Global Cities

Above: Bird's eye view of Hong Kong

Above: New York City commuters wait for their train in the Union Square subway station on March 9th

Unequivocally interesting...especially if you live in one of the cities on the list below. As a Christian, there are eternal kingdom implications to all this. Unequivocally (again), first century Christianity had its churches planted in major cities. There was Ephesus, Corinth, Thessalonica, and of course Rome and Jerusalem. From these cities, the church served as a launchpad for missions and Gospel proclamation. Eternal impact. What are you living for? Where you living?

"Water runs downhill, and the highest hills are the great cities. If we can stir them we shall stir the whole country." -D.L. Moody.
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The Global Cities Index 2010

In this second collaboration between Foreign Policy, A.T. Kearney, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we bring you the world's top global cities.

The 2010 Global Cities Index looks at 65 metropolises worldwide, measuring how much sway a city has beyond its borders -- its influence and integration with global markets, culture, and innovation.

Above: Singapore
Above: Los Angeles

Rank	City	Rank by Population	Rank by GDP
1	New York	6	2
2	London	28	5
3	Tokyo	1	1
4	Paris	20	6
5	Hong Kong	31	14
6	Chicago	25	4
7	Los Angeles	12	3
8	Singapore	38	23
9	Sydney	43	24
10	Seoul	22	19
11	Brussels	54	48
12	San Francisco	46	16
13	Washington	42	10
14	Toronto	36	20
15	Beijing	13	33
16	Berlin	48	46
17	Madrid	34	22
18	Vienna	55	40
19	Boston	41	11
20	Frankfurt	64	20
20	Shanghai	7	21
22	Buenos Aires	11	12
23	Stockholm	59	52
24	Zurich	61	58
25	Moscow	19	13
26	Barcleona	37	31
27	Dubai	56	49
28	Rome	49	37
29	Amsterdam	63	60
30	Mexico City	5	8
31	Montreal	44	35
32	Geneva	65	61
33	Miami	58	54
33	Munich	35	18
35	Sao Paulo	3	9
36	Bangkok	32	42
37	Copenhagen	60	59
38	Houston	40	17
39	Taipei	53	26
40	Atlanta	39	15
41	Istanbul	21	30
42	Milan	52	39
43	Cairo	17	36
44	Dublin	62	55
45	New Delhi	2	32
46	Mumbai	4	25
47	Osaka	16	7
48	Kuala Lumpur	57	65
49	Rio de Janeiro	14	27
50	Tel Aviv	50	40
51	Manila	15	34
52	Johannesburg	45	43
53	Jakarta	24	47
54	Bogota	29	45
55	Caracas	51	62
56	Nairobi	47	64
57	Guangzhou	27	38
58	Bangalore	30	53
59	Lagos	18	63
60	Karachi	10	50
61	Ho Chi Minh City	33	56
62	Shenzhen	26	28
63	Kolkata	8	44
64	Dhaka	9	50
65	Chongqing	23