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Great cities attract ambitious people. They kind of life you want to live tells you which city to choose. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you a message: you could do more; you should try harder.

The surprising thing is how different these messages can be. Abuja in Nigeria tells you, above all: you should make more money. There are other messages too, of course. You should be hipper. You should be better looking. But the clearest message is ...