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Several decades ago: Yes, NYC was pretty much "The center of the World".
This was especially true after WWII, when Wall St. started to get out of the depresstion, America was the sole Superpower on Earth, and the city was the largest in the world.
Now we live in a world, in which information and ideas flow via the Internet.
NYC is starting to loose its grip on the most important city in the World.
NYC is still an important global city. Though, I believe by the end of the Century, a city like Hong Kong or even Tokyo, or even surpise! London, will pass her up.
NYC's century was the 20th.
If you want to claim New York is losing its grip than you have to provide the name of the city that is gaining and no, Tokyo nor Hong Kong will never be centers of the Western world, that's nonsense as much as believing that Bollywood threatens Hollywood and for the same exact reason - cultural gap...
Agreed, the internet and global, instantenous information flow led to decentralization of certain functions in science, culture and politics yet there is no other city in the world that can claim as much influence on the world as New York: Wall Street and United Nations are still global power brokers nobody can dismiss as irrelevant.
I am very surprised so many Americans question NYC's role in the world, do we really want the center of the known Universe to move to another country or a continent?
Think twice, even if you hate New York and what it stands for with all your heart....
Last edited by thefinalcut; 07-10-2009 at 02:32 PM..
I am very surprised so many Americans question NYC's role in the world, do we really want the center of the known Universe to move to another country or a continent? Think twice, even if you hate New York and what it stands for with all your heart....
Jealousy clouds this. I thought that would be common sense to americans
Well considering hip hop is the biggest component of modern black culture,nuff said. But fashion for two
It is big. But not the only component. So again I ask, outside of hip hop, what does NY influence LA on. Oh and fashion in LA is very different than NY.
It is big. But not the only component. So again I ask, outside of hip hop, what does NY influence LA on. Oh and fashion in LA is very different than NY.
Considering hip hop is a big part of la culture, i wouldnt need to say anything else. LA certaintly doesnt have anything that huge effecting new york in any shape or form. And as far as fashion, i already stated it in my previous post
Yet hip-hop started in New York and LA embraced it wholehartidely...
Yet when LA developed its own style, and NY, being the insecure whiners that they are, cried that it wasn't "real hip-hop" and the tension developed into the infamous East Coast/West Coast war.
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