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And no, cable cars/Central Park/Chrylser Building/Brooklyn Bridge are nowhere near as well known worldwide as the Statue of Liberty or the Golden Gate. In America, yeah... but America isn't the world.
Seven of them of female persuasion could be known as iconic, though not monumental. Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope...Sturdy wood and a good view adds to the perspective.
They're iconic. Folks worldwide know about the painted victorians.
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And no, cable cars/Central Park/Chrylser Building/Brooklyn Bridge are nowhere near as well known worldwide as the Statue of Liberty or the Golden Gate. In America, yeah... but America isn't the world.
That's nonsense. The Golden Gate isn't better known than these other monuments.
My family is mostly abroad, and there's no way they would make a distinction, saying, "gee, I know that bridge in CA, but never heard of SF cable cars; never heard of Central Park", etc. Complete nonsense.
They're iconic. Folks worldwide know about the painted victorians.
That's nonsense. The Golden Gate isn't better known than these other monuments.
My family is mostly abroad, and there's no way they would make a distinction, saying, "gee, I know that bridge in CA, but never heard of SF cable cars; never heard of Central Park", etc. Complete nonsense.
uhh.... you realize that the GG is one of the most featured American monuments in film right? Probably only behind the statue of liberty. The only way most people outside of America, China and Europe see us is through Hollywood... Central Park is definitely not Hollywood's main focus, nor are cable cars and painted victorians.
uhh.... you realize that the GG is one of the most featured American monuments in film right? Probably only behind the statue of liberty. The only way most people outside of America, China and Europe see us is through Hollywood... Central Park is definitely not Hollywood's main focus, nor are cable cars and painted victorians.
Except the almost 8million international visitors a year to NYC and all...
which is about 7-8x any other city.
Contrary to your belief a large portion of Europeans and those from other continents have been to the US...and its generally NYC.
So considering NYC is far more featured in film than SF, along with almost 7-8X the international visitors... even more so if you added it up to current life time of people who have been... I would say NYC and it's icons have FAR more exposure than SF.
uhh.... you realize that the GG is one of the most featured American monuments in film right? Probably only behind the statue of liberty. The only way most people outside of America, China and Europe see us is through Hollywood... Central Park is definitely not Hollywood's main focus, nor are cable cars and painted victorians.
Central Park and the Empire State Building aren't world famous?
Except the almost 8million international visitors a year to NYC and all...
which is about 7-8x any other city.
Contrary to your belief a large portion of Europeans and those from other continents have been to the US...and its generally NYC.
So considering NYC is far more featured in film than SF, along with almost 7-8X the international visitors... even more so if you added it up to current life time of people who have been... I would say NYC and it's icons have FAR more exposure than SF.
You misread what I said. I said that besides Europeans and the Chinese (who both have more access to the internet and more $) most people only see us through a TV.
8 million out of the 5.7 billion who live outside of the US is still inconsequential.
Central Park and the Empire State Building aren't world famous?
What.
They're famous for those with access to the internet. For those only with access to TV (read: the rest of the world), the statue of liberty is FAR more famous than both of them combined.
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