Football in Istanbul v London and other western European economic centers/capitals...

I now know it's no contest...

I’ve spent the better part of the last two weeks in Istanbul. It was my first trip outside the greater vicinity of Florida since January 2020, and my first trip abroad since the first half of 2019 (my most recent of eleven trips to London during my lifetime).

Besides visiting Türkiye to deepen my understanding of Roman and Ottoman history (my stated int…