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Since WW2, the story of humanity has increasingly been the story of the top 100 or so charismatic big cities. The ones that can each lay claim to an important subplot of the human story. Not necessarily the biggest ones but the ones that you instantly associate with a big story.
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London: finance New York: art DC, Moscow: Rule the world SF: Tech LA: Movies Bombay, Hong Kong: alt movies Tokyo: Future, v1.0 Seoul: Alt-Tokyo Berlin: Spy vs Spy Paris: Culture Dubai: Oil Singapore: Perfection aspiration Beijing: Mysterious Future Rio: Party ... rest=homework
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One more, since it’s personally relevant. Seattle: globalization The thing about living in one of these Story Cities means you’re kinda auditioning for a bit role in one of these Currents of History stories. And quitting and going to a no-story city means you’re giving up.
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The force of alt-culture against capital rise has always been centrifugal in Seattle. Hair rock lends grunge angst, populist lends antifa, AMZN, B and SBUX drive socialist rage. Globalization minus alt-culture is Beijing v2. To me, Seattle's brand story = counterculture.
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