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New York is the most important city in the history of world civilization, this shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. Everything genuinely important in this coun
by CPLX 8y ago
New York is the most important city in the history of world civilization, this shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone.
Everything genuinely important in this country ends up run from New York City eventually. People forget the Rockefellers made their money in Cleveland.
But that aside NYC has always had a serious tech community since the electric grid was invented in lower Manhattan, or the transistor in suburban New Jersey.
- Taniwha 8y agoThat's a very US-centric world view, not shared by much of the rest of the world
- johnmarcus 8y agoI wouldn't even go that far. It's a NY centric world view. The rest of us outside NY (especially those whom moved from there) regard it as an outdated and overhyped.
- PunchTornado 8y agoNY is like 400 years old.
- PLenz 8y agoAnd even before that, the steamboat was invented here, the Manhattan project was called that because it was originally in Manhattan. Edison was over in Jersey and Tesla on Long Island. Republic had it's plant out on the island too where they built the LEM. IBM's Watson lab is just north of the city and Bell labs a bit west. New York has always been a tech hub but it wasn't as obvious since there was - and is - so much else going on.t
- lapnitnelav 8y agoAnd lest we forget, it is where Jesus made its most infamous miracle, waltzing over the Hudson.
- saiya-jin 8y agoYou are funny. What you state isn't true for most of the world population currently, and certainly wasn't true through most of the mankind history for nearly every human that ever lived. There are many aspects of this stupid topic, but for me personally I would rank Rome much higher when looking at the history. London too. And few other places. But this is highly subjective topic
- steve76 8y agoThe dirty secret of boom cities is that they exist not based on what they make, but by fleecing rubes traveling there to make it rich. Stay in your own hometown, and you find every market is already taken, and for you to pay your bills you have to take from someone whose established. All this is a magnet to draw out people who could be dangerous. Those who made it faced much greater adversity than you can imagine. Those who police an increasingly apathetic and violent humanity deserve praise. You have everything you need already to bring humanity forward. Use your mind and harness the highest standard of knowledge of those who came before. You owe it to them.
- msrpotus 8y agoI love New York but I’m pretty sure if you consider the history of the world, London, Rome, Istanbul/Constantinople, and Jerusalem (maybe Beijing/Peking too) are almost certainly more important.
- o_nate 8y agoAgreed. One could maybe make a case for NY as pre-eminent city of the 20th century, but Rome held that title for at least 4 or 5 centuries. London maybe for 1 or 2 centuries (I'd say 18th and 19th). Maybe Madrid at the height of the Spanish Empire. From an Asian perspective, a case could be made for Beijing.
- Kihashi 8y ago> People forget the Rockefellers made their money in Cleveland. We do? I mean, I live in Cleveland and grew up in Ohio, but this is surprising to me.
- selimthegrim 8y agoHow on earth do you think we got Severance Hall? The Orchestra, the Art Museum, all those bougie old Tudors in Cleveland Heights?
- doctorRetro 8y ago> New York is the most important city in the history of world civilization Uh huh. You and New York just keep telling yourselves that.
- okmokmz 8y ago> New York is the most important city in the history of world civilization, this shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone. I wouldn't even consider New York to be the most important city in the history of the US, much less world civilization
- CPLX 8y ago> I wouldn't even consider New York to be the most important city in the history of the US lol
- exegete 8y agoFound the guy from Jersey! Kidding... But, I agree. Obviously NYC is an important city, but to say it is the most important city in the history of world civilization is a bit outlandish and US-centric.
- logfromblammo 8y agoIt seems like a very "New York" thing to say, though. Everyone else in the US knows to enthusiastically agree, quietly raise prices by 40%, and wait to roll their eyes until after the New Yorker's back is turned.
- CPLX 8y agoNot a problem, we can afford it.
- pnw_hazor 8y agoThat must be why Manhatten smells like poop and garbage in the summer. When I was in NYC for an internship. I remember sitting in Central Park enjoying a warm humid breeze that smelled like being at a garbage dump. Blech.