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In France, any city that isn't Paris and that does not lie on the southern coast (ie Nice and Cannes, mostly)
I grew up in Lyon, and my city is still relatively unknown. When I was living in Canada, most people asked me what it was, even if Lyon has a larger population than Ottawa or Calgary.
It's quite known in Italy because it's close to it and it was partly built by Italians, but otherwise it's pretty overlooked.
Most people I casually meet end up asking me about the everyday life in Paris or where they should sleep / what they should visit in Paris anyway.
This seems to be a common belief, and it's probably true. I met someone from Lille a couple of weeks back, and I said "yes, it's in the north, near Belgium" and he was like WOOOOOOOW you know where it is?! Amazing!
In France, any city that isn't Paris and that does not lie on the southern coast (ie Nice and Cannes, mostly)
I grew up in Lyon, and my city is still relatively unknown. When I was living in Canada, most people asked me what it was, even if Lyon has a larger population than Ottawa or Calgary.
It's quite known in Italy because it's close to it and it was partly built by Italians, but otherwise it's pretty overlooked.
Most people I casually meet end up asking me about the everyday life in Paris or where they should sleep / what they should visit in Paris anyway.
At least in Italy there are many famous cities, not just one.
This seems to be a common belief, and it's probably true. I met someone from Lille a couple of weeks back, and I said "yes, it's in the north, near Belgium" and he was like WOOOOOOOW you know where it is?! Amazing!
Well, my belief is based on actual experience !
Although Football has actually helped the situation change a bit. In England or Germany I sometimes said "Near Saint-Etienne"
This seems to be a common belief, and it's probably true. I met someone from Lille a couple of weeks back, and I said "yes, it's in the north, near Belgium" and he was like WOOOOOOOW you know where it is?! Amazing!
It actually applies to every country. I met this exchange student to our school from Northern Ireland last semester and asked if he's from Belfast then he was looking all shocked, like how do you know???!!!!!. I also once met a Mexican and asked if he's from Mexico City, he said no then I asked maybe Guadalajara? He had the same reaction.
in the 70's we had pablo escobar, the drug cartels and 40 years later people are still thinking that pretty much sums up my country
colombia is the SECOND most diverse nation on the planet after brazil in terms of biological diversity
we have over 60% of all the birds on the planet and they are mostly endemic (reason why darwin moved there)
we have deserts the size of the Benelux, jungles the size of France, atlantic coastlines, caribbean coastlines, pacific coastlines, coral reefs, mountains higher than the alps, cities that are modern and fast paced.
great singers, some of the best writers in the spanish speaking world, fantastic athletes, contributed to the planet with salsa music, mambo, latin jazz, and yet the only thing foreigners think about when they hear colombia is DRUGS
Not many people have heard of Birmingham or Manchester the 2nd and 3rd largest UK Cities. Do you see me arguing over that?
Manchester a lot of people would have heard of. Birmingham would be better known if it had a world famous "Birmingham United FC" instead of what, Aston Villa?
in the 70's we had pablo escobar, the drug cartels and 40 years later people are still thinking that pretty much sums up my country
colombia is the SECOND most diverse nation on the planet after brazil in terms of biological diversity
we have over 60% of all the birds on the planet and they are mostly endemic (reason why darwin moved there)
we have deserts the size of the Benelux, jungles the size of France, atlantic coastlines, caribbean coastlines, pacific coastlines, coral reefs, mountains higher than the alps, cities that are modern and fast paced.
great singers, some of the best writers in the spanish speaking world, fantastic athletes, contributed to the planet with salsa music, mambo, latin jazz, and yet the only thing foreigners think about when they hear colombia is DRUGS
talk about an overlooked country!
People who followed the news in those days would know Cali and Medellin (in addition to Bogota) as those were where major cartels were based.
My wife loved Colombia but I've never been.
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