  Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313 Post Number: 560 Registered: 02-2006 |
http://bwnt.businessweek.com/i nteractive_reports/livable_cit ies_worldwide/ Out of 100 global cities Detroit placed 65th....ahead of Atlanta, Hong Kong and Prague to name a few. <313> | ||
Cabasse Member Username: Cabasse Post Number: 70 Registered: 01-2006 |
i don't care how you slice it, lexington ky isn't a global city. except for the fact that it is located on the globe, somewhere. i wonder what the hell their criteria are... | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 847 Registered: 09-2007 |
Schools, Crime, Culture, Employment, Cost of Living, the usual. | ||
Hans57 Member Username: Hans57 Post Number: 230 Registered: 05-2006 |
Another asinine ranking. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 2301 Registered: 01-2005 |
What Hans57 said. | ||
Ccbatson Member Username: Ccbatson Post Number: 7570 Registered: 11-2006 |
Make it the Detroit metro area, give it 5 years with a turnaround in the economy, add in the fact that we are surrounded by the Great Lakes, and these doom and gloomers will be singing a different tune. Add in a couple of hurricanes, mudslides, forest fires, earthquakes, grid lock, poisonous critters, alligators and the like, and Southeastern Michigan is a relative paradise. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5640 Registered: 11-2003 |
Ray1936, seems like Las Vegas is not even considered. What's up with that? You got water fountains, lakes, mountains, and a slew of NY Branded Jewish Delis. What's not to love? Foggetaboutit. jjaba. | ||
Milwaukee Member Username: Milwaukee Post Number: 1373 Registered: 08-2006 |
My favorite post by CC ever. I couldn't agree more! | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 852 Registered: 09-2007 |
As much as I like Cc's post, it won't be all that ironed out. We must compete with cities such as Chicago and Cleveland as well in that instance. And beisdes (like Ray in Las Vegas), people would take forest fires, hurricanes and quakes anyday over a little bit of gray and chilli snow flurries. (Message edited by DetroitRise on November 26, 2007) | ||
Renfirst Member Username: Renfirst Post Number: 134 Registered: 12-2006 |
CCbatson, I agree, but we've got to have the job infrastructure in place to accomodate the potential rise in population... | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 2238 Registered: 04-2006 |
Interesting how little variation there is in between the scores of American cities in the top 100 (or cities from any particular country for that matter). Also, the only raw score to change for any American city between 2006 and 2007 is St. Louis, which dropped slightly to tie Detroit's score. I'm surprised Winston-Salem is in the top 100. That's a pretty sleepy town... | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 355 Registered: 08-2006 |
Boring. Who decides these things anyway? | ||
Bobj Member Username: Bobj Post Number: 3023 Registered: 11-2003 |
These lists are getting a bit crazy | ||
Elsuperbob Member Username: Elsuperbob Post Number: 93 Registered: 03-2007 |
There's a list for everything now. It's just human nature to categorize, rank and categorize again. Another silly list I found on CNN ranks us the 12th best golf city in the country. http://www.golf.com/golf/speci al/article/0,28136,1681989,00. html | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 2303 Registered: 01-2005 |
"Ray1936, seems like Las Vegas is not even considered. What's up with that?" Danged if I know, but it's okay with me. We have too many people out here now, so anything to slow the migration is good. Population in the county is approaching two million, and that's way too many as far as I'm concerned. When we moved here in '84 population was 700,000. Go figure. | ||
401don Member Username: 401don Post Number: 76 Registered: 11-2007 |
It's a good list. Shanghai squeaked in at 100 because of its "political stability." | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 3816 Registered: 10-2003 |
This list came in at 49 in Johnlodge's lists of best lists of 2007. | ||
Alan55 Member Username: Alan55 Post Number: 781 Registered: 09-2005 |
Interesting. Business Week magazine came in second on a ranking of "The 100 Most Boring Magazines", second only to the Weekly Standard. (My ranking.) | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5801 Registered: 08-2004 |
I've always wondered since I was a kid when the family went camping at Higgins Lake... what list provoked signs around the lake saying it was the "6th most beautiful lake in the world"... I always wondered what lakes 1-5 were? | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 3694 Registered: 02-2007 |
i hate it when i agree with Bats. are we still #1 for Bowling (with or without taking skinheads along...)? just looked at the golfing one detroit, warren and livonia? so they leave out all the great courses in oakland county? chicago extends WAY out to Joliet and also includes wisconsin. by that standard, we should also include AA and Toledo. where would that put us? | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 3822 Registered: 10-2003 |
Nice Camper reference there, Rb. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 2243 Registered: 04-2006 |
quote: That's the census designation for metro Detroit. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5643 Registered: 11-2003 |
Rb336, Ann Arbor is not a suburb. This has already been decided on. As for bowling capital, that would be Milwaukee. In fact, how do you tell who's the groom at a Milwaukee wedding? He's the one with the CLEAN bowling shirt. jjaba, Council of Bowling Demographers. | ||
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox Post Number: 401 Registered: 04-2006 |
quote:Why do you always say this, Jjaba? Is it some inside joke I don't get? | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 2306 Registered: 01-2005 |
" signs around the lake saying it was the "6th most beautiful lake in the world"... I always wondered what lakes 1-5 were?" Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. That's a no-brainer, Gannon.  | ||
Dhugger Member Username: Dhugger Post Number: 257 Registered: 03-2005 |
Damn I am just down right scared when I agree with 'Ccbatson'. What does Detroit have that Las Vegas doesn't? As stated on earlier threads WATER. Let them desalinate, let them drill, let them suck the desserts [sic] dry. Let them eat cake but don't touch our water. | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 702 Registered: 07-2007 |
lists are there to sell, subscriptions or whatever, they mean nothing without factual data. ie: people magazine, Forbes, Fortune, Glamour, whatever. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5644 Registered: 11-2003 |
Dhugger, "desserts?" jjaba loves Las Vegas cheesecake. Bearinabox, no hidden meaning. jjaba tells it like it tis. Ann Arbor is a County seat and too far away and too old to be Detroit suburb. If you'd like to view a Detroit suburb, jjaba recommends Livonia, Oak Park, or Harper Woods, Michigan. jjaba. |
