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No, not in the next 100 or even 200 years. New York simply has that density + land size that no other US city can match, not to mention the financial and cultural aspects which will continue to dwarf the other metros.
Well, it really depend. If a gigantic Tsunami tries to wipe out NYC, there are other cities that may surpass. Otherwise, I don't think any city will in our lifetime.
New York City has been the country's largest city for centuries, even as far back as the Revolutionary War, possibly longer than that. For some reason, that's never changed.
I always thinking of this the other day but more on a global scale, London and Paris were traditionally the center powers of the globe for literally centuries (at least that's what our American text books says) then NYC rose to match and in some terms surpass London & Paris. So now the big three (or four) of the world (London, NYC, Paris, and by some definitions Tokyo) must have another city added sometime this century.
Well with Western societies finally reaching there peak (prosperity wise, although our govts are poor) and America already having its global center (NYC) it's not possible for a American city to surpass NYC unless the prosperity is returned.
So in short, I don't believe a US city will surpass NYC anytime soon, and even if it did what city would it be? Los Angeles could take the throne if it annexed a little more to the coast, and forced much more density, but will that happen? Most likely not.
Not until climate change forces population inland. Hopefully that's not too soon.
Oh wait, I forgot; climate change is a lie made up by Al Gore and scientists and doesn't really exist, right? In that case, no American city will ever pass NYC.
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