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10 Most Important Cities in 10 Years

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http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/0 ... lionaires/

London
New York
Beijing
Shanghai
Singapore
Hong Kong
Paris
Sao Paulo
Geneva
Berlin
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Re: 10 Most Important Cities in 10 Years

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And of these, the most likely to be above water in 100:

London
New York
Beijing
Shanghai
Singapore
Hong Kong
Paris
Sao Paulo
Geneva
Berlin

http://elfear.hubpages.com/hub/Cities-Under-Water
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Brings to mind the Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times", re-translated to "May you live in an important City".
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jackh wrote: Brings to mind the Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times", re-translated to "May you live in an important City".
...or maybe "May you live in a dry city."
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Re: 10 Most Important Cities in 10 Years

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Converse, Texas, where I live, is a dry city but for some reason it didn't make the list!
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