Battle of the upstarts: Houston vs. San Francisco bay

[antinimby]

BATTLE OF THE UPSTARTS: HOUSTON VS. SAN FRANCISCO BAY

“Human happiness,” the Greek historian Herodotus once observed, “does not abide long in one place.” In its 240 years or so of existence, the United States has experienced similar ebbs and flows, with Boston replaced as the nation’s commercial capital first by Philadelphia and then by New York. The 19th century saw the rise of frontier settlements—Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and finally Chicago—that also sought out the post position. In the mid 20th century, formerly obscure Los Angeles emerged as New York’s most potent rival.

Today we are seeing yet another shuffling of the deck among American regions. New York remains the country’s preeminent city, but its most powerful rivals are likely to be neither Chicago nor Los Angeles, but rather two regions rarely listed in the hierarchy of influential regions: the San Francisco Bay Area and Houston.



http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...cisco-bay.html

[MolsonExport]

vs. thread? I know that is not the intention, but it does appear in the thread title.

[antinimby]

Only in title. Read the article. It is not a versus thread. Sheds light on the changing of the guard of the top 3 US cities.

[dc_denizen]

meh, why can't people point out SF's obvious weakness: an economy reliant on $10 billion valuations for trivial nick-nack software.

Would rather have Boeing and CBI.

Houston is doing a great job with energy, but poaching non-energy corporates from other locales is nothing to be proud of.

anyhow vs thread..

[mousquet]

Originally Posted by dc_denizen

meh, why can't people point out SF's obvious weakness: an economy reliant on $10 billion valuations for trivial nick-nack software.

Would rather have Boeing and CBI.

mm, you're going a bit too far, though. Those trendy "app" things have sure been kinda silly and shallow, but they've got some far more serious software industry too. E.g., Oracle is huge and reliable enough, eh. Any rival is still struggling.

[Steely Dan]

vs. threads are not permittted on SSP.

and an FYI, posting 3rd party articles in their entirety violates copyright law and is also not permitted on SSP.