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Old 04-03-2017, 04:45 PM
 
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Beijing is much bigger than DC and has more cultural influence. It is more like Boston+DC+LA (capital, best universities, entertainment industry).
Yes, I don't disagree. Beijing has a history and population that can't compare to DC. I was mostly thinking in terms of politics and global influence, as far as those go, I don't think any other city on the planet compares to DC and Beijing. I've never been to DC, but I spent a week in Beijing a few years ago. To be honest, I hated the city. The historical stuff was great, but the city was depressing to me. It's nothing like any other Chinese city. I do prefer northern Chinese cuisine to other Chinese cuisines, but that's a conversation for a different time. Outside of CCTV, I think other cities in China are just as influential in entertainment. Beijing is nowhere near the global reach of LA when it comes to entertainment. The universities compared to Boston is probably a good connection I didn't think of.
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Old 04-04-2017, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Montevideo resembles Buenos Aires in architecture... How can you compare it to Calgary. Calgary looks just like a modern NA city
The same with BA and Philly...orange to apples
Did you read headline properly? It was about comparing northern hemisphere places with the southern ones.

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Auckland - London? is that because of London's volcanic landscape, and two mangrove lined harbours?

Wellington - Glasgow? Would that be due to Glasgow having a harbour with steep bush clad hills, and lots of wooden houses?
Who's talking about the geological aspects? You're being way too particular.

They're oceanic cities with mainly medium density, European style architecture (barring a few skyscrapers here and there) that are on the opposite spheres. I didn't look beyond that.
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Old 04-05-2017, 03:04 AM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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Who's talking about the geological aspects? You're being way too particular.

They're oceanic cities with mainly medium density, European style architecture (barring a few skyscrapers here and there) that are on the opposite spheres. I didn't look beyond that.
European style architecture in NZ? - where would that be then?

Apart from the architecture not being the same, South America would probably have better climate matches. For NZ, Dunedin and Christchurch would be a better climate match, although calling Christchurch " the London of the South", is even more ridiculous than calling Wellington " the Glasgow of the South".
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Old 04-11-2017, 02:04 AM
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
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European style architecture in NZ? - where would that be then?

Apart from the architecture not being the same, South America would probably have better climate matches. For NZ, Dunedin and Christchurch would be a better climate match, although calling Christchurch " the London of the South", is even more ridiculous than calling Wellington " the Glasgow of the South".
I just made a facile comparison, as they are both prominent, though modest-sized, cities of their perspective spheres, which are also in the anglophone. South America isn't an English-speaking continent. I didn't really think of them as "London/Glasgow of the south".

Wait, I thought NZ had European-style architecture in its cities? These look classical European to me (excluding the skyscrapers):


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Old 04-11-2017, 04:10 AM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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Skyscrapers? - they just look like office blocks to me.

Those photos don't look particularly Eoropean to me - I'm not getting a sense that they could easily be Copenhagen, Athens or London.
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