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The number of students graduating with MBAs began to skyrocket in the 1970s. At the same time, more and more young people gravitated toward cities in pursuit of a cosmopolitan experience, chic with a touch of urban grit. More importantly, though, major cities began to host the burgeoning so-called “ideas industry,” which included financial services, and the Yuppies wanted in.

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