It's a big, rich country.(Scan)(Brief Article)

 
IT'S A BIG, RICH COUNTRY 
 
Economy.com recently ran some data comparing the economic production 
of U.S. Metropolitan areas to that of foreign countries. A sample of 
the interesting results: 
 
                           GDP of 
    U.S. cities             vs.       entire countries 
 
New York     $523 billion          $502 billion  India 
Chicago       389                   399          Australia 
Los Angeles   374                   358          Iran + Pakistan + 
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