Medium-sized cities can get away with being "small but beautiful," but scholars unanimously agree that major cities that represent their countries must think big in order to squeeze into the "winners 'circle," creating a magnet effect and generating influence for the country as a whole.
更重要的是，這是個「巨型城市」的時代，規模往往代表著競爭力。一般中型城市固然可以小而美，但學者們卻一致認為，代表國家的大城必須展現氣勢，才有機會躋身「贏者圈」，造成磁吸效應，從而帶動國家影響力。