"Cities are diverse, cosmopolitan and liberal"

Mmmhmmm... Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong, Kolkata, Shanghai, Karachi... pick names from a hat containing names of the worlds largest cities. And then tell me how many of those at the top, whether belonging to the "Global North" or South are liberal and diverse. Cosmopolitan? Maybe. But look at a list of large cities... Karachi, Dhaka, Seoul, Mumbai, Jakarta ... those are not liberal places.

Spare us the pie-in-the-sky articles, please.