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Monday, February 13, 2012

Economy Chimerica Today: Seattle and Shanghai

Posted by Charles Mudede on Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:18 AM

Accord to Wikipedia, Seattle's gross domestic product (GDP—this "refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period"), $235 billion...

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Seattle

...is roughly the same as (or slightly larger than) Shanghai's:

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Shanghai

That should put things in perspective. Also, the combined GDP of Portland and Vancouver does not match Seattle's. Again, that should put things in perspective.

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And to be fair, Seattle is not in the top 10 of US cities.

Posted by Billy Chav on February 13, 2012 at 8:54 AM

If that's the case, why is our city so small and run-down? What are we doing wrong?

Posted by Scalpel

on February 13, 2012 at 8:55 AM

@2: The complete lack of an income tax isn't helping.

Posted by doceb on February 13, 2012 at 9:03 AM

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Boeing, Microsoft, and Amazon have a little something to do with this.

Posted by Kris on February 13, 2012 at 9:12 AM

Portland's economy is mostly strip clubs and food trucks.

Posted by DOUG.

on February 13, 2012 at 9:26 AM

@2 We pretend that our major seaport doesn't involve organized crime, unlike every other major seaport. Same answer for our shitty roads.

Posted by Sir Vic on February 13, 2012 at 9:27 AM

Detroit is kicking our ass.

Posted by motofly on February 13, 2012 at 9:43 AM

Which Vancouver?

Posted by STJA on February 13, 2012 at 10:26 AM

Not if the ports go on strike. Shit say hello to fan.

Posted by Vince on February 13, 2012 at 10:40 AM

Fictitious capital.

Posted by Trevor Griffey on February 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM

But they have a 21st century monorail in Shanghai, plus a bank is still named after them (HSBC).

Thankfully, we have much better-looking women in Jet City!

Posted by sgt_doom on February 13, 2012 at 5:41 PM