New Yorkers will spend hours talking about how unique and special bodegas like other cities dont have grocery stores
this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2025
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Even accepting the premise I don't even think it'd be NYC now. If you're sort of offline movies and shows seem like the last refuge of some semblance of monoculture and that's hollywood for a western audience. Everything else is just internet now anyways, so SF as per infrastructure and probably some shit like Dubai for the actual people doing it lol.
Shenzhen is the global capital for digital tech. SF has nothing aside from a collection of digital landlords.
Don't think there's to many westerners on Douyin for it to be relevant to culture, unlike say Instagram or Tiktok
IDK if Tencent and Mihoyo are based in Shenzen but they have a huge amount of influence outside of China.