Yeah, I tried Las Vegas, Orlando, and New Orleans thinking the tourism industry may get them on the list. I also thought Nashville might make the cut with the music industry. I was wrong about all of them though, but got all the correct answers with a little guessing.
With Ford and GM still headquartered in Detroit and suburban Dearborn, and Fiat Chrysler USA headquartered in suburban Auburn Hills, it isn't that surprising.
In the United States, if a city is considered decaying, bankrupt and abandoned, that means it still has a bigger GDP than New Zealand or 50% of the countries in Europe.
Just that poverty, economic relevance, and most other things are relative, and that the US is still by any measure among the wealthiest countries in the world. Even its cities that are known to be struggling and often thought of as derelict and bankrupt are still "rocking," to an extent, comparatively speaking.
Also, I'm pretty sure that the average resident of Moldova or Albania probably isn't too happy with the economy being "sustained" as current levels. Anemic or stagnant would be better adjectives than sustainable.
Good to see Boston so high up! I tried Tampa and New Orleans and surprised they don't beat Pittsburgh, and also quite surprised Detroit is still so high up. Good quiz!
Weird. It worked for me when I clicked from Google, but now it is behind a paywall. I really hate that site (statista). They get their data from other sources but won't tell you where they get it unless you pay. In any case, I removed the link. Sorry there is no listed source now.
There's a lot of time in this quiz. One can easily guess all the major cities in the US with plenty of time left. I just went systematically through the country starting on the west coast then going east. Finished with 1:48 left. Maybe cut a minute from the quiz?
Being a native Texan who is a Geographer and Environmental Protection Specialist (Coastal & Marine issues) I’m familiar with the state and the economies. Houston is a megalopolis that is the fourth most populous city in the nation. It has one of the two large ports in the state, a large number of petrochemical plants, which Dallas doesn’t have. There are many corporations headquartered in Houston and the Port Authority of Houston merged with maritime transit, management... of the Port of Galveston.
It’s obvious to me that Houston has a more robust economy than Dallas. For some reason Dallas is higher on the list than Houston.
I read the caveat first and from that assumed they were both on here. Color coding of blue told me if I guessed one of those the other one was a nearby city. Same as the two red ones. They are usually lumped together as a part of the same MSA.
St Louis has almost 3x more murders than Vegas (64 vs 23 per 100k)
Which is in third-world Mexico/Brazil/Venezuela/South Africa territory. I guess the worst in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_homicide_rate
I've never been to St Louis, but don't understand how it makes the list while Vegas & Orlando (way down at 7/100k) don't. I assume it's something like a tax haven. Who would want to take their business there otherwise?
I think both Vegas & Orlando have plenty of air traffic & transportation as well.
Surprised they aren't here
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It’s obvious to me that Houston has a more robust economy than Dallas. For some reason Dallas is higher on the list than Houston.
Which is in third-world Mexico/Brazil/Venezuela/South Africa territory. I guess the worst in America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_homicide_rate
I've never been to St Louis, but don't understand how it makes the list while Vegas & Orlando (way down at 7/100k) don't. I assume it's something like a tax haven. Who would want to take their business there otherwise?
I think both Vegas & Orlando have plenty of air traffic & transportation as well.