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Originally Posted by Fastphilly
The real estate prices in Inner New York (Manhattan) is every bit as expensive as San Francisco proper. I think every city has it's share of homeless. City population isn't a good way to determine a world city. If that's the case, Houston is more of a world city than San Francisco because of cheaper real estate prices and a city population that has more than double the amount of inhabitants. Both DC and SF are Alpha cities and both have been ranked 4th and 5th depending on who is doing the study and when it was conducted.
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SF and Washington DC in the top 5? Globally, I bet you forget places like Singapore, Sydney, and Hong Kong. I totally agree on the population argument as numbers do not necessarily indicate influence and power.
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