Naturally I'm a little skeptical but there is a thriving marketplace for Digg style voting sites, with some services (Sphinn comes to mind) doing particularly well in various verticals.
Despite the constant threat of extremist violence, she discovers a thriving and fabulous fashion industry lead by the irrepressible style guru of Pakistan, Tariq Amin.
Lenovo, a thriving Chinese computer firm, has Western-style governance and many foreign staff.
These cities, taken from "world's best" lists in publications such as Sherman's Travel and American Style, have benefited from such a thriving eco-system and are teeming with art and cultural ambience.
It was this freewheeling management style, along with a shared struggle and a thriving alumni network, that has allowed ex-PayPalers to succeed after leaving the company, argues PayPal co-founder Max Levchin.
Famed for Vespas, Fiat 500s and a somewhat erratic driving style, Italy is not a land known for a thriving urban cycling culture.
Around 1901, San Francisco was a major city known for its flamboyant style, stately hotels, ostentatious mansions on Nob Hill, and a thriving arts scene.
Emo Nite LA boasts a cute logo of a cartoon gravestone; high-contrast, mid-aughts-style hipster party photography at every event; and a thriving line of merch.
But the city has a Chinese-style five-star hotel within walking distance of a thriving community of Chinese restaurants, Asian banks and multilingual travel agencies.
And differing styles of rap music in the two cities have fueled a thriving music-production business on both coasts, she added.
Recently, a thriving latin music scene has emerged with a diverse array of different musical styles that include bossa nova, samba, salsa music, and tango.
