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May 23, 2008

The 200' monster test

To wax Wikipedian, the term "global city", as opposed to megacity, is thought to have been first coined by Saskia Sassen in reference to London, New York and Tokyo in her 1991 work The Global City. The linked articles explain the difference in terminology: a global city is making a contribution of sorts while a megacity is simply large and often with cracks at the seems. Which is fine. That said, I still enjoy the sound of megacity; very Judge Dredd. For example, Toronto would be vastly improved by renaming it MegaToronto.

Alpha world cities / full service world cities[7]

* 12 points: London, New York City, Paris, Tokyo
* 10 points: Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Milan, Singapore

Beta world cities / major world cities

* 9 points: San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto, Zürich
* 8 points: Brussels, Madrid, Mexico City, São Paulo
* 7 points: Moscow, Seoul

Gamma world cities / minor world cities

* 6 points: Amsterdam, Boston, Caracas, Dallas, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Houston, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Melbourne, Osaka, Prague, Santiago, Taipei, Washington, D.C.
* 5 points: Bangkok, Beijing, Montreal, Rome, Stockholm, Warsaw
* 4 points: Atlanta, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Miami, Minneapolis, Munich, Shanghai

Posted by Ghost of a flea at May 23, 2008 06:27 AM

Comments

We could even shorten it to MegaTor. Very Transformers.

Posted by: cm [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 08:18 AM

How do they figure Detroit at two points? I mean, it's got some cultural stuff, but it's mostly remnants of a long-gone past.

Posted by: JohnAnnArbor [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 10:41 AM

Robocop counts for 2.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 10:43 AM

Robocop! Damn. Why haven't they outsourced policing to Blackwater yet? How are we supposed to get Officer Murphy at this rate?

Posted by: Chris Taylor [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 23, 2008 11:58 AM