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The Global Economic Dominance of U.S. Cities
Collectively, America's cities contribute more to global GDP than the rest of the world's cities combined.
Cities are the base of the United States' economic strength. But not just New York and Los Angeles. More than 250 of the country's urban centers are responsible for the country's economic prosperity and dominance in the world economy. And though cities all over the world are responsible for major contributions to the global gross domestic product, the concentration of large – and especially semi-large – cities in the U.S. outperforms them all.
Over the next 15 years, cities in the U.S. are expected to create more than 10 percent of the world's GDP – a collective economic impact greater than that of any other country, according to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute.