Dateline: Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv compared to the greatest city on earth: Tokyo.
Public Life: In both cities a young woman (any woman) can walk alone late at night, a young child can walk to school alone or take a bus across town. Public transportation is excellent, bus seats are velvet and taxis have no barriers between the driver and passengers.
Both cities are defined by their proliferation of cafes (excellent coffee), obedience to pedestrian light signals, general politeness and an absence of perfume on men and women.
The Japanese and Israeli’s love children, openly; love technology, have a relaxed but hard working ethic and you’ll commonly find a new building next to an old building.
Japanese love baseball, most -- Israeli’s love basketball. Tokyo has black crows. Tel Aviv has ravens with beige bodies and black wings. Tel Aviv has skies full of swallows, migrating storks, more dogs and more wild house cats.
In Tel Aviv you find that Israeli’s are overflowing with optimism, enjoy arguing and will gregariously talk to anyone. Shopkeepers joke with customers, the music is relentlessly upbeat, nearly everyone looks you in the eye, many women wear blatantly sexy clothing and gays and lesbians hold hands in public.
Business: Young people brag about the ease of getting projects started, entrepreneurs abound, but equalitarianism means weak management in most large companies.
Come see for yourself.