Well run, pro-capital and stable come to mind. I’d go the other way and ask what’s interesting in Miami... (I spent my share of time in Miami, thank you)

40% of the people that live in Singapore are immigrants from different countries. They apparently value the trade-off.

I wonder if they'd like the trade-off if it didn't take 21 years to become an American citizen.

> arrested for spitting on the sidewalk

Getting arrested is a bit much, but what's the redeeming quality of spitting on the sidewalk?

It's the irony of people arguing that California is making them a "slave" and then advocating moving to a literal military dictatorship where jail for minor infractions like spitting on the sidewalk is routine. The drug laws are even more totalitarian.

California has problems, but individual liberties and lives are treated with respect.

It's a city with enough stuff to do for a weekend. Haw Par villa, the gardens and parks, etc.

city-state. the future.

city states are like sleek yachts while nations are like ferry shuttles.

No way. Singapore gets a footing in the world not because it is a city state but because it's Singapore.

i agree. what i meant was how singapore's structure is different from the rest of nation states.

Ah I see what you meant. Yeah agreed let's see how it plays out. The second generation is having some inner fight letst see how it plays out.