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What kind of people think of hot, steamy jungles in Chile and Argentina? Please don't tell me this is a common perception in the States - let's try to at least play down the stupid stereotype.
Oh dear. You'd think most people would realize differently, but you would be very surprised...
I've had people ask me if they have giant tropical insects in Chile or the chances of getting kidnapped by drug cartels in Argentina
Yes! When you're right, you're right! If, of course, you don't count Boston and Washington and Chicago and San Francisco and Seattle and Los Angeles and ... then New York is absolutely unique!
New York density and lifestyle (no car to commute) isn't out of place in South America, Africa, Asia, Europe. San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle are the same density of Lagos suburbs or lower, Tokyo suburbs or lower, Paris suburbs or lower etcetera. While I will say in the density argument Seoul, Hong Kong and Istanbul definitely win due to the overwhelming majority living in apartments.
I think New York uniqueness just comes from it's size. The reason why LA is so different is because it's a sunbelt city and developed much latter, if all that growth had gone to Chicago instead, it would be New York City 2.0. Other wise every country is just going to name their largest city. Russia will say Moscow, Mexico will say Mexico City, Panama will say Panama City, Thailand will say Bangkok, Turkey will say Istanbul, Argentina will say Buenos Aires, Chile will say Santiago, Ukraine will say Kiev, Greece will say Athens, Japan will say Tokyo. If NYC is a agreed to be the most out of place city in the USA this thread is going to be very boring and predictable.
I disagree Osaka and other Japanese areas have similar lifestyles to Tokyo were the majority is using public transportation. Same with Paris, Montpeilier, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux don't look that different from Paris it's just scale. Chicago has ten million people and it's density is quite low(compared to the rest of the world) American style.
It's different for other countries tho. In Russia I would say St. Petersburg or maybe a city like Grozny or Vladivostok is the odd one. Paris is pretty representative of France I would say
What kind of people think of hot, steamy jungles in Chile and Argentina? Please don't tell me this is a common perception in the States - let's try to at least play down the stupid stereotype.
In fact only about 22 million people out of 422 million live in hot steamy jungles in South America; the biggest 10 cities of which being...
Obviously none of these people live in actual "hot steamy jungles", but totally urbanized cities, which I guess it is clear for everyone. However, if we count cities and towns built on areas which used to be tropical rainforests or that have the typical "hot steamy jungle" climate, the list must be expanded, and the amount of total population is much larger. You must count, for instance, big cities like Salvador, Fortaleza, Recife... even Rio de Janeiro may be considered. The place was once part of the Atlantic forest and has a fully tropical climate. I know there are awful stereotypes everywhere that are often enhanced and ridiculed, but it's not like the wet tropical environments are secondary in South America. It's just that there are still many other natural environments and climates that are also widespread.
Kashgar in the original thread post is in China but on the ancient Silk Road. Local Muslim turks and their culture are native to land. However, China certainly claims land ownership and any separatists attempts would be met with force.
Silk Road played a big role in world history and much of its fundamentals are still around. Europe aways wanted to trade with China (drove Columbus out to sea and found America), Muslims/Arabs are in the middle either helping or sabotaging the trade.
This may sound weird, but I always felt like NYC differs from the archetypal American city. While most cities in the US are characterised by a definitive CBD that becomes quiet after hours, with lots of suburban sprawl and an inadequate level of public transportation , New York breaks most of these stereotypes. It has a vast subway network, a highly urbanized core that remains lively throughout the week. It’s kinda ironic when you consider the fact that NYC is often used as the poster boy of the US, yet in many ways it’s a quite atypical American city.
I agree with this. New York is perhaps the least typical American city. Another would be Miami.
No different than the rest of the BosWash corridor.
I think Miami or Las Vegas are more "out of place"
Las Vegas has company with Reno and Atlantic City though.
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or the chances of getting kidnapped by drug cartels in Argentina 
