Since Tokyo doesn't encourage foreign settlement, influential people have no *means* to get connected to it.
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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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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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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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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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...you're pretty much obligated to move to London or New York to really make your dreams come true.
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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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What other countries need--if they are to reverse brain drain and related problems--is a "Tokyo" of their own.
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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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Toronto can't compete with New York, though I suppose it does better than Chicago.
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yes, Toronto is considerably better off than Chicago from what I understand
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