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> If anything this highlights how important Vienna was pre-WW1 and how much that status has changed. The status might have changed, but the city remains beauti
by lostlogin 2y ago
> If anything this highlights how important Vienna was pre-WW1 and how much that status has changed.
The status might have changed, but the city remains beautiful, and is an amazing place to visit. It’s up there as one of my favourite places. The architecture, museums, galleries, food etc.
- inglor_cz 2y agoVienna is nice, but also a has-been much like Rome or Athens is. Not just in raw power, but in intellectual capacity - its best minds are gone, or possibly underutilized and working some boring jobs. But given the Holocaust, I would bet on "mostly gone". (Same with Budapest, BTW. There won't be any new Jewish-Hungarian "Martians" like von Neumann or Teller.) The only pre-WWI European capital that remained truly globally relevant is London. Istanbul and St. Peterburg are also important megacities, though stripped of their capital status.
- archagon 2y agoHow do you define global relevance? Plenty of European capitals in this list: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization_and_World_Cities_Research_Network https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalization_and_World_Citi...
- inglor_cz 2y agoLet us say "Top 10". In 1914, most of the Top 10 cities were in Europe. Today, London and Paris are.
- dlx 2y agoInteresting take. What in your mind are the top 10 intellectual cities of the current era?
- inglor_cz 2y agoThis is really an interesting question. Plenty of culture war topics that currently shape the Western civilization originate in Berkeley or Boston.