There's no comparison. Other than being burned by Sherman and having a stone mountain monument to a traitor to the US, what does Atlanta have going for it? read more
Atlanta has the size to be a world class city but most of the city works in the service sector making it comparable to Charlotte, NC than Boston. 442 Views ยท View Upvoters Andrew Smith, I have lived or worked in New York, New Orleans, San Francisco and elsewhere. read more
The term "global city", rather than "megacity", was popularized by sociologist Saskia Sassen in her 1991 work, The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. "World city", meaning a city heavily involved in global trade, appeared in the May 1886 description of Liverpool, by The Illustrated London News. Patrick Geddes later used the term "world city" in 1915. More recently, the term has focused on a city's financial power and high technology infrastructure, with other factors becoming less relevant. read more