Yes, a city being the capital of any country has a moderate correlation with talent across countries.
However, as you noted, it's not so much being the capital per se as much as it is the association with wealth, status, opportunities, and a high population count.
For instance, the capital of the United States is... Washington DC. So there's a counter-example.
Funny thing is, whether it be a country or state capital, I get talent hot-spots conflated with the actual capitals now, although 5th-grade-me had capital-trivia down-pat.
Like my intuition would tell me the capital of Arizona is Scottsdale, Florida - Tampa Bay, Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh, Canada - Montreal, etc.
I suppose talent hot-spots are the de facto capitals, anyway.
However, as you noted, it's not so much being the capital per se as much as it is the association with wealth, status, opportunities, and a high population count.
For instance, the capital of the United States is... Washington DC. So there's a counter-example.
Funny thing is, whether it be a country or state capital, I get talent hot-spots conflated with the actual capitals now, although 5th-grade-me had capital-trivia down-pat.
Like my intuition would tell me the capital of Arizona is Scottsdale, Florida - Tampa Bay, Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh, Canada - Montreal, etc.
I suppose talent hot-spots are the de facto capitals, anyway.
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