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Cities and Ambition

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Cities and Ambition --> May 2008 "In Boston they ask, How much does he know? In New York, How much is he worth? In Philadelphia, Who were his parents?" - Mark Twain --> Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you a message: you could do more; you should try harder. The surprising thing is how different these messages can be. New York tells you, above all: you should make more money. There are other messages too, of course. You should be hipper. You should be better looking. But the clearest message is that you s

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