
Per the group’s own metrics, the rankings are a measurement of how well a major city and its regional economy are integrated into the world economy. Dallas retains its ranking from the previous report. In previous rankings, the Texas urban titans of Dallas and Houston were both classified as Beta World Cities. The new report sees the Big H out rank other American cities like Denver, Atlanta, Boston and even our in-state neighbor Dallas. For the first time ever, Houston has been ranked as an Alpha World City by the GaWC, and also marks the first city in Texas to claim the distinction. So big that we’ve managed to garner the world’s attention. But it might just be time to up the conversation about the “Big H”.Īccording to the UK based Globalization and World Cities Research Network, the leading academic think tank on cities in globalization, the city of Houston has been doing some B-I-G things of late. Pellentesque dapibus efficitur laoreet.In Texas, we talk alot about the “Big D”. Nam lacinia pulvinar tortor nec facilisis. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce dui lectus, congue vel laoreet ac, dictum vitae odio. Nam risus ante, dapibus a molestie consequat, ultrices ac magna. Nam risus ante, dapibsectetur adipiscing elit.

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