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Originally Posted by hipster duck
As mhays said, the GaWC measures the degree of connectivity a city has with as many other cities across the globe as possible in a selection of exportable sectors.
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I mean, it claims to, and I haven't read their business rules, but it doesn't make a lot sense.
Degree of non-domestic connectivity is basically determined by relative size of domestic market. It doesn't make sense to say that Monaco is more global than LA bc the domestic market is tiny.
And I see a lot of city rankings that don't make sense. Detroit is the undisputed global capital of one of the most important global industries, and every global supplier has a Detroit-area location. Yet Detroit is always ranking down with Bratislava and Edmonton.