How many people have to live in a city or its metropolitan region, in order to be considered a major or large city? How does this vary from each country?
BTW, let me know if a poll should be added.>
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Metro areas, different state from main city
While I will use the US as a model here, this thread applies for jurisdictions around the world.
IS METROPOLITAN LIFE DIFFERENT IN ANY PRECEIVABLE WAY WHEN YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER STATE THAN THE METRO'S CORE CITY?
Do people feel like the "step child" of the metro under these circumstances? Are they less empowered? Do they feel less part of the whole? Do people in the metro area make a major decision of moving there because it is out-of-state? How about transit: it is affected? Media...are the same newspapers read? Loyalty/identification to state (is it weaker in these regions than in others)?
I'm talking about places like the following:
NH: Boston
CT: NYC
NJ: NYC
NJ: Phila
Ont: Buf (special case)
MD: DC (special case)
VA: DC (special case)
IN: Cinci
IN: Chgo
IN: L'ville
Ont: Detroit (special case)
WI: Chgo
WI: Mpls
IL: StL
AR: Memphis
KS: KCMO
WA: Portland
Mex: SD (special case)>
IS METROPOLITAN LIFE DIFFERENT IN ANY PRECEIVABLE WAY WHEN YOU LIVE IN ANOTHER STATE THAN THE METRO'S CORE CITY?
Do people feel like the "step child" of the metro under these circumstances? Are they less empowered? Do they feel less part of the whole? Do people in the metro area make a major decision of moving there because it is out-of-state? How about transit: it is affected? Media...are the same newspapers read? Loyalty/identification to state (is it weaker in these regions than in others)?
I'm talking about places like the following:
NH: Boston
CT: NYC
NJ: NYC
NJ: Phila
Ont: Buf (special case)
MD: DC (special case)
VA: DC (special case)
IN: Cinci
IN: Chgo
IN: L'ville
Ont: Detroit (special case)
WI: Chgo
WI: Mpls
IL: StL
AR: Memphis
KS: KCMO
WA: Portland
Mex: SD (special case)>
World Populations (top 20)
*Source: cia.gov (world fact book)
July 2005 est.
(World: 6,372,797,742)
(EU 456,285,839)
1. China - 1,306,313,812
2. India - 1,080,264,388
3. US - 295,734,134
4. Indonesia - 241,973,879
5. Brazil - 186,112,794
6. Pakistan - 162,419,946
7. Bangladesh - 144,319,628
8. Russia - 143,420,309
9. Nigeria - 128,771,988
10. Japan - 127,417,244
11. Mexico - 106,202,903
12. Philippines - 97,857,473
13. Vietnam - 83,535,576
14. Germany - 82,431,390
15. Egypt - 77,505,756
16. Ethiopia - 73,053,286
17. Turkey - 69,660,559
18. Iran - 68,017,860>
July 2005 est.
(World: 6,372,797,742)
(EU 456,285,839)
1. China - 1,306,313,812
2. India - 1,080,264,388
3. US - 295,734,134
4. Indonesia - 241,973,879
5. Brazil - 186,112,794
6. Pakistan - 162,419,946
7. Bangladesh - 144,319,628
8. Russia - 143,420,309
9. Nigeria - 128,771,988
10. Japan - 127,417,244
11. Mexico - 106,202,903
12. Philippines - 97,857,473
13. Vietnam - 83,535,576
14. Germany - 82,431,390
15. Egypt - 77,505,756
16. Ethiopia - 73,053,286
17. Turkey - 69,660,559
18. Iran - 68,017,860>
Does Dubai have a good, steady, high-tech non-oil economy?
I don't know much about Dubai. I know, like everyone, the middle east is a haven for large oil economies. I don't know much more about their economies. Is Dubai experiencing it's "15 minutes," so to say?>
Future L.A. Trends or Senarios
I live in Los Angeles, which is experiencing a tranformation from suburban to Urban. I would like to hear about what kind of trends will transform L.A. over the next Century.>
Cities Ranked by Area Size
Hello,
Does anyone have any concrete data ranking cities according to their area? I know that for some cities like NY (789 sq.km), Chicago (594 sq. km), Toronto (630sq. km), London (1,580 sq. km), and Paris (105 sq. km), the data is readily available, but I have yet to come across stats for, say, Barcelone or Shanghai.
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks in advance!>
Does anyone have any concrete data ranking cities according to their area? I know that for some cities like NY (789 sq.km), Chicago (594 sq. km), Toronto (630sq. km), London (1,580 sq. km), and Paris (105 sq. km), the data is readily available, but I have yet to come across stats for, say, Barcelone or Shanghai.
Can anyone help me out?
Thanks in advance!>
The merits of a central station
Köln, or Cologne has a perfectly located main station.
Descending from your carriage you find an overwhelming amount of culture at only 2 to 5 minutes: the Dom, Ludwigmuseum etc
Which other cities offer such highly economic travelling? From Montparnasse, Waterloo, Liverpool St and so on, I can tell from hundreds of travels, reaching a prime destination still makes you walk further or take the tube.
In Köln you could have already said your prayer
, or you already would have seen a Don Van Vliet painting before any tube would arrive.>
Descending from your carriage you find an overwhelming amount of culture at only 2 to 5 minutes: the Dom, Ludwigmuseum etc
Which other cities offer such highly economic travelling? From Montparnasse, Waterloo, Liverpool St and so on, I can tell from hundreds of travels, reaching a prime destination still makes you walk further or take the tube.
In Köln you could have already said your prayer
, or you already would have seen a Don Van Vliet painting before any tube would arrive.>
Vancouver is 'best place to live' ... Canadian and Australian cities dominate
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Vancouver is the world's best place to live.
Source
From BBC article .... "Canadian cities scored well, as did Austria's Vienna and Switzerland's Geneva, because they are not seen as targets for terror attacks."
Top group
Vancouver
Melbourne
Vienna
Geneva
Perth
Adelaide
Sydney
Zurich
Toronto
Calgary
Bottom 10 cities
Tehran
Douala
Harare
Abidjan
Phnom Penh
Lagos
Karachi
Dhaka
Algiers
Port Moresby>
Source
From BBC article .... "Canadian cities scored well, as did Austria's Vienna and Switzerland's Geneva, because they are not seen as targets for terror attacks."
Top group
Vancouver
Melbourne
Vienna
Geneva
Perth
Adelaide
Sydney
Zurich
Toronto
Calgary
Bottom 10 cities
Tehran
Douala
Harare
Abidjan
Phnom Penh
Lagos
Karachi
Dhaka
Algiers
Port Moresby>
Your Countries top 10 Cities
What are your favourite cities in your country? ... Ill go first ...
United Kingdom
1. London
2. Edinburgh
3. Birmingham
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4. Glasgow
5. Manchester
6. Newcastle
7. Cardiff
8. Bath
9. Liverpool
10. Oxford
>
United Kingdom
1. London
2. Edinburgh
3. Birmingham
[/img]4. Glasgow
5. Manchester
6. Newcastle
7. Cardiff
8. Bath
9. Liverpool
10. Oxford
>
Most Beautiful Public Square
What do you think is the most beautiful public square/space? By this I mean a square, plaza, or avenue (such as Champs Elysees), but not parks like Central Park or a public garden.>
Most expensive housing markets in the United States
San Francisco is the most expensive housing market in the United States followed by San Diego, then Honolulu, then Orange County, then the LA, and then NYC. NYC is about tied with Boston.
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/nar_1q05/>
http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/nar_1q05/>
In 20 Words or less.....what...is Chicago?
so...within 20 words...how can you describe the Monster of the Midway......the Windy City...the Second City.....be honest...Chicagoans are...changable.....what do yout think of the great city of Chicago?????? in your own words..... please let us know if you are from the (US) coasts....or overseas.... and what do you base your opinions on?...?.....>
'My Country is BEAUTIFUL!' ~Say it PROUDLY!~
post beautiful landscapes from your country,lets make a big thread!
HERE WE GO!
N.E CHINA(中国东北)
>
HERE WE GO!
N.E CHINA(中国东北)
The Latest! 2004 World Rank Order - PPP - per capita
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/.../2004rank.html
Rank Country GDP - per capita Date of Information
1 Luxembourg $ 58,900 2004 est.
2 United States $ 40,100 2004 est.
3 Guernsey $ 40,000 2003 est.
4 Norway $ 40,000 2004 est.
5 Jersey $ 40,000 2003 est.
6 British Virgin Islands $ 38,500 2004 est.
7 Bermuda $ 36,000 2003 est.
8 San Marino $ 34,600 2001 est.
9 Hong Kong $ 34,200 2004 est.
10 Switzerland $ 33,800 2004 est.
11 Cayman Islands $ 32,300 2004 est.
12 Denmark $ 32,200 2004 est.
13 Ireland $ 31,900 2004 est.
14 Iceland $ 31,900 2004 est.
15 Canada $ 31,500 2004 est.
16 Austria $ 31,300 2004 est.
17 Australia $ 30,700 2004 est.
18 Belgium $ 30,600 2004 est.
19 United Kingdom $ 29,600 2004 est.
20 Netherlands $ 29,500 2004 est.
21 Japan $ 29,400 2004 est.
22 Finland $ 29,000 2004 est.
23 France $ 28,700 2004 est.
24 Germany $ 28,700 2004 est.
25 Man, Isle of $ 28,500 2003 est.
26 Sweden $ 28,400 2004 est.
27 Aruba $ 28,000 2002 est.
28 Gibraltar $ 27,900 2000 est.
29 Singapore $ 27,800 2004 est.
30 Italy $ 27,700 2004 est.
31 Monaco $ 27,000 2000 est.
32 European Union $ 26,900 2004 est.
33 Andorra $ 26,800 2003 est.
34 Taiwan $ 25,300 2004 est.
35 United Arab Emirates $ 25,200 2004 est.
36 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 25,000 2002 est.
37 Liechtenstein $ 25,000 1999 est.
38 Brunei $ 23,600 2003 est.
39 Spain $ 23,300 2004 est.
40 New Zealand $ 23,200 2004 est.
41 Qatar $ 23,200 2004 est.
42 Faroe Islands $ 22,000 2001 est.
43 Greece $ 21,300 2004 est.
44 Kuwait $ 21,300 2004 est.
45 Guam $ 21,000 2000 est.
46 Israel $ 20,800 2004 est.
47 Cyprus $ 20,300 2004 est.
48 Greenland $ 20,000 2001 est.
49 Slovenia $ 19,600 2004 est.
50 Macau $ 19,400 2003
51 Bahrain $ 19,200 2004 est.
52 Korea, South $ 19,200 2004 est.
53 Malta $ 18,200 2004 est.
54 Portugal $ 17,900 2004 est.
55 Bahamas, The $ 17,700 2004 est.
56 Puerto Rico $ 17,700 2004 est.
57 French Polynesia $ 17,500 2003 est.
58 Virgin Islands $ 17,200 2002 est.
59 Czech Republic $ 16,800 2004 est.
60 Barbados $ 16,400 2004 est.
61 New Caledonia $ 15,000 2003 est.
62 Hungary $ 14,900 2004 est.
63 Slovakia $ 14,500 2004 est.
64 Uruguay $ 14,500 2004 est.
65 Martinique $ 14,400 2003 est.
66 Estonia $ 14,300 2004 est.
67 Oman $ 13,100 2004 est.
68 Mauritius $ 12,800 2004 est.
69 Northern Mariana Islands $ 12,500 2000 est.
70 Lithuania $ 12,500 2004 est.
71 Argentina $ 12,400 2004 est.
72 Poland $ 12,000 2004 est.
73 Saudi Arabia $ 12,000 2004 est.
74 Latvia $ 11,500 2004 est.
75 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 11,500 2002 est.
76 Netherlands Antilles $ 11,400 2003 est.
77 Croatia $ 11,200 2004 est.
78 South Africa $ 11,100 2004 est.
79 Antigua and Barbuda $ 11,000 2002 est.
80 Chile $ 10,700 2004 est.
81 Trinidad and Tobago $ 10,500 2004 est.
82 Russia $ 9,800 2004 est.
83 Malaysia $ 9,700 2004 est.
84 Costa Rica $ 9,600 2004 est.
85 Mexico $ 9,600 2004 est.
86 Botswana $ 9,200 2004 est.
87 Palau $ 9,000 2001 est.
88 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 8,800 2002 est.
89 World $ 8,800 2004 est.
90 French Guiana $ 8,300 2003 est.
91 Bulgaria $ 8,200 2004 est.
92 Brazil $ 8,100 2004 est.
93 Thailand $ 8,100 2004 est.
94 American Samoa $ 8,000 2000 est.
95 Guadeloupe $ 7,900 2003 est.
96 Kazakhstan $ 7,800 2004 est.
97 Seychelles $ 7,800 2002 est.
98 Iran $ 7,700 2004 est.
99 Romania $ 7,700 2004 est.
100 Anguilla $ 7,500 2002 est.
101 Turkey $ 7,400 2004 est.
102 Namibia $ 7,300 2004 est.
103 Cyprus $ 7,135 2004 est.
104 Macedonia $ 7,100 2004 est.
105 Tunisia $ 7,100 2004 est.
106 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 7,000 2001 est.
107 Panama $ 6,900 2004 est.
108 Belarus $ 6,800 2004 est.
109 Libya $ 6,700 2004 est.
110 Algeria $ 6,600 2004 est.
111 Colombia $ 6,600 2004 est.
112 Belize $ 6,500 2004 est.
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 6,500 2004 est.
114 Dominican Republic $ 6,300 2004 est.
115 Ukraine $ 6,300 2004 est.
116 Reunion $ 6,000 2004 est.
117 Fiji $ 5,900 2004 est.
118 Gabon $ 5,900 2004 est.
119 Venezuela $ 5,800 2004 est.
120 Turkmenistan $ 5,700 2004 est.
121 China $ 5,600 2004 est.
122 Peru $ 5,600 2004 est.
123 Samoa $ 5,600 2002 est.
124 Dominica $ 5,500 2003 est.
125 Saint Lucia $ 5,400 2002 est.
126 Swaziland $ 5,100 2004 est.
127 Cook Islands $ 5,000 2001 est.
128 Lebanon $ 5,000 2004 est.
129 Philippines $ 5,000 2004 est.
130 Nauru $ 5,000 2001 est.
131 Grenada $ 5,000 2002 est.
132 Albania $ 4,900 2004 est.
133 El Salvador $ 4,900 2004 est.
134 Paraguay $ 4,800 2004 est.
135 Armenia $ 4,600 2004 est.
136 Jordan $ 4,500 2004 est.
137 Suriname $ 4,300 2004 est.
138 Egypt $ 4,200 2004 est.
139 Morocco $ 4,200 2004 est.
140 Guatemala $ 4,200 2004 est.
141 Jamaica $ 4,100 2004 est.
142 Sri Lanka $ 4,000 2004 est.
143 Maldives $ 3,900 2002 est.
144 Azerbaijan $ 3,800 2004 est.
145 Wallis and Futuna $ 3,800 2004 est.
146 Guyana $ 3,800 2004 est.
147 Ecuador $ 3,700 2004 est.
148 Niue $ 3,600 2000 est.
149 Indonesia $ 3,500 2004 est.
150 Iraq $ 3,500 2004 est.
151 Montserrat $ 3,400 2002 est.
152 Syria $ 3,400 2004 est.
153 Lesotho $ 3,200 2004 est.
154 Georgia $ 3,100 2004 est.
155 India $ 3,100 2004 est.
156 Cuba $ 3,000 2004 est.
157 Vanuatu $ 2,900 2003 est.
158 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 2,900 2002 est.
159 Honduras $ 2,800 2004 est.
160 Equatorial Guinea $ 2,700 2002 est.
161 Vietnam $ 2,700 2004 est.
162 Bolivia $ 2,600 2004 est.
163 Mayotte $ 2,600 2003 est.
164 Saint Helena $ 2,500 1998 est.
165 Serbia and Montenegro $ 2,400 2004 est.
166 Ghana $ 2,300 2004 est.
167 Tonga $ 2,300 2002 est.
168 Nicaragua $ 2,300 2004 est.
169 Pakistan $ 2,200 2004 est.
170 Papua New Guinea $ 2,200 2004 est.
171 Angola $ 2,100 2004 est.
172 Guinea $ 2,100 2004 est.
173 Bangladesh $ 2,000 2004 est.
174 Cambodia $ 2,000 2004 est.
175 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 2,000 2002 est.
176 Cameroon $ 1,900 2004 est.
177 Laos $ 1,900 2004 est.
178 Mongolia $ 1,900 2004 est.
179 Moldova $ 1,900 2004 est.
180 Sudan $ 1,900 2004 est.
181 Zimbabwe $ 1,900 2004 est.
182 Gambia, The $ 1,800 2004 est.
183 Uzbekistan $ 1,800 2004 est.
184 Mauritania $ 1,800 2004 est.
185 Burma $ 1,700 2004 est.
186 Senegal $ 1,700 2004 est.
187 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,700 2004 est.
188 Solomon Islands $ 1,700 2002 est.
189 Chad $ 1,600 2004 est.
190 Togo $ 1,600 2004 est.
191 Marshall Islands $ 1,600 2001 est.
192 Haiti $ 1,500 2004 est.
193 Nepal $ 1,500 2004 est.
194 Uganda $ 1,500 2004 est.
195 Cote d'Ivoire $ 1,500 2004 est.
196 Bhutan $ 1,400 2003 est.
197 Cape Verde $ 1,400 2002 est.
198 Korea, North $ 1,400 2004 est.
199 Djibouti $ 1,300 2002 est.
200 Rwanda $ 1,300 2004 est.
201 Benin $ 1,200 2004 est.
202 Burkina Faso $ 1,200 2004 est.
203 Sao Tome and Principe $ 1,200 2003 est.
204 Mozambique $ 1,200 2004 est.
205 Central African Republic $ 1,100 2004 est.
206 Tuvalu $ 1,100 2000 est.
207 Kenya $ 1,100 2004 est.
208 Tajikistan $ 1,100 2004 est.
209 Nigeria $ 1,000 2004 est.
210 Tokelau $ 1,000 1993 est.
211 Eritrea $ 900 2004 est.
212 Zambia $ 900 2004 est.
213 Niger $ 900 2004 est.
214 Mali $ 900 2004 est.
215 Liberia $ 900 2004 est.
216 Afghanistan $ 800 2003 est.
217 Congo, Republic of the $ 800 2004 est.
218 Kiribati $ 800 2001 est.
219 Ethiopia $ 800 2004 est.
220 Madagascar $ 800 2004 est.
221 Yemen $ 800 2004 est.
222 West Bank $ 800 2003 est.
223 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 700 2004 est.
224 Guinea-Bissau $ 700 2004 est.
225 Tanzania $ 700 2004 est.
226 Comoros $ 700 2002 est.
227 Burundi $ 600 2004 est.
228 Somalia $ 600 2004 est.
229 Gaza Strip $ 600 2003 est.
230 Sierra Leone $ 600 2004 est.
231 Malawi $ 600 2004 est.
232 East Timor $ 400 2004 est.
This page was last updated on 17 May, 2005>
Rank Country GDP - per capita Date of Information
1 Luxembourg $ 58,900 2004 est.
2 United States $ 40,100 2004 est.
3 Guernsey $ 40,000 2003 est.
4 Norway $ 40,000 2004 est.
5 Jersey $ 40,000 2003 est.
6 British Virgin Islands $ 38,500 2004 est.
7 Bermuda $ 36,000 2003 est.
8 San Marino $ 34,600 2001 est.
9 Hong Kong $ 34,200 2004 est.
10 Switzerland $ 33,800 2004 est.
11 Cayman Islands $ 32,300 2004 est.
12 Denmark $ 32,200 2004 est.
13 Ireland $ 31,900 2004 est.
14 Iceland $ 31,900 2004 est.
15 Canada $ 31,500 2004 est.
16 Austria $ 31,300 2004 est.
17 Australia $ 30,700 2004 est.
18 Belgium $ 30,600 2004 est.
19 United Kingdom $ 29,600 2004 est.
20 Netherlands $ 29,500 2004 est.
21 Japan $ 29,400 2004 est.
22 Finland $ 29,000 2004 est.
23 France $ 28,700 2004 est.
24 Germany $ 28,700 2004 est.
25 Man, Isle of $ 28,500 2003 est.
26 Sweden $ 28,400 2004 est.
27 Aruba $ 28,000 2002 est.
28 Gibraltar $ 27,900 2000 est.
29 Singapore $ 27,800 2004 est.
30 Italy $ 27,700 2004 est.
31 Monaco $ 27,000 2000 est.
32 European Union $ 26,900 2004 est.
33 Andorra $ 26,800 2003 est.
34 Taiwan $ 25,300 2004 est.
35 United Arab Emirates $ 25,200 2004 est.
36 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) $ 25,000 2002 est.
37 Liechtenstein $ 25,000 1999 est.
38 Brunei $ 23,600 2003 est.
39 Spain $ 23,300 2004 est.
40 New Zealand $ 23,200 2004 est.
41 Qatar $ 23,200 2004 est.
42 Faroe Islands $ 22,000 2001 est.
43 Greece $ 21,300 2004 est.
44 Kuwait $ 21,300 2004 est.
45 Guam $ 21,000 2000 est.
46 Israel $ 20,800 2004 est.
47 Cyprus $ 20,300 2004 est.
48 Greenland $ 20,000 2001 est.
49 Slovenia $ 19,600 2004 est.
50 Macau $ 19,400 2003
51 Bahrain $ 19,200 2004 est.
52 Korea, South $ 19,200 2004 est.
53 Malta $ 18,200 2004 est.
54 Portugal $ 17,900 2004 est.
55 Bahamas, The $ 17,700 2004 est.
56 Puerto Rico $ 17,700 2004 est.
57 French Polynesia $ 17,500 2003 est.
58 Virgin Islands $ 17,200 2002 est.
59 Czech Republic $ 16,800 2004 est.
60 Barbados $ 16,400 2004 est.
61 New Caledonia $ 15,000 2003 est.
62 Hungary $ 14,900 2004 est.
63 Slovakia $ 14,500 2004 est.
64 Uruguay $ 14,500 2004 est.
65 Martinique $ 14,400 2003 est.
66 Estonia $ 14,300 2004 est.
67 Oman $ 13,100 2004 est.
68 Mauritius $ 12,800 2004 est.
69 Northern Mariana Islands $ 12,500 2000 est.
70 Lithuania $ 12,500 2004 est.
71 Argentina $ 12,400 2004 est.
72 Poland $ 12,000 2004 est.
73 Saudi Arabia $ 12,000 2004 est.
74 Latvia $ 11,500 2004 est.
75 Turks and Caicos Islands $ 11,500 2002 est.
76 Netherlands Antilles $ 11,400 2003 est.
77 Croatia $ 11,200 2004 est.
78 South Africa $ 11,100 2004 est.
79 Antigua and Barbuda $ 11,000 2002 est.
80 Chile $ 10,700 2004 est.
81 Trinidad and Tobago $ 10,500 2004 est.
82 Russia $ 9,800 2004 est.
83 Malaysia $ 9,700 2004 est.
84 Costa Rica $ 9,600 2004 est.
85 Mexico $ 9,600 2004 est.
86 Botswana $ 9,200 2004 est.
87 Palau $ 9,000 2001 est.
88 Saint Kitts and Nevis $ 8,800 2002 est.
89 World $ 8,800 2004 est.
90 French Guiana $ 8,300 2003 est.
91 Bulgaria $ 8,200 2004 est.
92 Brazil $ 8,100 2004 est.
93 Thailand $ 8,100 2004 est.
94 American Samoa $ 8,000 2000 est.
95 Guadeloupe $ 7,900 2003 est.
96 Kazakhstan $ 7,800 2004 est.
97 Seychelles $ 7,800 2002 est.
98 Iran $ 7,700 2004 est.
99 Romania $ 7,700 2004 est.
100 Anguilla $ 7,500 2002 est.
101 Turkey $ 7,400 2004 est.
102 Namibia $ 7,300 2004 est.
103 Cyprus $ 7,135 2004 est.
104 Macedonia $ 7,100 2004 est.
105 Tunisia $ 7,100 2004 est.
106 Saint Pierre and Miquelon $ 7,000 2001 est.
107 Panama $ 6,900 2004 est.
108 Belarus $ 6,800 2004 est.
109 Libya $ 6,700 2004 est.
110 Algeria $ 6,600 2004 est.
111 Colombia $ 6,600 2004 est.
112 Belize $ 6,500 2004 est.
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina $ 6,500 2004 est.
114 Dominican Republic $ 6,300 2004 est.
115 Ukraine $ 6,300 2004 est.
116 Reunion $ 6,000 2004 est.
117 Fiji $ 5,900 2004 est.
118 Gabon $ 5,900 2004 est.
119 Venezuela $ 5,800 2004 est.
120 Turkmenistan $ 5,700 2004 est.
121 China $ 5,600 2004 est.
122 Peru $ 5,600 2004 est.
123 Samoa $ 5,600 2002 est.
124 Dominica $ 5,500 2003 est.
125 Saint Lucia $ 5,400 2002 est.
126 Swaziland $ 5,100 2004 est.
127 Cook Islands $ 5,000 2001 est.
128 Lebanon $ 5,000 2004 est.
129 Philippines $ 5,000 2004 est.
130 Nauru $ 5,000 2001 est.
131 Grenada $ 5,000 2002 est.
132 Albania $ 4,900 2004 est.
133 El Salvador $ 4,900 2004 est.
134 Paraguay $ 4,800 2004 est.
135 Armenia $ 4,600 2004 est.
136 Jordan $ 4,500 2004 est.
137 Suriname $ 4,300 2004 est.
138 Egypt $ 4,200 2004 est.
139 Morocco $ 4,200 2004 est.
140 Guatemala $ 4,200 2004 est.
141 Jamaica $ 4,100 2004 est.
142 Sri Lanka $ 4,000 2004 est.
143 Maldives $ 3,900 2002 est.
144 Azerbaijan $ 3,800 2004 est.
145 Wallis and Futuna $ 3,800 2004 est.
146 Guyana $ 3,800 2004 est.
147 Ecuador $ 3,700 2004 est.
148 Niue $ 3,600 2000 est.
149 Indonesia $ 3,500 2004 est.
150 Iraq $ 3,500 2004 est.
151 Montserrat $ 3,400 2002 est.
152 Syria $ 3,400 2004 est.
153 Lesotho $ 3,200 2004 est.
154 Georgia $ 3,100 2004 est.
155 India $ 3,100 2004 est.
156 Cuba $ 3,000 2004 est.
157 Vanuatu $ 2,900 2003 est.
158 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $ 2,900 2002 est.
159 Honduras $ 2,800 2004 est.
160 Equatorial Guinea $ 2,700 2002 est.
161 Vietnam $ 2,700 2004 est.
162 Bolivia $ 2,600 2004 est.
163 Mayotte $ 2,600 2003 est.
164 Saint Helena $ 2,500 1998 est.
165 Serbia and Montenegro $ 2,400 2004 est.
166 Ghana $ 2,300 2004 est.
167 Tonga $ 2,300 2002 est.
168 Nicaragua $ 2,300 2004 est.
169 Pakistan $ 2,200 2004 est.
170 Papua New Guinea $ 2,200 2004 est.
171 Angola $ 2,100 2004 est.
172 Guinea $ 2,100 2004 est.
173 Bangladesh $ 2,000 2004 est.
174 Cambodia $ 2,000 2004 est.
175 Micronesia, Federated States of $ 2,000 2002 est.
176 Cameroon $ 1,900 2004 est.
177 Laos $ 1,900 2004 est.
178 Mongolia $ 1,900 2004 est.
179 Moldova $ 1,900 2004 est.
180 Sudan $ 1,900 2004 est.
181 Zimbabwe $ 1,900 2004 est.
182 Gambia, The $ 1,800 2004 est.
183 Uzbekistan $ 1,800 2004 est.
184 Mauritania $ 1,800 2004 est.
185 Burma $ 1,700 2004 est.
186 Senegal $ 1,700 2004 est.
187 Kyrgyzstan $ 1,700 2004 est.
188 Solomon Islands $ 1,700 2002 est.
189 Chad $ 1,600 2004 est.
190 Togo $ 1,600 2004 est.
191 Marshall Islands $ 1,600 2001 est.
192 Haiti $ 1,500 2004 est.
193 Nepal $ 1,500 2004 est.
194 Uganda $ 1,500 2004 est.
195 Cote d'Ivoire $ 1,500 2004 est.
196 Bhutan $ 1,400 2003 est.
197 Cape Verde $ 1,400 2002 est.
198 Korea, North $ 1,400 2004 est.
199 Djibouti $ 1,300 2002 est.
200 Rwanda $ 1,300 2004 est.
201 Benin $ 1,200 2004 est.
202 Burkina Faso $ 1,200 2004 est.
203 Sao Tome and Principe $ 1,200 2003 est.
204 Mozambique $ 1,200 2004 est.
205 Central African Republic $ 1,100 2004 est.
206 Tuvalu $ 1,100 2000 est.
207 Kenya $ 1,100 2004 est.
208 Tajikistan $ 1,100 2004 est.
209 Nigeria $ 1,000 2004 est.
210 Tokelau $ 1,000 1993 est.
211 Eritrea $ 900 2004 est.
212 Zambia $ 900 2004 est.
213 Niger $ 900 2004 est.
214 Mali $ 900 2004 est.
215 Liberia $ 900 2004 est.
216 Afghanistan $ 800 2003 est.
217 Congo, Republic of the $ 800 2004 est.
218 Kiribati $ 800 2001 est.
219 Ethiopia $ 800 2004 est.
220 Madagascar $ 800 2004 est.
221 Yemen $ 800 2004 est.
222 West Bank $ 800 2003 est.
223 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 700 2004 est.
224 Guinea-Bissau $ 700 2004 est.
225 Tanzania $ 700 2004 est.
226 Comoros $ 700 2002 est.
227 Burundi $ 600 2004 est.
228 Somalia $ 600 2004 est.
229 Gaza Strip $ 600 2003 est.
230 Sierra Leone $ 600 2004 est.
231 Malawi $ 600 2004 est.
232 East Timor $ 400 2004 est.
This page was last updated on 17 May, 2005>
Most Intriguing Latin American Capital
If you havn't been there before, which Latin American capital are you most likely to visit?>
Anyone know anything about Asheville, North Carolina?
I've heard it's beautiful and a great little urban town for its population. About 60,000 in the city and 400,000 in the greater metro.>
Which city would you want a movie to take place in?
I've come to realize that way to many movies made today are set in New York City or Los Angeles. Although these are great cities to set a movie in, I would like to see smaller or less popular cities to be the setting for a hollywood film.
For example, Bruce Almighty, was set in Buffalo, NY. No problem with that
What are some cities (other than New York and LA) that you would like to see movies set in......>
For example, Bruce Almighty, was set in Buffalo, NY. No problem with that
What are some cities (other than New York and LA) that you would like to see movies set in......>
Which City has the best combination with Snow Mountain?
- Urumqi
- Santiago
- Vancouver
- Los Angelas
- Vienna
- Lhasa
- Seattle
- Zurich
- Lijiang
Your Countries/Cities Police Vehicles
Inspierd by that Fire engine thread....I searched the last 10 pages to see if this had been done....didnt find anything!
I think i would be right in saying the UK has the greatest police vehicles in the world....Such variety....and car makes such as MG, Jaguar, BMW and Mercedes surely make it the classiest!
Must be for the cities!
More coming!>
I think i would be right in saying the UK has the greatest police vehicles in the world....Such variety....and car makes such as MG, Jaguar, BMW and Mercedes surely make it the classiest!
Must be for the cities!
More coming!>
Your city in video games
Animtation in video games have come extremely far over the last decade, and today, most video games are detailed enough to feature many animated versions of real cities.
Find screenshots and video games that feature your city in the game
The SkyDome (Rogers Center) MLB 2005>
Find screenshots and video games that feature your city in the game
The SkyDome (Rogers Center) MLB 2005>
is china's population what makes the country develop?
been thinking about it, WHAT IF it wasnt a country with a huge population?>
China's middle class defined by income
China's middle class defined by income
China's National Bureau of Statistics said in a survey that households with an annual income ranging from 60,000 yuan (US$7,250) to 500,000 yuan should be categorized as middle class, as a growing number of people enjoying higher living standards.
The bureau defined the standard on a survey with 300,000 questionnaires released and conversions of international standards, Cheng Xuebing, an NBS official, said.
"We set the number according to the World Bank's criteria of the medium level of international GDP per capita, ranging from US$3,470 to US$8,000, and transferred it after currency exchange, purchasing power conversion and GDP per capital to average income conversion," Cheng said.
"The proportion of middle class in China will expand to 45 percent in 2020 from 5 percent today."
The survey, which cost at least 6 million yuan, reflected only the living standards in the urban areas, because people who earned that much money mainly lived in cities, Cheng said.
Lu Dale, a Chinese University of Hong Kong professor, said it was too easy to define middle class solely by income.
"It also depends on what kind of house one lives in, consumption habits, living environment, education level, and social influence" Lu said.
Under these terms, Hong Kong's middle class accounted for at most 20 to 25 percent of its total population, Lu said.>
China's National Bureau of Statistics said in a survey that households with an annual income ranging from 60,000 yuan (US$7,250) to 500,000 yuan should be categorized as middle class, as a growing number of people enjoying higher living standards.
The bureau defined the standard on a survey with 300,000 questionnaires released and conversions of international standards, Cheng Xuebing, an NBS official, said.
"We set the number according to the World Bank's criteria of the medium level of international GDP per capita, ranging from US$3,470 to US$8,000, and transferred it after currency exchange, purchasing power conversion and GDP per capital to average income conversion," Cheng said.
"The proportion of middle class in China will expand to 45 percent in 2020 from 5 percent today."
The survey, which cost at least 6 million yuan, reflected only the living standards in the urban areas, because people who earned that much money mainly lived in cities, Cheng said.
Lu Dale, a Chinese University of Hong Kong professor, said it was too easy to define middle class solely by income.
"It also depends on what kind of house one lives in, consumption habits, living environment, education level, and social influence" Lu said.
Under these terms, Hong Kong's middle class accounted for at most 20 to 25 percent of its total population, Lu said.>
ALBANY to NYC light rail
I am doing some research on what really happened [in detail; (what went wrong?)] with the shelved $68,000,000.00 rapid transit system, that was supposed to have hooked-up Albanians with New Yorkers and vice versa.
Anyone...anyone...?
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Anyone...anyone...?
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Which Country has the LARGEST minority population?
my guess is India
as for China,we have 106.4+ million of non Han Chinese,its rather small in proportion but really large in absolute number.>
as for China,we have 106.4+ million of non Han Chinese,its rather small in proportion but really large in absolute number.>
Globalization and the hierarchy of cities
I hate to poke holes in the greatest blood sport on the skyscraper forum (that would be ranking cities), but truthfully:
Will continued globalization eliminate the hierarchial way in which we see cities?
Chances are, this thread will get totally ignored and not responded to due to the nature of this board to think in terms of cities being able to arrange themselves in some sort of divine rank order.
Personally I just don't see it that way in this era....and I'm seeing it less and less in the near future.
I believe the trend is not towards hierarchy but towards networking. For all that global cities are in competition with each other, they are also incredibly networked and dependent on each other.
Cities are vastly different today than in earlier times. When a city like Venice benefitted from trade with the far east, it benefitted Venetians far more than other Europeans. Cities at that time had people living in them for generations and it was the locals who ran the places.
Even when US cities developed, so much of that development (i.e. department stores, hotels, restaurants, newspapers, etc.) was locally owned. And a city had a great contgrol over its own destiny.
Today our cities are more influenced by sources outside their boundaries and by global corporations who want to see LA, Shanghai, Rio, and Frankfort all be successful.
Cities have fewer geographical advanatages in an age when air travel is the main means of long distance travel. The advantages they have are mainly proximity to their own hinterlands.
IN a time of rapid change, the advantages that cities have over each other are fleeting.
The world is just too large, too interconnected to create a paradigm of true hierarchial order. And whatever order there may be is being flattened.
I don't think any city (even NY, Tokyo, London) are immune from the dynamics of a world where all regions are headed for more of a equal and interconnected status.>
Will continued globalization eliminate the hierarchial way in which we see cities?
Chances are, this thread will get totally ignored and not responded to due to the nature of this board to think in terms of cities being able to arrange themselves in some sort of divine rank order.
Personally I just don't see it that way in this era....and I'm seeing it less and less in the near future.
I believe the trend is not towards hierarchy but towards networking. For all that global cities are in competition with each other, they are also incredibly networked and dependent on each other.
Cities are vastly different today than in earlier times. When a city like Venice benefitted from trade with the far east, it benefitted Venetians far more than other Europeans. Cities at that time had people living in them for generations and it was the locals who ran the places.
Even when US cities developed, so much of that development (i.e. department stores, hotels, restaurants, newspapers, etc.) was locally owned. And a city had a great contgrol over its own destiny.
Today our cities are more influenced by sources outside their boundaries and by global corporations who want to see LA, Shanghai, Rio, and Frankfort all be successful.
Cities have fewer geographical advanatages in an age when air travel is the main means of long distance travel. The advantages they have are mainly proximity to their own hinterlands.
IN a time of rapid change, the advantages that cities have over each other are fleeting.
The world is just too large, too interconnected to create a paradigm of true hierarchial order. And whatever order there may be is being flattened.
I don't think any city (even NY, Tokyo, London) are immune from the dynamics of a world where all regions are headed for more of a equal and interconnected status.>
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Americans: what effect do foreign skylines have on you?
This may seem like a strange question, but...
Americans (fellow American), what effect do it have on you when you view the skylines of cities outside our nation, many in places like Africa, Asia, Latin America in cities we either don't know or know little about?
I don't know about you, but when I go and view them, I am in awe.
We are a huge, successful, and geographically issolated nation (we only border two other nations and our Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts are massive).
We sometimes see the world as being the US.
When I see some of these global skylines, often in cities I've never heard of, I'm blown away by it...and I end up feeling darned provencial.
For all our discussion of which US cities are the best, the greatest, etc., there is a whole big, wide world out there with similiar things happening and sometimes I think we just don't get that world in focus.
Is that true of other nations, as well as the US? No doubt. But I think the sense of issolation in our country exceeds the others; we are a world unto ourselves.
Do others have such feelings when they view the type of pictures I've described?>
Americans (fellow American), what effect do it have on you when you view the skylines of cities outside our nation, many in places like Africa, Asia, Latin America in cities we either don't know or know little about?
I don't know about you, but when I go and view them, I am in awe.
We are a huge, successful, and geographically issolated nation (we only border two other nations and our Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts are massive).
We sometimes see the world as being the US.
When I see some of these global skylines, often in cities I've never heard of, I'm blown away by it...and I end up feeling darned provencial.
For all our discussion of which US cities are the best, the greatest, etc., there is a whole big, wide world out there with similiar things happening and sometimes I think we just don't get that world in focus.
Is that true of other nations, as well as the US? No doubt. But I think the sense of issolation in our country exceeds the others; we are a world unto ourselves.
Do others have such feelings when they view the type of pictures I've described?>
Chinese Tourists Outspending Japanese Overseas
Mainlanders top shoppers overseas
Christopher Bodeen
May 26, 2005
Chinese tourists are spending an average of US$987 apiece, mostly on clothes and cosmetics, on overseas shopping trips. REUTERS
Retailers take note: you might want to brush up on your Putonghua.
Chinese are now outspending Japanese on overseas shopping trips, blowing an average of US$987 (HK$7,699) on designer clothes, cosmetics and other items each time they go abroad, according to a recent survey.
Rising incomes and loosened government restrictions allowed 29 million Chinese to travel overseas in 2004, a 43 percent increase over the year before, according to the survey by market research firms ACNielsen and Tax Free World Association.
Although Chinese spend less altogether on their overseas trips than Japanese travelers, they splurge more at the shops, accounting for about 30 percent of their total spending, according to the survey.
"With increased disposable incomes, the Chinese are turning to overseas travel and exploring new and interesting places," said Glen Murphy, ACNielsen's managing director for China.
While the spending figures may be good news for foreign retailers, they are far from representative of China's 1.3 billion people as a whole.
Even in China's three wealthiest cities of Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, where the survey was conducted, only about one in 10 residents has traveled abroad. Of those who do, 69 percent are women and 36 percent are in their 20s - groups with the largest disposable incomes and the most extravagant spending habits of all Chinese.
Asian countries and regions are most favored by Chinese shoppers, with Hong Kong the top destination by far. Over 70 percent of those surveyed who visited Hong Kong said they did so mainly for shopping.
However, those visiting European countries that were opened as official tourism destinations last year spent the most - an average of US$1,781 per person per trip, the survey said.
It said fashion, cosmetics and candies were the top three purchases by Chinese visitors, a contrast to European travelers who spend the most on alcohol, perfume and tobacco products.
Industry experts say Chinese travelers tend to economize on hotel rooms and food.
ASSOCIATED PRESS>
Christopher Bodeen
May 26, 2005
Chinese tourists are spending an average of US$987 apiece, mostly on clothes and cosmetics, on overseas shopping trips. REUTERS
Retailers take note: you might want to brush up on your Putonghua.
Chinese are now outspending Japanese on overseas shopping trips, blowing an average of US$987 (HK$7,699) on designer clothes, cosmetics and other items each time they go abroad, according to a recent survey.
Rising incomes and loosened government restrictions allowed 29 million Chinese to travel overseas in 2004, a 43 percent increase over the year before, according to the survey by market research firms ACNielsen and Tax Free World Association.
Although Chinese spend less altogether on their overseas trips than Japanese travelers, they splurge more at the shops, accounting for about 30 percent of their total spending, according to the survey.
"With increased disposable incomes, the Chinese are turning to overseas travel and exploring new and interesting places," said Glen Murphy, ACNielsen's managing director for China.
While the spending figures may be good news for foreign retailers, they are far from representative of China's 1.3 billion people as a whole.
Even in China's three wealthiest cities of Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, where the survey was conducted, only about one in 10 residents has traveled abroad. Of those who do, 69 percent are women and 36 percent are in their 20s - groups with the largest disposable incomes and the most extravagant spending habits of all Chinese.
Asian countries and regions are most favored by Chinese shoppers, with Hong Kong the top destination by far. Over 70 percent of those surveyed who visited Hong Kong said they did so mainly for shopping.
However, those visiting European countries that were opened as official tourism destinations last year spent the most - an average of US$1,781 per person per trip, the survey said.
It said fashion, cosmetics and candies were the top three purchases by Chinese visitors, a contrast to European travelers who spend the most on alcohol, perfume and tobacco products.
Industry experts say Chinese travelers tend to economize on hotel rooms and food.
ASSOCIATED PRESS>
Most cosmopolitan city in the Americas?
Which is(are) the most cosmopolitan* city(ies) on the Western Hemisphere? Where do you rate the cities in the above poll? Is there a glaring omission (or plurality of same)?
*Cosmopolitan: Having broad international sophistication; Having worldwide rather than limited scope; world class; culturally and ethnically diverse.>
*Cosmopolitan: Having broad international sophistication; Having worldwide rather than limited scope; world class; culturally and ethnically diverse.>
hongkong+tokyo+newyorkcity: Best city in the world
if you combine hongkong modern skyscraper,skyscraper living,density,height,quantity of skyscraper
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nyc history,art deco tower,muticulturalism,internationalization
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tokyo technology,railway,economy,population and urban area,nice people
would it be the greatest city in world??>
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nyc history,art deco tower,muticulturalism,internationalization
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tokyo technology,railway,economy,population and urban area,nice people
would it be the greatest city in world??>
Would you wanna live and work in a vertical city?
Would you wanna live and work in a vertical city? Yes, alot of cities worldwide have their own set of skyscrapers but there are only a few cities that can be considered as vertical. My definition of a vertical city is the majority of the city are high-rises and where people either live or work. Examples of vertical cities would be Hong Kong, New York or Sao Paulo.
There are some who prefer cities where the vertical areas are usually downtown or in a CBD. Cities like Houston or Los Angeles where the majority live in their own private homes with some working on high-rises.
How about you? Do prefer living in a vertical city?>
There are some who prefer cities where the vertical areas are usually downtown or in a CBD. Cities like Houston or Los Angeles where the majority live in their own private homes with some working on high-rises.
How about you? Do prefer living in a vertical city?>
Can high crude oil prices risk China and Indias hope of being economic superpowers?
So here we are, 2006 and Crude Oil is about $73 a barrel. Crude Oil is the blood which flows through the veins of most (if not all) economies in the world.
China and India are growing at amazing rates, despite having populations of over a billion people the living conditions for all of it's people are improving significantly.
The point of this thread is too ask when does oil get to the point that economic growth stagnates and it's too expensive too develop infastructure at the pace it is now?>
China and India are growing at amazing rates, despite having populations of over a billion people the living conditions for all of it's people are improving significantly.
The point of this thread is too ask when does oil get to the point that economic growth stagnates and it's too expensive too develop infastructure at the pace it is now?>
DUCKBILL folks gone crazy
these painter dudes have gone crazy!!! has anyone here seen this nutty video of painters comparing the best dust masks????Looks like the DUCKBILL
rules.http://www.duckbill.tv
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rules.http://www.duckbill.tv
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Are Latin American cities cheaper alternatives to California cities?
Are Latin American cities cheaper alternatives to California cities?>
Show the industrial cities of your countries
Let's share the pix of industrial cities of your countries. Plant pix may be the best, but pix of cultural and residential areas of cities are ok too.>
How do you decide what is and what isn't part of your city?
To rephrase this question, which of various definitions that are used on this site do you feel most strongly defines the extents of, your city and also of any city. There are various I see used, often by people who want to discuss population figures, but sometimes definitions arrived at by calucation and suchlike are used in other threads. So I don't mean where would you draw the line for population measurement, but where would you draw it in ordinary conversation.
And example about metro figures, I see that in the US they are very clearly defined and well known, whereas in the UK not many people are aware of this sort of technical metro area and where they are used for discussion of something outside of population measures, such as saying which city a certain place is in, it can get confusing, as there are many places which are within one or more metro area. An example, say, Warrington, a town between Liverpool and Manchester, which would be in the metro area by US definitions (and is in the city region by UK definitions) of both. yet Warrington is large enough to have it's own culture and definition. Most people in the UK know where Warrington is as a seperate town and don't treat it like a suburb and no-one in Warrington has anything remotely like a Liverpool or Manchester accent, the two cities football teams aren't massively popular there, in fact Warrington is more of a rugby league town. Anyway, the point I make is Warrington is a distinct place. Yet in most of America cities stand as islands almost with their metro area a fuzzy boundary between the city and the country/desert but not so much confusion about the fact that places within the metro area definitely relate strongly with the city.
So which boundary of place means most to you? examples could be The metro area, the city proper, some historical boundary of the city, a ring road, the continuous urbanised area or some more cultural definition, such as the local accent.
I ask this because I'm interested in the culture of cities and the relationship of this culture to 21st century patterns of urbanisation which certainly don't keep to any boundaries of culture or anything like that.>
And example about metro figures, I see that in the US they are very clearly defined and well known, whereas in the UK not many people are aware of this sort of technical metro area and where they are used for discussion of something outside of population measures, such as saying which city a certain place is in, it can get confusing, as there are many places which are within one or more metro area. An example, say, Warrington, a town between Liverpool and Manchester, which would be in the metro area by US definitions (and is in the city region by UK definitions) of both. yet Warrington is large enough to have it's own culture and definition. Most people in the UK know where Warrington is as a seperate town and don't treat it like a suburb and no-one in Warrington has anything remotely like a Liverpool or Manchester accent, the two cities football teams aren't massively popular there, in fact Warrington is more of a rugby league town. Anyway, the point I make is Warrington is a distinct place. Yet in most of America cities stand as islands almost with their metro area a fuzzy boundary between the city and the country/desert but not so much confusion about the fact that places within the metro area definitely relate strongly with the city.
So which boundary of place means most to you? examples could be The metro area, the city proper, some historical boundary of the city, a ring road, the continuous urbanised area or some more cultural definition, such as the local accent.
I ask this because I'm interested in the culture of cities and the relationship of this culture to 21st century patterns of urbanisation which certainly don't keep to any boundaries of culture or anything like that.>
How many beaches does your city have?
So how many beaches does your city have? This is probably an advantage for cities with access to ocean.
Sydney: 169 beaches>
Sydney: 169 beaches>
A passionate Spanish defence of LONDON
I have spent a day or two looking over these interesting but sometimes really horribly bigoted and nationalistic forums and one thing really made me think. There is a small number of people who hate other nations/cities and some of these pick on London. Forgive me if this has been done before but I am new here and as a foreign resident of London I thought my perspective might be useful.
I am Spanish, 35, from Madrid and I moved to London to be with my English girlfriend. Sadly...that part didn't last :-( but I liked it here so I decided to stay. I spend nearly all of the year in London but also go back home to Madrid often. My work in London takes me all over Europe and sometimes other places. And now some random facts and opinions of mine that I hope will answer some of the very dumb and childish things that were said about London and England on these forums.
London is neither poor nor old. If London were a country it would be the 8th economy of the world! After Hamburg London has the best GDP per capita of all EU. Much of London IS old but mostly in a nice way. There are very many beautiful Victorian suburbs, some on the Thames. And please tell me which city in Europe can have what London has: more than TWENTY KILOMETERS of brand new, beautiful riverside districts of apartments, skyscrapers, coverted lofts. That's right. 20 km of north and south of the eastern part of the Thames. Totally ultra modern and lovely and still building. Many enormous skyscrapers being in construction now, and more planned. OF COURSE there are old and poor parts...some of the East End and some of the South...some dangerous areas and some poor parts. But most of London is regenerated and nice. I live in an old district full of nice houses, young people, everything fun and a spirit of the new.
Shopping here is without parallel in my opinion, except New York which is maybe even better. You can buy literally anything. Paris is elegant for shopping...but has nothing of the range of London.
I don't like to criticise other cities too much like people do here. Each European city is splendid or interesting in its own way. I love our Madrid of course....for the people and also the 'marcha' (the buzz/nightlife). But London has plently of marcha, just different. Paris is a lovely city...but...it is old and bourgeois and does not have the immense variety of London. Paris is splendid...but it's 'monumental'. It's too much like a museum for me to live. And it feels like the capital of France. London feels like the capital of the WORLD, not only England.
There is a spirit of enormous optimism in London. They have won the Olympics hosting of 2012 (of course in many ways I wanted Madrid to win :-((() and there is great construction, planning and so on. The sense of business and economy is huge. This is a city that rises and rises. Everywhere I look something new is happening, some idea, some new thing. The employment market is very good. Salaries are excellent and if London is so poor, why is it the city with more EU residents than any other?? Ask the many French, Belgians and Germans who work in my office. 120,000 French citizens live in London!
Madrid will always be my heart and my ultimate home. But London? London is magnificent and I think some very stupid and unfair things have been said about it. If it is so bad, why are so many of us HERE? Of course London has problems...which city does not?? The transport system is one of the world's originals, so some of it is old. The new parts of the tube by the way are totally beautiful, clean and modern...but other lines suck. The weather could be better...but it is never as bad as people think. May and June this year were non-stop sunny and warm. (Though it is raining today!)
For a young person with ideas and ambition, London is one of THE cities of the world. To say it is boring, poor and old? No, you don't have a right to an opinion if your opinion is not justified by FACTS and KNOWLEDGE. I think some people here say thes things because of the Olympics success, Iraq, the Euro and othjer political things. Maybe they remember some small 4 day trip they made in the 1980s. I am a European and I love ALL Europe...but sorry, London in the capital.>
I am Spanish, 35, from Madrid and I moved to London to be with my English girlfriend. Sadly...that part didn't last :-( but I liked it here so I decided to stay. I spend nearly all of the year in London but also go back home to Madrid often. My work in London takes me all over Europe and sometimes other places. And now some random facts and opinions of mine that I hope will answer some of the very dumb and childish things that were said about London and England on these forums.
London is neither poor nor old. If London were a country it would be the 8th economy of the world! After Hamburg London has the best GDP per capita of all EU. Much of London IS old but mostly in a nice way. There are very many beautiful Victorian suburbs, some on the Thames. And please tell me which city in Europe can have what London has: more than TWENTY KILOMETERS of brand new, beautiful riverside districts of apartments, skyscrapers, coverted lofts. That's right. 20 km of north and south of the eastern part of the Thames. Totally ultra modern and lovely and still building. Many enormous skyscrapers being in construction now, and more planned. OF COURSE there are old and poor parts...some of the East End and some of the South...some dangerous areas and some poor parts. But most of London is regenerated and nice. I live in an old district full of nice houses, young people, everything fun and a spirit of the new.
Shopping here is without parallel in my opinion, except New York which is maybe even better. You can buy literally anything. Paris is elegant for shopping...but has nothing of the range of London.
I don't like to criticise other cities too much like people do here. Each European city is splendid or interesting in its own way. I love our Madrid of course....for the people and also the 'marcha' (the buzz/nightlife). But London has plently of marcha, just different. Paris is a lovely city...but...it is old and bourgeois and does not have the immense variety of London. Paris is splendid...but it's 'monumental'. It's too much like a museum for me to live. And it feels like the capital of France. London feels like the capital of the WORLD, not only England.
There is a spirit of enormous optimism in London. They have won the Olympics hosting of 2012 (of course in many ways I wanted Madrid to win :-((() and there is great construction, planning and so on. The sense of business and economy is huge. This is a city that rises and rises. Everywhere I look something new is happening, some idea, some new thing. The employment market is very good. Salaries are excellent and if London is so poor, why is it the city with more EU residents than any other?? Ask the many French, Belgians and Germans who work in my office. 120,000 French citizens live in London!
Madrid will always be my heart and my ultimate home. But London? London is magnificent and I think some very stupid and unfair things have been said about it. If it is so bad, why are so many of us HERE? Of course London has problems...which city does not?? The transport system is one of the world's originals, so some of it is old. The new parts of the tube by the way are totally beautiful, clean and modern...but other lines suck. The weather could be better...but it is never as bad as people think. May and June this year were non-stop sunny and warm. (Though it is raining today!)
For a young person with ideas and ambition, London is one of THE cities of the world. To say it is boring, poor and old? No, you don't have a right to an opinion if your opinion is not justified by FACTS and KNOWLEDGE. I think some people here say thes things because of the Olympics success, Iraq, the Euro and othjer political things. Maybe they remember some small 4 day trip they made in the 1980s. I am a European and I love ALL Europe...but sorry, London in the capital.>
third term metropolitan area planning
can anyone tell something about thrid term metropolitan area planning experience.. (after 1990s) strategic area arrangement..
what is the criterion of resolution process?
i know France model.. and i'm payyin' attention about others..>
what is the criterion of resolution process?
i know France model.. and i'm payyin' attention about others..>
Best US Cities for Singles
According to Forbes magazine the following are the 40 best cities for Singles to live in:
The Cities
1. Denver-Boulder
2. Boston
3. San Francisco
4. Raleigh-Durham
5. Washington-Baltimore
6. Atlanta
7. Los Angeles
8. New York
9. Chicago
10. Seattle
11. Austin
12. Philadelphia
13. Minneapolis-St. Paul
14. Phoenix
15. Sacramento
16. Detroit
17. Houston
18. Columbus
19. Portland
20. Dallas-Ft. Worth
21. San Diego
22. Nashville
23. Miami
24. Salt Lake City
25. Las Vegas
26. New Orleans
27. St. Louis
28. Cleveland
29. Pittsburgh
30. Cincinnati
31. Orlando
32. Milwaukee
33. Charlotte
34. Indianapolis
35. San Antonio
36. Tampa
37. Providence
38. Kansas City
39. Norfolk
40. Greensboro
Forbes: Our fifth annual listing of America's Best Cities for Singles ranks 40 of the largest metropolitan areas in six different categories: nightlife, culture, job growth, number of other singles, cost of living alone and coolness.
See: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/07/..._0725land.html>
The Cities
1. Denver-Boulder
2. Boston
3. San Francisco
4. Raleigh-Durham
5. Washington-Baltimore
6. Atlanta
7. Los Angeles
8. New York
9. Chicago
10. Seattle
11. Austin
12. Philadelphia
13. Minneapolis-St. Paul
14. Phoenix
15. Sacramento
16. Detroit
17. Houston
18. Columbus
19. Portland
20. Dallas-Ft. Worth
21. San Diego
22. Nashville
23. Miami
24. Salt Lake City
25. Las Vegas
26. New Orleans
27. St. Louis
28. Cleveland
29. Pittsburgh
30. Cincinnati
31. Orlando
32. Milwaukee
33. Charlotte
34. Indianapolis
35. San Antonio
36. Tampa
37. Providence
38. Kansas City
39. Norfolk
40. Greensboro
Forbes: Our fifth annual listing of America's Best Cities for Singles ranks 40 of the largest metropolitan areas in six different categories: nightlife, culture, job growth, number of other singles, cost of living alone and coolness.
See: http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/07/..._0725land.html>
Your Metropolitan Area
I see alot of posts stating metropolitan areas of cities. Do you personally consistantly travel to parts of your Metro or not? EX: Miami to FT Lauderdale or Philadelphia to Cape May, NJ. What great locations do you have in your metropolitan area? What city do you go to often, how far is it from your city, etc..>
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