I just wanted to make the point that most of these lists are very US and Euro-centric. Westerners should be more humble and realize the world is changing. There aren't really that many US or EU cities listed in the top 100 world cities.
US: New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago, Houston, Honolulu, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, Seattle.
EU: London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Frankfurt, Madrid, Vienna, Bonn/Cologne/Dusseldorf/Dortmund/Essen, Brussels, Milan, Stockholm, Amsterdam/Rotterdam, Oslo, Warsaw, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Munich, Hamburg, and Athens.
That's it. Only 14 US cities, and 19 EU cities (5 of which don't use the Euro, and 5 of which are in Germany). There are only 9 non-German, Euro-using cities on the list, and that includes Athens. Subtract out the PIIGS, and there are only 4 - Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Vienna.
The West isn't finished. But it isn't going to dominate the planet in the future.
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