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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
For the record, the basis for these rankings is pretty much financial services based. The merits of consideration are based on the following: Accountancy, advertising, banking/finance, and legal. So according to the list, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis and Kansas City rank ahead of Las Vegas (which doesn't even make the list at all). So ummmm, that would be the very definition of bull####. Nobody would ever consider those cities ahead of Las Vegas as far as being "world class"
World class implies elite, so the definition should be very narrow and not broad enough that every city could claim they are close to world class. It basically should be "As a non-resident, would you actively plan a tourist based visit to this city, to which you will spend the majority of your time in?". As such, Calgary is once again primarily a gateway to the mountains than it is a stand alone city you'd wanna visit.
And Glasgow is a ####hole, everyone knows this, it's Scotland's Edmonton, simply no good. Edinburgh is waaaay better.
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You don't entirely understand the chart. It factors in more than what you've listed in building it's list, but ranks it's list based on each city's importance and connectedness to the world economy.
Your definition is just tourism based, which is sort of narrow minded and pointless when considering what the city should spend money on in terms of infrastructure and development. Tourism accounts for a very small margin of a city's quality or class. People love going to Anaheim because Disneyland is there, that doesn't make Anaheim significant. Nor does the Strip make Vegas a world class city. You are thinking strictly in terms of tourism which isn't that applicable in this situation. This entertainment venue is primarily purposed to serve the citizens of Calgary. It is not a tourist attraction. I don't go to LA to see the Staples Center.
The point was: the argument over "world class" is a pointless one, because most people have variable definitions on what that means and why it matters. What IS true is that Calgary is a significant and important city on the world stage. By any measure it ranks among the top 5% of all cities in the world, and often much better than that. Call that world class, or call it whatever you want.