http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/16/the-world-city-system/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Fri, 25 May 2012 15:26:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/16/the-world-city-system/comment-page-1/#comment-17796 yami Tue, 17 Feb 2004 03:04:12 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1069#comment-17796 They didn't list which cities belong to which cliques! How am I supposed to write snarky remarks on urban stereotypes as they tangentially relate to globalization without <em>tabulated statistical fodder</em>? They didn’t list which cities belong to which cliques! How am I supposed to write snarky remarks on urban stereotypes as they tangentially relate to globalization without tabulated statistical fodder?

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/16/the-world-city-system/comment-page-1/#comment-17795 Josh Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:27:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1069#comment-17795 <i>LA came up much less often than I’d expect.</i> Not really surprising, when you consider just how large the physical city of Los Angeles is, and just how little it's defined by its downtown. LA came up much less often than I’d expect. Not really surprising, when you consider just how large the physical city of Los Angeles is, and just how little it’s defined by its downtown.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/16/the-world-city-system/comment-page-1/#comment-17794 Stentor Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:26:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1069#comment-17794 I've seen world city network analyses before, but they never put Paris in the top tier. I wonder if that's due to different methodology, or whether Paris has been gaining influence in the past few years. I’ve seen world city network analyses before, but they never put Paris in the top tier. I wonder if that’s due to different methodology, or whether Paris has been gaining influence in the past few years.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/16/the-world-city-system/comment-page-1/#comment-17793 Matt McIrvin Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:17:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1069#comment-17793 I'd have guessed Hong Kong as a fifth. This reminds me of the Harvard US dialect survey question about <a href="http://hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/staticmaps/q_95.html">what specific city is "the City"</a>. Every part of the country had a local city that was referred to as "the City", but the only city that was commonly "the City" everywhere in the US, with a distribution resembling the overall sample, was New York. (Chicago had a respectable showing in the Midwest; LA came up much less often than I'd expect.) I’d have guessed Hong Kong as a fifth. This reminds me of the Harvard US dialect survey question about what specific city is “the City”. Every part of the country had a local city that was referred to as “the City”, but the only city that was commonly “the City” everywhere in the US, with a distribution resembling the overall sample, was New York. (Chicago had a respectable showing in the Midwest; LA came up much less often than I’d expect.)

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/16/the-world-city-system/comment-page-1/#comment-17792 Matthew Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:27:13 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1069#comment-17792 Incidentally (i guess) this is a similar analysis http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/pracbr4.html Incidentally (i guess) this is a similar analysis http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/pracbr4.html

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/16/the-world-city-system/comment-page-1/#comment-17791 Matthew Mon, 16 Feb 2004 15:24:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1069#comment-17791 I don't understand (it's hard when you can't read it). If LPNT form a 'block' then do the other cities you list form a 'block' or are they one city each in other blocs? For I can see that the cities listed are similar in many ways (well except Caracas, of which I know nothing) but I don't quite see how they could be the only other 'block'? I don’t understand (it’s hard when you can’t read it). If LPNT form a ‘block’ then do the other cities you list form a ‘block’ or are they one city each in other blocs? For I can see that the cities listed are similar in many ways (well except Caracas, of which I know nothing) but I don’t quite see how they could be the only other ‘block’?

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/02/16/the-world-city-system/comment-page-1/#comment-17790 praktike Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:17:51 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=1069#comment-17790 Ah, yes, but where is by own beloved Pittsburgh? Ah, yes, but where is by own beloved Pittsburgh?

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