No matter how diverse they are, metros embedded in mostly monocultural large host states aren't really globalized. Only city states fit bill
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aren't most city states mainly embedded in big, broadly monocultural regions? is there a meaningful difference?
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. Yes, border controls and citizenship status make a big diff. Dubai and Singapore are the major ones.
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"Foreigners" should be in the majority in some sense, with no hinterland to back up "natives" political power
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but in both cases cited, 'native' political power is tightly controlled and distributed to societal segments

