ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes everyday activities as transnational network activities that span global cities, as spaces of flows or as a placeless transnational class. It focuses on social networks, direct experiences within cities and imaginings from the cities. The chapter analyzes the process of the search for and selection of a residence with respect to the highly mobile German financial managers in London and Singapore. The German financial managers considered London a traditional and cultural center par excellence, but they also perceived it as a chaotic gigantic behemoth of a city. The chapter shows that the integration into social networks, that is, the social capital, and the identity-related direct local experiences are particularly important for the selection of a residence and its location. It argues that the neglected comparative approach brings out the specifics of the individual urban localities, which can then be used for migration studies.
