London On A Roll Analysis

In the articles “London on a Roll” by Simon Worall and “A Tale of Three Cities” by Joel Swerdlow, the features of a cosmopolitan city is shown. “London on a Roll” demonstrates London’s diversity and her financial success in a well-developed economy, it also shows London’s internationalism as acceptance to everyone is mentioned in the article, disregarding sexual identification; “A Tale of Three Cities” illustrates Cordoba’s advancement in medicine, knowledge, history, and architecture. It also illustrates New York’s diversities in providing many job opportunities in her fast-paced economy. Cosmopolitanism could be defined as having a successful and well-developed economy, and a society with diversity and acceptance while having an affluent
In “London on a Roll”, Worall states that “Today, with 539 foreign banks, it is the most international: More than 437 billion dollars flows through its foreign currency markets every day, far more than anywhere else in the world. The value of London’s economy-$162 billion-is larger than that of many countries, including Poland, Singapore, and even Switzerland.” (Worall) and “London’s surging economy is drawing a new wave of migrants” (Worall) The quotes depicts that London is an international financial center with well-developed economy, as she has a large amount of international banks, and a large amount of money flows every day. It also shows London as a financial center and people are attracted to money, opportunity and upward mobility. In the article “A Tale of Three Cities”, New York shows the features of a cosmopolitan city as she demonstrates financial success in terms of job opportunities. As mentioned by the author, “There are many ways to enter. You wash dishes, then you own your own restaurant, then you manage the building.” (Swerdlow) and “Easy-access jobs attract many immigrants to New York. So does the opportunity to make money” (Swerdlow) The quotes
According to the article “London on a Roll”, the author states that, “A journey to London used to be a gastronomic Calvary, but with more than 6000 restaurants serving dishes from every corner of the planet, London may now be the most cosmopolitan culinary center anywhere in the world.” (Worall) This claims that different varieties of cuisine exist in London, which favors the tourism industry, Moreover, the article “A Tale of Three Cities” mentions “The United Nations and other international agencies are cooperating with the Egyptian government to finance a new 200-million-dollar Alexandria Library near a possible site of the old one.” (Swerdlow) The quote illustrates that Alexandria preserves the cultural heritage and knowledge well, and that is essential to the tourism industry, that it would attracts tourist from all around the world. Similarly, Dubai also has the features of having an affluent tourism industry. According to the article “Dubai Sudden City”, “Dubai serves as a capital for tourism and trade. It’s clearly very popular.” (Molavi) and “Entering is like crossing the threshold into an alternative reality: a lavish, artificial world of high-end clothing boutiques, edgy music stores, cafes, and restaurants that culminates a massive, plate-glass window with skill lifts in the distance.” (Molavi) The quotes suggest that Dubai