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Originally Posted by yuriandrade
New York population and GDP share is smaller now than it was 80 years ago. They didn't have competitors like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston and Atlanta back then. It was them alone, with Chicago in a far away 2nd place.
This new hype around New York has five years ago only. The history of city in the XX century is a history of relative decline over the whole period.
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I conceded everything you said. New York is still the place to be and make it big. Other than a slump a few decades ago, nothing has changed except there are a lot more immitators.