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    Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016

    The two most important cities in the world are, of course, London and New York. Tokyo's position relative to them is interesting...

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      2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        ...in that it could easily be more important than either one. Why isn't it? Two main reasons: 1) losing WW2 2) anti-immigration

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      3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        The first reason is an external check on Tokyo's power--NY and London are ok with a rich Tokyo, but not an armed one.

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      4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        The second is a self-imposed check. Japan is content to be a global contender w/o being a global ruler if it means they remain themselves.

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      5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        Since Tokyo doesn't have its own (real) army, influential people have no *obligation* to get connected to it.

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      6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        Since Tokyo doesn't encourage foreign settlement, influential people have no *means* to get connected to it.

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      7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        And Tokyo, for what it's worth, seems pretty happy with this state of affairs. It isn't trying to shape the world in its image.

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      8. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        But bc of its incredible wealth & population, it's able to shape *itself* in *its own* image. There is no significant Japanese diaspora.

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      9. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        That is, if you're an ambitious Japanese person, you can simply go to Tokyo--you don't need to move to London or New York

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      10. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        On the other hand, if you're an ambitious person from rural America, anywhere in Europe, or really anywhere else in the world...

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      11. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        ...you're pretty much obligated to move to London or New York to really make your dreams come true.

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      12. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        I don't think this is a good thing for the rest of the world, and I'm not sure it's a good thing for NY and London either.

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      13. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        What other countries need--if they are to reverse brain drain and related problems--is a "Tokyo" of their own.

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      14. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        I am fixated on independence for New England because--among other reasons--I want Boston to compete at this level.

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      15. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        It would be tough enough even if Boston were in an independent country--it is impossible for it when it shares a government with NYC.

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      16. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        Oh, one last note--I said that NY and London are more *important* than Tokyo. But they are not *better* than Tokyo by any means.

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      17. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        Tokyo remains the best city in the world; the apex of urban life after millennia of development.

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      18. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 22 Dec 2016
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        If you're gonna live in a city instead of in the country, there is no better city to live in. Yet.

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