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[quote=Anonymous]I have lived all over the world. My parents were diplomats and we moved a lot. Also, I studied international relations and foreign languages in college and lived abroad and then worked at a job that required quite a bit of travel. I have been to over 45 of the world's capitals. I have been to Italy, France, the UK, Germany and Japan more than 8 times each. Etc. The quality of the people in New York City - intelligence, level of education, drive, success, worldliness - is unmatched. I love London too, but I find it a lot less diverse and cosmopolitan than NYC. I don't like the heat in Singapore, and Hong Kong is not what it used to be.

To me, NYC is the best city in the world, so if you are a city person, the energy, the people and the climate in NYC cannot be matched. It is intense and fast paced; easy going, not competitive people would not be happy in NYC. It is great if you are career driven: endless job opportunities in many sectors, not just law and finance. I have a close friend who is an actor, and he finds an equal number of jobs in NYC and LA.

I do think that NYC is great for children because it is economically, racially and culturally diverse, and because kids can gain independence earlier and for better or worse grow up faster in NYC. Most teens are commuting on their own by the late middle school years. All my college friends from NYC were very savvy and well prepared for college, academically and otherwise. [/quote]

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