast: 3

New York City
Boston
Philadelphia

Midatlantic:

Washington, D.C.

Midwest:

Chicago

West:

Los Angeles
San Francisco

South:
Dallas
Atlanta
Houston
Miami

Notice something?
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Old 08-22-2009, 10:44 PM
 
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San Diego has a larger GDP than Shanghai, Beijing and the entire state of Maharashta in India(Mumbai) and just under Singapore.

Combined Statistical Area compared to some World Urban Areas/ Total Gross Product($150B+)
Greater Tokyo GDP $1.5 Trillion
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA $1.284 Trillion
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA $825.3 Billion
Paris Metropolitan Area $731 Billion
Greater London $669 Billion
Washington-Baltimore-Hagerstown, DC-MD-VA-WV $500.0 Billion
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI $490.9 Billion
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA $475.5 Billion
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH $383.8 Billion
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX $344.5 Billion
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX $341.5 Billion
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD $330.0 Billion
Hong Kong $293 Billion
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL $262.6 Billion
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL $248.0 Billion
Buenos Aires GDP $245 Billion
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI $233.0 Billion
New South Wales State(Sydney) GDP $224 Billion
Greater Madrid GDP $224 Billion
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA $217.9 Billion
Toronto Metro GDP $196 Billion
Moscow GDP $181 Billion
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $179.4 Billion
Minneapolis-St Paul-St Cloud, MN-WI $186.7 Billion
Greater Milan GDP $174 Billion
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO $162.3 Billion
Singapore GDP $161 Billion
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA $157.8 Billion
Beijing GDP $146 Billion
Seoul GDP $146 Billion
Shanghai GDP $128 Billion
Maharashta State(Mumbai) GDP $106 Billion
Kuala Lumpur GDP $100 Billion

Are you freakin serious Huntsville, Texas is like 4 hours from Houston go throw them outrageous stats in the trash.
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Old 08-22-2009, 10:46 PM
 
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The south is such a stupid region.
LOL,
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Old 08-22-2009, 10:50 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Are you freakin serious Huntsville, Texas is like 4 hours from Houston go throw them outrageous stats in the trash.
Dallas is 4 hours from Houston.........Huntsville is only about an hour. Do you live in Texas? First you say PV isn't a Houston school, now Huntsville is 4 hours from Houston???
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Old 08-22-2009, 10:56 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Are you freakin serious Huntsville, Texas is like 4 hours from Houston
Its 66 Miles.

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go throw them outrageous stats in the trash.
So long as at least 15% of Huntsville commuters work in Greater Houston, they are combined.
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Old 08-22-2009, 11:02 PM
 
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If it's too much, here are the American cities in the top 20 broken down by region:

Northeast: 3

New York City
Boston
Philadelphia

Midatlantic:

Washington, D.C.

Midwest:

Chicago

West:

Los Angeles
San Francisco

South:
Dallas
Atlanta
Houston
Miami

Notice something?
Yes I notice that New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington DC are in the top 10 in the WORLD! Where is the south,lol.
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Old 08-22-2009, 11:14 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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Yes I notice that New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington DC are in the top 10 in the WORLD! Where is the south,lol.
Well, the list is from 2005, and Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Miami weren't trailing that far behind back then (and by Montclair's list, it looks like Houston is already at number ten while Philly's been dropped out behind Dallas). So, there's your answer.
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Old 08-22-2009, 11:17 PM
 
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Well, the list is from 2005, and Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Miami weren't trailing that far behind back then (and by Montclair's list, it looks like Houston is already at number ten while Philly's been dropped out behind Dallas). So, there's your answer.
Ummmmmm how about a No for $100 dollars?

City Mayors reviews the richest cities in the world in 2005

17.
Houston - 235 billion.
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