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Maybe you'd rather live in Panama instead of Guatemala, but the fact Panama feels more vibrant and cosmopolitan doesn't change the fact that about 3 times as many people live in the Guatemala City area than in Panama City.
52 times more people live in Guadalajara, Mexico than in Georgetown, Cayman Islands; yet the second one (a gamma +) is much more relevant to the world than the first one (gamma).
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As for the "shock" about Santo Domingo, what else would you expect of the largest city in the Caribbean by almost 1.5m people?
San Juan, Puerto Rico has a population that is 87 times greater than Georgetown, Cayman Islands and yet Georgetown is more important.
San Juan, Puerto Rico:
Georgetown, Cayman Islands:
Kingston, Jamaica is 4 times more populous than Nassau, Bahamas; yet, Nassau is more important.
MEXICO:
mexico city (used to be biggest city in the world, not anymore... mariachis, mexicans everywhere, spicy food)
cancun (spring break, beaches)
(sorry but I don't know anything about guadalajara or those other mexican cities)
CENTRAL AMERICA:
panama city is the only thing that truly stands out (canal, cheap shopping, Americanized etc.)
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Medellin > bogota > caracas
Medellin (hot women, pablo escobar, party)
Bogota (the capital of colombia but go to medellin instead)
Caracas (violence, chavez)
ANDEAN SOUTH AMERICA:
lima (capital of peru and you go there to go to macchu picchu
cuzco (macchu picchu)
quito (cool name the equator passes on top of it)
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Buenos Aires > Santiago > anything else
Buenos aires (cool european looking city)
Santiago (the capital of chile)
BRAZIL SOUTH AMERICA:
Rio de Janeiro > any other city in brazil
RIo (Carnival, samba, party, beaches, favelas) A bit like medellin
CARIBBEAN LATIN AMERICA:
Havanna (iconic cuba) > the rest
52 times more people live in Guadalajara, Mexico than in Georgetown, Cayman Islands; yet the second one (a gamma +) is much more relevant to the world than the first one (gamma).
San Juan, Puerto Rico has a population that is 87 times greater than Georgetown, Cayman Islands and yet Georgetown is more important.
San Juan, Puerto Rico:
Georgetown, Cayman Islands:
Kingston, Jamaica is 4 times more populous than Nassau, Bahamas; yet, Nassau is more important.
I am surprised that Quito ranks higher than Guayaquil. Although Quito is the capital of Ecuador, Guayaquil is the business center of the country (kind of like comparing NYC to Washington, D.C.).
Like many others, I'm surprised Panama city doesn't rank higher. Perhaps that city has been claiming more recent attention, but it isn't as powerful/influential regionally (outside the canal) than I thought?
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The ranking was made acording to the cities their mothers live in.
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