{"id":1521,"date":"2007-02-10T16:45:12","date_gmt":"2007-02-10T20:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2007-02-10T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2007-02-10T22:00:34","slug":"worlds-ten-most-dynamic-cities-according-to-newsweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/10\/worlds-ten-most-dynamic-cities-according-to-newsweek\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Ten Most Dynamic Cities, according to Newsweek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/54\/140183104_bd32827a78.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Newsweek magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/13528949\/site\/newsweek\/\">has an article in their current issue<\/a> which highlights the 10 most dynamic cities in the world. While Toronto is not included on the list, I don&#8217;t think we need to start the regular cycle of self-loathing. Why? Because the list of what makes these places dynamic isn&#8217;t really dynamic. The criteria seems almost entirely based on economics. It mainly focuses on topics like shipping, automobile and aeronautical manufacturing, high finance,  and locations of corporate headquarters, but puts very little stock in the intangibles of a city like architecture, planning, public space usage, environmental concerns, walkability, and a long list of other things which make a city livable. While some of the cities listed do possess great qualities, you wouldn&#8217;t know from reading this article.<\/p>\n<p>To underscore how little thought went into the concerns of, say, regular human beings, please note that five of the ten listed cities are also home to extreme cases of poverty and low qualities of life. It makes me glad Toronto is not included.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Top 10 Most Dynamic Cities:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Las Vegas<br \/>\n2. Fukuoaka, Japan<br \/>\n3. Munich, Germany<br \/>\n4. London<br \/>\n5. Toulouse, France<br \/>\n6. Nanchang, China<br \/>\n7. Moscow<br \/>\n8. Ghaziabad, India<br \/>\n9. Goyang, South Korea<br \/>\n10. Florian\u00e0\u00b3polis, Brazil<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/sharmiller1\/\">sharmiller1<\/a> on Flickr <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsweek magazine has an article in their current issue which highlights the 10 most dynamic cities in the world. While Toronto is not included on the list, I don&#8217;t think we need to start the regular cycle of self-loathing. Why? Because the list of what makes these places dynamic isn&#8217;t really dynamic. 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