L3- Alpha Cities

Question 1

Alpha cities =

Answer 1

‘most livable’, magnetic in imagination/ideas/culture

Question 2

What do rankings tell us?

Answer 2

Subjective, speaks to certain discourses of life/style - normalises certain policies and ignores difference

Question 3

London facts

Answer 3

‘World’s most connected city’

30% higher wages then UK average

2.3 million in poverty, despite 50% working

migrant labour makes up 35% of the working population, with 46% on Low Incomes