Global Cities 2010

[Metro Jacksonville]

Global Cities 2010



Foreign Policy Magazine aims to measure how much sway a city has over what happens beyond its own borders -- its influence on and integration with global markets, culture, and innovation. See the list of cities with a global reach in 2010.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-aug-global-cities-2010

[cityimrov]

What number would Jacksonville rank at?

[hightowerlover]

N/A

[JeffreyS]

I might have added media (news, TV, movies and such) as a factor if it is about how a city affects those beyound it's borders. Atlanta, N.Y.C. and L.A. controll a lot of what comes into peoples homes.

[stjr]

What number would Jacksonville rank at?

LOL.  Maybe would make the top 25 in the Southeastern U.S.  

We just had a thread on our lack of identity.  We have a long way to go on being a city that influences the rest of the nation, much less the rest of the world.

Foreign Policy Magazine aims to measure how much sway a city has over what happens beyond its own borders -- its influence on and integration with global markets, culture, and innovation. See the list of cities with a global reach in 2010.

Based on the above criteria, we may have some small level of "integration with global markets" but our influence on culture is barely perceptible (I'm being generous) and our reputation for innovation is flat lined in areas that count, such as culture, education, transportation, technology, etc. compared with other cities.  Yes, we have some individual standouts, but not a community of standouts.  This exercise is evaluating the community.

[cityimrov]

It's funny in a way when I think about it.  Jacksonville should have been a global city but due to it's infighting and complacency it lost to other cities in the region.  The invention of air-condition didn't help either.

If I remember my history correctly, in the early 1900, Jacksonville was the top city in the region, ranked higher than Miami!  Funny, Jacksonville - better than Miami!  Unfortunately, the bickering and complacency of the citizenry at that time was rather bad causing a whole string of problems which is pretty well documented.  

Does this city have a chance to become a global city?  Can it grow beyond it's past and insecurities to make it to the list of global cities?  Will it's citizens fight to become one of the best of the best?  

In reality, there's nothing stopping it from being that - nothing except it's own citizens.  It's up to it's own citizens to decide what future it want it to become.

[gatorback]

I think if Houston fixed the roads and sidewalks, we'd go up in the ranking. Our roads are a mess.

[Coolyfett]

I winsted when I saw Atlanta on the list, they dont belong there. That picture of New York looks like a picture from a Wheres Waldo book....so much going on in that photo. A lot going on. Couldnt help but wonder what Northbank would look like if that many people were roaming around. New York has it going on.

[stjr]

That picture of New York looks like a picture from a Wheres Waldo book....so much going on in that photo. A lot going on. Couldnt help but wonder what Northbank would look like if that many people were roaming around. New York has it going on.

That's Times Square at a relatively LESS busy time.  Was up there a not too long ago, and it was much more crowded.  At night, it's just about standing room only .  By the way, more police in Times Square than people in all of Downtown Jax!  NYPD can also be found on almost every street corner in NY, nowadays, day and night.  They sure know how to make people feel comfortable walking the streets of NY.  We could learn more than a few lessons from the masters of the #1 world class city.

[Jason]

If I remember my history correctly, in the early 1900, Jacksonville was the top city in the region, ranked higher than Miami!  Funny, Jacksonville - better than Miami!  Unfortunately, the bickering and complacency of the citizenry at that time was rather bad causing a whole string of problems which is pretty well documented.

Jacksonville was a higher teir city than Miami until the 40s where although Miami/south Fla was tops in population, Jax still had the clout and pizzaz.  Shortly after the last streetcars were canned, highways started popping up and the "White Flight" movement hit full swing Jax quickly fell to Miami and eventually Tampa and Orlando in the 70s and 80s.