Sunday, October 14, 2012

Top Cities - October #2

I'm doing another list because of changes and updates.  The number is nominal GDP in US$ (billions).  For Chinese cities, I arbitrarily used an exchange rate of 5 yuan to 1 US$ because their currency is undervalued, so this has all the Chinese cities with a GDP of 500 billion yuan or more.  I split up the megapolitan areas of Tokyo, Seoul and Los Angeles to make this more consistent.  I'm continuing the practice of giving some of the cities their Chinese names so I can get familiar with the characters used.  There are so few European cities here that I bold them to make them stand out.  Chinese cities are in italics.
  1. Tokyo (1) [東京] [923] 
  2. New York (2) [纽约] [850] 
  3. Paris (7)  [巴黎] [764]
  4. London (3) [伦敦] [752]
  5. Los Angeles (8)  [洛杉矶] [556]
  6. Chicago(10) [芝加哥] [532]
  7. Sao Paulo (5) [圣保罗] [472]
  8. Washington DC (ex. Baltimore) (15) [华盛顿] [425]
  9. Osaka (19) [大阪] [389]
  10. Houston (14) [休斯顿] [385]
  11. Dallas/Ft. Worth (12) [达拉斯] [374]
  12. Nagoya  (58) [名古屋] [372]
  13. Philadelphia (17) [费城] [347]
  14. Shanghai (6) [上海] [343]
  15. Seoul (4) [首尔] [343]
  16. Northern New Jersey (New York) (-) [339]
  17. Guangzhou/Foshan (20) [广州] [328]
  18. Yokohama (Tokyo) (-) [横滨] [320]
  19. Boston (24) [波士顿] [314]
  20. Sydney (41) [悉尼] [308]
  21. San Francisco/Oakland (26) [旧金山] [296]
  22. Toronto (44) [多伦多] [292]
  23. Gyeonggi (Seoul) (-) [京畿道] [289]
  24. Beijing (11)  [北京] [282]
  25. Melbourne (45)  [墨尔本] [275]
  26. Atlanta (23) [亚特兰大] [272]
  27. Mexico City (18) [墨西哥城] [262]
  28. Singapore [新加坡] [260]
  29. Miami (21) [迈阿密][258]
  30. Hong Kong (13) [香港] [243]
  31. Seattle (50) [西雅图] [231]
  32. Moscow (9) [225]
  33. Abu Dhabi (-) [219] AED 806 bn
  34. Saitama (Tokyo) (-) [211]
  35. Ruhr (68) [203]
  36. Buenos Aires (22) [202]       
  37. Rio de Janeiro (32) [201]
  38. Minneapolis (54) [200]
  39. Montreal (59) [199]
  40. Detroit (36) [198]
  41. Chiba (Tokyo) (-) [197]
  42. Phoenix (42) [191]
  43. Shenzhen, Guangdong (16) [深圳] [191]
  44. Tianjin (29) [天津] [185]       
  45. Fukuoka (-) [185]
  46. Frankfurt (-) [185]
  47. Suzhou, Jiangsu (51) [苏州] [185]
  48. Orange County (Los Angeles) (62) [180]
  49. Taipei, Taiwan (27) [台北市] [178]
  50. Kuwait City (84) [177]
  51. Milan (-) [177]       
  52. San Diego (57) [172]
  53. Madrid (48) [169]
  54. San Jose (-) [168]
  55. Chongqing (31) [重庆] [159]
  56. Denver (ex. Boulder) (85) [158]       
  57. Riyadh (77)  [154]
  58. Munich-Augsburg (-)[149]
  59. Doha, Qatar (79) [145]
  60. Baltimore (82) [145]
  61. Berlin (72) [142] 
  62. Istanbul (39) [141]
  63. Brisbane [138]
  64. Oslo [136]
  65. Brussels [131]
  66. Rome [130]
  67. Barcelona [130]
  68. St. Louis, MO [130]
  69. Portland, OR [125]
  70. Lisbon [122]
  71. Vancouver, Canada [121]
  72. Stockholm [120]
  73. Hiroshima [120]
  74. Hangzhou, Zhejiang  [杭州] [119] 
  75. Perth [117]
  76. Pittsburgh [116]
  77. Copenhagen [116]
  78. Wuxi, Jiangsu [无锡] [116]
  79. Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL (ex. Sarasota) [114]
  80. Charlotte [114]
  81. Hamburg [114]
  82. Qingdao, Shangdong [青岛] [113]     
  83. Wuhan, Hubei [武汉] [111]  
  84. Chengdu, Sichuan [成都] [111]
  85. Santiago [110]
  86. Brasilia [110]
  87. Riverside-San Bernadino (Los Angeles) [110]
  88. Kansas City [106]
  89. Cleveland, OH [106]
  90. Indianapolis [105]
  91. Dusseldorf [105]
  92. Orlando [104]
  93. Ningbo, Zhejiang (78) [宁波] [103]       
  94. Dubai/Sharjah [103]
  95. Birmingham, UK [103]
  96. Dalian, Liaoning [大连] [103]
  97. Nanjing, Jiangsu [南京] [102]
  98. Monterrey [102]
  99. Vienna [102]
  100. Cincinnati, OH [101]       
  101. Kyoto (Osaka) [101]
  102. Shenyang, Liaoning  [沈阳] [100]
  103. Mumbai [100]
These are Chinese cities that made the last list but not this one.  Their scores are in brackets.  These cities are all expected to grow rapidly, but don't quite make the cut right now.
Dongguan [85]
Xi'an, Shaanxi [65]
Harbin, Heilongjiang [73]
Changchun, Jilin [67]
Kunming, Yunnan [42]
Taiyuan, Shanxi [36]
Changsha, Hunan [91]
Jinan, Shandong [67]
Xiamen, Fujian [41]
Changzhou, Jiangsu [61]
Hefei, Anhui [54]
Xuzhou, Jiangsu [59]
Fuzhou, Fujian [62]
Tangshan, Hebei [89]
Nanchang, Jiangxi [44]
Kaohsiung, Taiwan [58]

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