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[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's really funny that a lot of (domestically) well-known American cities wouldn't even scrape Tier 3 in China lol

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Does America have any cities except New York that would be tier 1?

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In theory, San Francisco. However it is literally inaccessible to anyone except the top .01% and anyone lucky enough to be a homeowner there before prop 13. Every city in the US that is even close to being worth a damn is like this and every day I pray to the great train in the sky that the Bay Area becomes Hong Kong 2.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

San Francisco? Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia and Boston would all like a word. Los Angeles and Chicago in particular.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Population-wise some of those are too low compared to Chinese T1 cities. But there's no official definition so...

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I wouldn’t expect any of those except maybe LA to be considered tier 1, I said those ones because they’re all larger than San Francisco lol

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

San Francisco has a healthy and vibrant metro surrounding it though. There's Oakland to the East and the entirety of Silicon Valley to the South (including San Jose).

Even including that it doesn’t break 8 million people

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Boston isn't even close to tier 1.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree but it’s closer than San Fransisco

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

In terms of population or infrastructure?

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Chicago in particular.

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