You have to remember that Americans constitute a large percentage of the userbase so that will skew the results somewhat. Even trying to consider that I still couldn't get Miami.
I'm surprised your not surprised by Quizzling's surprise. His surprise and non-surprise were non-surprising to me but your surprise to his non-surprise to the surprise surprised me.
Well I'm not surprised that you're surprised that they're surprised that they're not surprised that they're surprised that they're not surprised that they're surprised
I will be in Bogota next week, but it doesn't surprise me at all that it isn't on this list. Indeed I would expect Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Lima and Santiago to appear before Bogota.
I think most people are only going to bother memorizing 1 or 2 Canadian cities. And my guess is they'd be Vancouver, Ontario, or Ottawa.
That's how I feel about the bottom half of South America. Buenos Aires is the most notable- good air, easy. Then Brasilia. Then it's just a mix of congested cities which I probably have no interest in visiting.
I guess Rio de Janeiro is at the top of the marketing pile due to the money they spent on the Olympics. I guess that's what doing something like buying the Olympics, or an F1 race, will get you- name recognition.
I'm confused by your feelings about South America. The Southern Cone is smaller than India and has roughly the same population as Mexico, a lot of those people concentrated in maybe 10ish cities over 1M people. I don't know how they're any more congested than other major world cities. Plus it has the Andes, Pampas, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Iguazu Falls, and lots of beaches if you're not a city person. Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay have the highest HDIs in South America. Why so dismissive? Your loss I guess.
You really think Rio de Janeiro (!) has only recently become known to a wider audience, and that just because of F1 and the Olympics? Rio and Buenos Aires are probably the two most iconic cities in South America to most people. Naming Brasilia (an artificial city in the middle of nowhere), on the other hand, is something that many people won't be able to do at all...
Hosting the Olympics does not matter (despite being the last). In addition, there was a fraud in the choice by the director general of the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee. He was even arrested in 2017.
I live in Brazil, in Belo Horizonte. BH (as it is also known), is a prominent city here, but I already expected not to see it in the quiz. Now, what surprises me is the lack of São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil, the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere. It is true that Rio de Janeiro is the most visited city in Brazil, but the result surprised me. Curiosity: the capital of Brazil, is Brasília, and not any of those mentioned.
I think some people see "world cities" and assume that means the USA is excluded. But after guessing Tokyo, London, and Paris and seeing there's still an empty spot at the top... probably most of them go on and guess New York.
It is, but have you worked for a US-based global company? Their definitions (admittedly in my not-too-extensive experience) of international, etc. tend to mean "non-US", whereas to me it means "the whole world, including US". OK, not exactly the same, but similar thinking
That assumption seemed strange to me (as a German) at first. However, admittedly, it does fit the image many have of the stereotypical US-American mindset, so maybe not too far fetched after all!
Interesting that Washington DC doesn't make the list, but San Francisco does. There are also numerous other world cities that I would have assumed would be here, like Hong Kong, Bangkok, etc.
Apart from politics ( which not everybody follows) washington is hardly ever mentioned. I think you hear most about NY, LA, San francisco, Chicago and Miami.
I never associate DC with being a city for some reason. Maybe it has to do with the weirdness of Washington State vs Washington DC being on opposite ends of the country. And also the vagueness of "district". It's in a little overlooked pocket of my brain, alongside Bangladesh.
I wonder if there would be any cities that would show up here but do not because they have populations under 2.5 million. No really obvious ones I can think of, since it goes by urban area and not city proper. But maybe.
Probably, but I wouldnt know which ones. Especially since I dont know the populations of all. My first two thoughts are Athens and Amsterdam. Athens urban area seems to have passed 3 mil. Amsterdam seems to be a contender.
I think you have the best shot in Europe and the US. For africa and asia we tend to know mainly the big ones, and sometimes not even those ! (besides capitals).
I was thinking the same as K - would it be an idea to put this qualification in the headers, e.g. minimum population 2.63m [currently] or within the largest 200?
also the answers here are skewed toward what people would think of as large cities, since the answers are taken from the biggest cities in the world quiz.
I did the whole quiz thinking I was supposed to name the most named capital cities. I was endlessly puzzled when Washington DC was not on the list. What a dope I felt like when the answers came up.
Man once again I thought it was only capitals, it seems like I did that last time when I got 9, I was at 10 this time and was slightly confused none of my other attempts worked. untill with 30/35 seconds on the clock I decide to look at the title again... got all but 2
hmmm... Interesting to see that other than India, China, and the USA (the three most populous countries) the one country with two world renown cities is Spain.
kind of crazy that Jakarta makes it on the list, it might be a populous city but it's not very well known among'st westerners (the primary users of the site)
You do realise that a VAST amount of users on this site already have a significant knowledge of geography beforehand? Saying that it's crazy that Jakarta makes the list is a little absurd because in my "Western country" a huge majority know Jakarta very well.
I think most people that do not know much about geography do know jakarta. In my experience atleast (and many of those people can name only a handfull of countries, if they would be asked to name 10 african countries I dont think they would get there).
I am surprised by some of the cities making the list, and some not.
San Francisco, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Milan, Saint Petersburg, Cape Town, Makkah, Seoul and even Bangkok or Melbourne are all not there.
Meanwhile, it's shocking that Barcelona and Miami were there too. If you ask me which one is more iconic, let's say Milano or Barcelona - I'd probably say Milano. [Def. not because I like Inter.]
That's how I feel about the bottom half of South America. Buenos Aires is the most notable- good air, easy. Then Brasilia. Then it's just a mix of congested cities which I probably have no interest in visiting.
I guess Rio de Janeiro is at the top of the marketing pile due to the money they spent on the Olympics. I guess that's what doing something like buying the Olympics, or an F1 race, will get you- name recognition.
And even as of January 2021 it was still the last Olympic host city...
I think you have the best shot in Europe and the US. For africa and asia we tend to know mainly the big ones, and sometimes not even those ! (besides capitals).
Ah and vatican city and monaco might have a shot.
Me when I start this quiz: wHaT's A cItY???
San Francisco, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Milan, Saint Petersburg, Cape Town, Makkah, Seoul and even Bangkok or Melbourne are all not there.
Meanwhile, it's shocking that Barcelona and Miami were there too. If you ask me which one is more iconic, let's say Milano or Barcelona - I'd probably say Milano. [Def. not because I like Inter.]