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To be fair, most of Latin America is not 24 hours, only places like Argentina, Brazil and a couple of others are like that.
I agree most latin cities are 11am until 4am cities. Not much going on the next mornin after you have dinner at 2am. What is considered the most productive latin city anyway? Inverse correlation with 24 hrs cities I bet.
Surprisingly most crime happens around 3 P.M.-9 P.M.... most crime doesn't happen late at night if you can believe it or not... at least those are the peak hours for Philadelphia. I don't know about other places.
i was thinking more on the lines of drunk driving. Some of the worst accidents are during the wee/early hours of the morning....
I think a convincing argument could be made for Atlantic City.
Also, an entire category that hasn't been mentioned yet in this thread is college towns. Kids go out pretty late - 12, 12:30, 1. And a lot of food places stay open for at least an hour past last call to profit from starving drunk kids who need to fill their stomachs.
I think a convincing argument could be made for Atlantic City.
Also, an entire category that hasn't been mentioned yet in this thread is college towns. Kids go out pretty late - 12, 12:30, 1. And a lot of food places stay open for at least an hour past last call to profit from starving drunk kids who need to fill their stomachs.
I think a fair question to ask is what percentage of Americans ARE up between the hours of 12 AM-6 AM? Hell, even slim that down to most metro areas.
I'll be surprised if it reaches 5-10%, tops. Maybe 15-20% on weekends, and that's being very generous.
If American cities were to support the infrastructure for a 24 hour city, how much would it be utilized? I actually think this is a cultural thing that needs to be addressed before proceeding.
Even most of New York City is asleep at night. Don't be fooled by the tourists who are out and about in a subsection of Manhattan, the vast majority of people are in their apartments and houses sleeping.
I agree most latin cities are 11am until 4am cities. Not much going on the next mornin after you have dinner at 2am. What is considered the most productive latin city anyway? Inverse correlation with 24 hrs cities I bet.
I agree. You can't have it both ways. For instant the Spanish and the Argentines have such a laid back attitude to work and stay out so late can be one of the reasons that both their economies have suffered so much as compared to other countries who have done better.
I agree. You can't have it both ways. For instant the Spanish and the Argentines have such a laid back attitude to work and stay out so late can be one of the reasons that both their economies have suffered so much as compared to other countries who have done better.
Spain was actually doing fantastically well up until the recession. Argentina has weathered the recession well, and it's an arguable case that Argentina (which was once of the wealthiest nations in the world) ended up falling behind due to insurgencies and coups supported by certain foreign governments which ended up massively destabilizing the country. There's also that whole IMF thing that got Argentina in a bad place, but seems now to have worked out as a good long-term decision.
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