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Where is the capital of the world? What city/metro area would you put it.
How about we look at it from 2 scenarios
1. Where would you put it today? With everything going on in the world and as it is, where would you put it?
2. If you could have a redo on the world and place people in the optimum places. Where would you put the global capital at? It could be in an unpopulated place now, but you think it would make a perfect global capital if you had the power to. Or it could be a metro that you think should be at the center of the world.
I would pick Istanbul for the theoretical excercise.
For today it's kinda hard, but I'll take NYC as the global capital as it stands. The biggest most powerful city in the most powerful country of today. London might be a little bit bigger than NYC in importance, but the UK is far smaller, and the EU is smaller and less dominant as well.
I would pick Istanbul for the theoretical excercise.
For today it's kinda hard, but I'll take NYC as the global capital as it stands. The biggest most powerful city in the most powerful country of today. London might be a little bit bigger than NYC in importance, but the UK is far smaller, and the EU is smaller and less dominant as well.
Theoretically, if the greatest country is relatively decentralized in the sense its largest city plays a relatively smaller role in its economy, this city isn't necessarily the most important one in the world.
What other large cities in the world can match NYC in diversity and come close in size? I would consider those. Unsure on diversity of other large world cities, would default to NYC
Probably London, for global connectivity, finance, cross-border investments, high cultural premium.
That's a great infographic. I would also say London but can understand taking the position of New York. London, for me, still seems to be the more closely connected with every part of the world between the two, even if it is not statistically and economically ahead.
Probably London, for global connectivity, finance, cross-border investments, high cultural premium.
Quite a few big-font cities are predominantly ethnic Chinese: Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Guangzhou...
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