Not meaning to turn this into another rankings thread, but earlier I saw a post where someone said they were in a Tier 4 city - wtf does that even mean?
I assume Tier 1 includes NY, SF, LA, Chicago, maybe a couple others (Houston for oil?). Then Tier 2 the other large cities that aren't as crucial to the financial sector - Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, Dallas, Miami, Philly... But beyond that though, what is a tier 3 and 4 and so on city?
Basically, give me some examples of what you guys consider different tiers of cities.
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Do you really care enough about a "Tier 4" city that you had to create a meaningless thread?
Tier 1: Compton
Tier 2: Atlanta
Tier 3: Chicago
Tier 4: Brooklyn
Tier 5: 8 Mile, Detroit
Tier 1 - NYC, LA, SF
Tier 2 - Miami,Chicago, Atlanta, Houston,Washington,Boston,
Tier 3 - Philly,Dallas,Austin,New Orleans,Minneapolis, Phoenix,Charlotte, Denver, San Diego
Tier 4 - Orlando, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Portland, Seattle,
Tier 5 -Jacksonville,Memphis, Kansas City
Tier 6 - Birmingham, San Antonio, Tallahassee
Tier 7 - Detroit, Baltimore
Not your best work prospect, pls fix
are you on meth?
Tier 1 - LA as a Tier 1 city? In what? Traffic and homeless crackheads and annoying people? SF ain't much better either
Tier 2 - Atlanta - Tier 2? Really? Tier 2 in rappers maybe, I do love me some Young Thug
Tier 3 - Austin? Austin is the best city of its size in America (but going the way of SF), I'm going to drown you in Lady Bird Lake for saying that
Tier 4 - Cleveland and Seattle are on the same tier? What the fuck?
Tier 5-6 meh no one cares anyways
Tier 7 - yes
I have been to every city on this list besides Kansas City, and I have to say, you are on crack. Plz fix
Tier 1: Cities that have deep markets across all industries - NY, London, Hong Kong (HK will lose this status in / before 2047 but these are the only ones in this tier for now)
Tier 2: Cities that offer comparable life style but are more siloed: SF, Chicago, HTX, Singapore, Frankfurt, Shanghai etc.
Tier 3: maybe they have some speciality, but don't carry the weight of the above: LA, Dallas, Charlotte, Madrid, Amsterdam, Shenzhen, Tokyo
Tokyo is 3rd tier? yeah more going on in Houston than Tokyo....
Houston is the global headquarters for energy, Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
Being the center of a entire industry trumps in that situation imo
While more homogenous than say New York or Paris, Tokyo is undoubtedly a tier 1 international city.
T1: NYC, London
T2: SF, Chicago, Charlotte, Boston,
T3: Other cities
Charlotte???
Charlotte lmfao
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I think this depends on your industry coverage. If you're interested in tech, you're doing yourself a disservice by working in NY over SF. If you're interested in O&G, you should be in Houston, not London. If we're talking generalist, then yes NY is higher tier than SF.
I love how every response is shat on.
I personally have seen tier one in America as just NY and SF for finance.
SF is essentially tech banking and some healthcare. I'd have Chicago as a tier 1 before SF, it's a lot of industrials and consumer but all the big players have a presence with more than just a regional focus.
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Tier 4 would be like Ft. Lauderdale - sorry RayJay people.
You know the Tampa/St. Pete area isn't Ft Lauderdale right?
I think that you are mostly on the right track. Remember that this is a subjective approach, so it's open to interpretation.
I tend to think of them based on size and how business-oriented they are (in no particular order):
Tier 1: NYC, San Fran, Chicago, LA
Tier 2: Houston (some may push them into Tier 1, which is fine), Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, Boston, Miami, Philly, D.C.
Tier 3: Denver, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Nashville, Austin, Phoenix, Detroit, Cleveland, Tampa, SLC, Vegas (several could easily be a tier lower in some minds)
Tier 4: Portland, San Diego, Indy, Orlando, Columbus, Cincy, New Orleans, Milwaukee, St. Louis, KC
Bump. Interesting.
Can't believe how many people feel the need to rank cities lmfao
Have any of you seen how fucked up NYC is now? People are getting the fuck out of there in record numbers. Yeah it's got Wall Street but we are all working from home so what's the point of paying $$$$ to be there??
Agreed - I'm in NYC finance and seriously considering a move to TX (Dallas/Austin) next summer
Austin looks comfy as fuck
People in Houston have a huge chip on their shoulder about their city
Wouldn't you? Texas sucksssssss
People in Texas are defensive about Texas and are prideful about it at the same time
If we're being honest, it isn't even a Top 3 city in the state.
I've heard Austin is much better. Heard there's nothing to do in Houston.
Anything not in the US is Tier 2 or below
travel more
Tier 1: The "four corners" of the United States: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston. Plus San Francisco and DC.
Tier 2: Cities that are respectable, but the best go to Tier 1 cities for the higher income. Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Seattle, Dallas, Miami, Charlotte, Nashville, San Diego, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Portland, Phoenix, and Minneapolis.
Tier 3: Cities that are nice, friendly, you can easily pull six figures and have a nice work-life balance after you are established. Cincinnati, Louisville, Des Moines, Orlando, Little Rock, Boise, Austin,Indianapolis, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, and Kansas City.
Tier 4: Once great but high crime and corruption have ruined them. New Orleans, Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis, Las Vegas, Newark, and El Paso.
You get the idea.
Income is same across all banks
Is there anything you weirdos don't rank?
Laughed way harder at this than I should've
How Freudian
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I'd rather be in Africa being hunted by Hyenas than be @ a tier 4
Tier 1: NYC
Tier II: London, Paris, Los Angles, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing
^^^
The Global and World Cities Research Network compiles a list of cities ranked by their relative globalization. If you agree that globalization leads to opportunity which leads to money/power/importance/abundance of resources, it can be used as a proxy for ranking cities
For 2020, top rankings are:
Alpha ++: NYC, London
Alpha+: Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore
Alpha: Amsterdam, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, Sao Paolo, Sydney, Toronto
I am not going to write out the complete rest of the listings, but other cities of note in certain tiers:
Alpha-:Boston, SF, Munich, Dublin, Vienna, Johannesburg, Buenos Aires
Beta+: Atlanta, Barcelona, Berlin, Cairo, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Rome, Vancouver, Washington DC
Beta: Athens, Casablanca, Denver, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, Philadelphia, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Seattle
Beta-: Austin, Belgrade, Calgary, Caracas, Detroit, Dhaka, Geneva, Guatemala City, Hyderabad, Lagos, Kuwait City, Minneapolis, St. Petersburg (Russia), San Diego, Tampa
I understand the concept and appreciate the contribution, but I laughed at Ho Chi Minh City being next to Philadelphia
Where is Shanghai my friend?
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Portland and Seattle are not tier 3/4 anymore...
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