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Old Posted Feb 20, 2020, 1:48 AM
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Barcelona and Berlin have the economy/wealth of Cleveland, more or less. They're very prominent tourist cities and Berlin obviously has an incredible history, but they aren't huge economic centers. Toronto is significantly larger/wealthier but less globally prominent.
The prominence of global cities doesn't boil down to GDP though. It's important but just one of many metrics. Amsterdam and Stockholm are good examples of that. Many organizations place them on the same rung as Houston, San Francisco, and Washington despite being much smaller by population and GDP.


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