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(08-30-2011 05:23 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

(08-30-2011 05:19 PM)TheWolfHowls Wrote:  

(08-30-2011 05:13 PM)thegmanifesto Wrote:  

(08-30-2011 05:10 PM)TheWolfHowls Wrote:  

Is NYC really that good?! Should i go visit there this weekend? lol

Serious or kidding?

I'm flat out serious. I've never visited NYC in my life.

Yeah.

Go.

It's easily the best city in America.

Maybe the world.

And it is one of only a very small handful (missing a thumb and index finger) of cities in America that are world class.

Yep, New York is an alpha++ world city:

The 2008 roster of leading Alpha, Beta and Gamma world cities is reproduced below; see the source for the complete roster:

Alpha++ world cities:
London, New York

Alpha+ world cities:
Beijing, Hong Kong, Milan, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo

Alpha world cities:
Brussels, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Kuala Lumpur, Madrid, Moscow, Mumbai, Seoul, Toronto

Alpha− world cities:
Amsterdam, Athens, Auckland, Bangkok, Budapest, Caracas, Dublin, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Jakarta, Lisbon, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Prague, Rome, Santiago, São Paulo, Stockholm, Taipei, Vienna, Warsaw, Zurich