[Pommo88]

Put away your 1960s travel guide.

[archagon]

According to GaWC's 2024 city classification, London and NYC are the only "Alpha++" cities in the world: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization_and_World_Cities...

Subjectively, I visited London twice over the last year and it felt fun and bustling.

[cherry_tree]

>The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) is a British think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization. It is based in the geography department of Loughborough University in Leicestershire, United Kingdom

I had to wonder why London would rated be above Tokyo and I had my answer immediately.

[sunflowerfly]

People wealthy enough to live anywhere they want, often move to London. Or an island off of Miami.