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New York follows a 24-hour schedule, as if it were always awake to connect to the rest of the globe. Mumbai, India, ranks 24th as the origin of calls into Manhattan, and 11th in calls into Queens. Toronto, Canada, is one of the main destinations for calls out of Manhattan, but accounts for only 1 percent of calls from the Bronx. Global talk happens both at the top of the economy and at its lower end. The vast middle layers of our society are far less global; the middle talks mostly nationally and locally. Compared with London, New York has a more global reach into Asian and South American hubs such as Beijing, Bogotá and Riyadh, and London has more of a reach into Europe and the United States. Perhaps London's relationship to Europe is analogous to what is conventionally believed to be New York's relationship to the whole of the United States.
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