Posted on 05/20/2015 8:07:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The debate over which is the better city New York City or London has been raging for a long time.
The cities are alike in that they're both densely populated cosmopolitan capitals of their respective countries, but they also have their differences.
We rounded up the factors that are important for both inhabitants and visitors to take into consideration and used them to help settle the debate.
As a side note: Even though I currently live in NYC, I'm a native Chicagoan, so I'm an impartial judge in the matter.
COST
Both London and NYC are notorious for their high costs of living. It turns out that London appears to be more expensive for both inhabitants and tourists, though.
The Daily Mail reported that London is the most expensive city in the world for tourists, according to a TripAdvisor study that compared the cost of a meal for two with wine, along with cocktails, two short taxi rides, and a one-night stay in a four-star hotel. London came in first with a total cost of $484, whereas NYC came in third place with a cost of $466.
Last year, the Independent reported that the Economist Intelligence Unit's 2014 Worldwide Cost of Living survey ranked London the 15th most expensive city in the world to live in; NYC on the other hand, was ranked 26th.
New York City wins because it's the less expensive city for both inhabitants and tourists.
HOUSING
Housing is also more expensive in London. According to Global Property Guide, London ranks number two (Monaco is number one) in terms of the world's most expensive cities to rent and buy. It costs $34,531 per square meter to buy in London. It costs $18,499 in New York City.
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I pretty much like Omaha, NE/Council Bluffs, IA myself.
BI would probably prefer the city that is more liberal.
Spot the error in this statement.
Please.
Common Core geography.
Funny, I thought the debate was: which is the worse city?
NY aint a capitol.
NYC is better.
Sometimes hard to understand Londoners and their brogue accents....
Just keedean...
I love both places.
I pretty much like Omaha, NE/Council Bluffs, IA myself.
My family was located in CB for 30 years. I agree!!
I see none. They didn't say capitals of their respective countries, but cosmopolitan capitals. Kinda like saying Hollywood is the movie capital of the United States.
Then they still shouldn’t use the word “Capital”.
RE: “both densely populated cosmopolitan capitals of their respective countries”
She forgot to add the word FINANCIAL before the word “capitals”.
Or she might have been thinking of 1785 to 1790 when NYC briefly served as the capital of the USA.
“Spot the error in this statement.”
They are both overrun by foreign nationals, many of whom are
there illegally, there for making them a “gaggle” representative
of the worlds third world nations and not their respective countries ?
“cosmopolitan capitals”
That’s what passes for journalism nowadays.....wow
And it ain’t a capital either.
“As a side note: Even though I currently live in NYC, I’m a native Chicagoan, so I’m an impartial judge in the matter.”
Very funny. Impartial between Chicago and NYC?
Why not? Again, using my example of Hollywood. They modified their particular definition of capital by using cosmopolitan in front of it.
She used "cosmopolitan" before the word capitals in the sentence, which does the same thing that financial would have, it modifies the meaning of capital in this case. She's not claiming they are the capital cities of each respective country, even though London is, she's claiming they are the "cosmopolitan" capitals. Kinda like Chicago being the murder capital, Hollywood being the movie capital, etc...
LOL. This is like asking, “Poop or battery acid - which is better to eat?”
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