# World-class cities do not necessarily have world-class scenes [[A place is world-class in a discipline if people who want to be world class in that discipline feel like moving there is the best thing they can do for their career prospects]] and [[A scene is world-class if people who want to do new ambitious things in a discipline try to join it from around the world]]. Both attract ambitious people from around the world but the *flavor* of that attraction is different. This may hint at what is happening in San Francisico as of March 2020 - it is still world-class in technology, but the technology scene is no longer world class because people aren’t really pushing the edge. [[Scenes push the edge of human capability]] <!-- #evergreen --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/World-class+cities+do+not+necessarily+have+world-class+scenes) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/World-class+cities+do+not+necessarily+have+world-class+scenes)