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Changing your language settings to Spanish doesn't change your IP address which is what google uses to throw results at you. This fail on your end, I let slide twice because it was hilarious. Not to mention I'm not sure if it's even a more stupid criteria than your number of nobel laureates.
It's an idiotic metric.
Detroit and Rome have about the same number of Google hits. Therefore, according to some, Detroit is equally as globally prominent as Rome, only the most important historical city on earth, and only the most important religious center in global history. Who knew?
Ft. Lauderdale, from a tourist perspective, is obviously a million times more prominent than Evanston. I don't get what people are arguing over. No one cares if Evanston has a better "downtown" or whatever (and it really doesn't), Evanston is basically just a suburb (a nice older suburb), with a tourist value of basically zero. No one is going to travel from halfway around the world to see a typical older Midwest suburb.
Detroit and Rome have about the same number of Google hits. Therefore, according to some, Detroit is equally as globally prominent as Rome, only the most important historical city on earth, and only the most important religious center in global history. Who knew?
Not to mention he failed at the very basic premise, google returns your result based on IP address, not the language settings. He will have to change his IP address and try again.
But it's funny, soon his criteria will be the number of baseball fans is a good measure of internationally recognition
Lol, I knew you were a troll. You probably don't even live in South Florida if you can't recognize that this is Miami. News flash -- Downtown Ft Lauderdale is not on the water.
Is there any of those overall global city rankings that puts Miami ahead of Chicago?
Probably no, because those rankings usually measure economic activity, so it wouldn't make any sense for Miami to be ranked ahead. Chicago is clearly a bigger city with a bigger economy.
But those rankings don't really have anything to do with global recognition, I don't think.
Ft Lauderdale has approximately the same population as those 3 combined, focus on the urban area of Ft Lauderdale, and subtract out the water and there you go.
Lincoln road is for tourists, there is a bazillion other places near me for shopping than Lincoln. And within 5 minutes of walking too. The whole Miami Beach is one big shopping paradise.
And of course, there are also a bazillion other places near the residents of Chicago's near north side for shopping. And I would be a little nicer about the tourists if I were you. The economy of Miami Beach depends on them. Take way the tourists and you mostly would just have a retirement community.
Don't you remember tourism is essentially your only plausible argument for why Miami has more international recognition than Chicago?
As one of the great Miami authors, Mark Twain, (He is actually a Midwesterner, but since you feel entirely free in making things up, I am taking a little license) once said: "don't argue with idiots, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with their experience." i am going to follow his advice.
The only places where Miami actually has more international recognition and renown than Chicago is in your subjective experience and delusional fantasies. You need to get off your island more often.
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