That basically just tells you how big the city is.
Per capita would be the interesting number.
For example, Midland TX is just a moderately sized town with a population of maybe 100k or 150k.
Yet it shows up higher than towns with a million.
Now this is REALLY surprising! People are supposed to be leaving CA due to all the social problems here.
#1 San Francisco/Bay Area, California 4.8% GDP Growth in 2022
Economic output does not translate to food production. Two percent of the population feeds the rest of the country, and that is not produced in the listed conurbations.
Interesting list. Some of the spots really surprised me.
Fastest growing city, San Francisco?
Is this study using government calculating methods?
One thing I want to know....if a company or bank is headquartered in a city, does the revenue of the entire company count towards the GDP of that city? I suspect it does.
Obviously that revenue was not generated in that city overwhelmingly. It came from the rest of the country.
You don’t have to be a genius to figure out that having a bunch of big banks or large companies with their HQs in a certain city is going to make that city look like its far wealthier and more economically productive than it actually is.
BTW, I noticed the top 4 were all tech hubs. The Tech industry is in the midst of a downturn with tens of thousands of layoffs (for the first time) this year. Don’t look for those 4 to be atop the rankings next year.
Usury doesn’t count as “output” in a healthy economy.
Fact: Not a single county in Florida makes the top 50 in terms of median income: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-income_counties_in_the_United_States
Yep … since X farmland is owned by Cargill, which is headquartered in Wilmington, DE, that’s where the money is “made.”
Similarly for all those pesky items we need to survive.
Very comprehensive list.
The City States control their states. The coalition of state controlling city states control America
Take any city you want, expand its area by miles and miles and rename it a metropolitan area.
Then a miracle happens. The “city” has magically gained population and increased economic output.
This is despite the fact that cities have been losing population by the tens of millions since the 1960s. Also , economic output has been collapsing, with businesses fleeing to exurbia.
There are two indisputable facts about leftist cities: They are smelly, depressing sh*tholes and the marxist demographers who write about cities are liars.