Is Chicago the only urban area in the developed world that is growing fast enough to become a megacity by 2050?
And the IMF, UN, and World Bank aren't reputable suppliers of statistics?I clearly posted the link to where that information was retrieved from. The CIA is a respected supplier of world statistics, and if you're trying to debunk them, you'd either have to prove to me you have the right credentials to do so, or you're in deep denial.
Other than the use of National statistics, may I ask what other proof do you have that justifies your assertion that Cape Town is slightly less developed than Mexico City, Buenos Aires, or Sao Paulo?
There is a definite pattern however, more so with the first city of a country though. The US is richer than Canada which is rich than Spain which is richer than Thailand which is richer than India. Its no coincidence that New York is wealthier than Toronto which is wealthier than Madrid, which is more than Bangkok and then Mumbai. Exceptions are more likely to be in smaller cities.It actually is. Cape Town is a great example how judging a city by it's national statistics is a poor decision. For example, you can't judge a city like Detroit, or Fresno by looking at America's national statistics. The difference of wealth, and quality of life in both respective cities, are largely different from national statistics. If you disagree, then I guess it's just a coincidence that so many cities throughout the world don't fully correlate with their national statistics.
Income disparity is measured by the Gini coefficient - the higher it is the worse the disparity.What is the income disparities???
There is a definite pattern however, more so with the first city of a country though. The US is richer than Canada which is richer than Spain which is richer than Thailand which is richer than India. Its no coincidence that New York is wealthier than Toronto which is wealthier than Madrid, which is more than Bangkok and then Mumbai. Exceptions are more likely to be in smaller cities.
Cape Town isn't even the largest city in South Africa, nor is Cape Town it's financial capital, that title belongs to Johannesburg. Johannesburg is currently the largest financial center in all of Africa. Although disputed, South Africa is still classified as a developed country. I'm also pretty sure Johannesburg will be a megacity by 2050, because by then Pretoria will be absorbed by the rapid urbanization of Gauteng.as for FUTURE DEVELOPED. Mexico City, Sao Paolo and Buenos Aires are all gonna be already are rising to Developed. Mexico, BRazil, and Argentina by 2030 are gonna have high develop progress to be already developed and by 2050 already far into deveoped nations.
Look at BRIMC
Brazil - Russia - India - Mexico - China
This is a porjected worlds richest nations by 2050 by bank Goldman Sachs and many expert economists.
Tall buildings aren't what make cities better than each other, if so those the cities you've mentioned above would be better than Amsterdam, Vienna, and other cities who don't have many tall buildings. Cape Town is a sustainable city, within the ranks of Melbourne, New York, Frankfurt, and London. Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Sao Paulo aren't, so I guess that makes Cape Town better, right?then why cape town has a little amount of tall building.
Cape Town isn't the largest business/financial center in South Africa, so your argument doesn't hold much weight. Out of all those cities mentioned, how can the next largest city of that respective country compare to Cape Town? I doubt they can.bbaiires,sao paulo, mexico city and santiago has more finacial markets and bussiness than cape town.
Have you done any research whatsoever? Where on Earth you get your information from is beyond me. Please do some more research from proper sources before you make ill-informed comments. All of the world cup stadiums are on track - some are ahead of schedule. It baffles me where you get the load of garbage you just said from.I am a fan of Cape Town. But I don't know why you put it so much above South America. At least they don't seem to have South Africa's struggles to build stadiums for a WC! And South Africa is doing not so well about that issue even with massive help from Germany! I think South America has more chances and will to become developed that South Africa. Sorry, at least this is what South Africa passes as an image!