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Originally Posted by kolchak
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While there isn't any question that Chicagoland is a business powerhouse, it's
no where near as important to business activity or prominence as the entire country of Canada as you seem to be foolishly implying. As through, Toronto is no match for Chicago since Chicago bests Canada!!! This demonstrates that the criterion (Fortune global 500) that you have used to compare is of very limited value.
I can just as easily compare the number of large international companies that have their Canadian head office in the Toronto area and compare that number with the number of large international companies that have their US head office in the Chicago area, and it wouldn't be close. 100 to 1 perhaps in favor of Toronto? Understand that the majority of such companies with Canadian representation have their head office in the Toronto area.
The links you have provided are also of very limited value because they often don't make completely valid comparisons.... i.e. Chicagoland vs. Toronto metro if not just the city.... how about Chicagoland vs. the Golden Horseshoe? And as far as which is the better off of the two... I can see, I've been to both and Chicago has a far more in terms of square mileage of poor crime ridden neighborhoods than the GTAH. There's a great deal of wealth in Chicago as well.... but it's more concentrated.