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You telling me people around the world can't recognize this skyline?
I really don't think most people could recognize Shanghai's skyline.
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Or this...
Probably as Dubai is pretty famous for it's skyline. Hong Kong would be another one. But most cities I don't think are recognized by their collection of office buildings in the downtown core; London, Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, etc..even LA is probably more recognized by the Hollywood sign and the topography than it's skyline. One time I was looking a pic of the LA skyline on the computer with the snow capped mountains in the background and two of my friends (that live in San Diego less than 2 hours from LA) thought it was Denver lol.
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Or maybe this one. Trigger any lingering memories? Or maybe it's time to renew your passport?
When include monuments and landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, Space Needle, Golden Gate Bridge, etc..with skylines yes it's easy to recognize them. But show a collection of office buildings, which is typically what most skylines are made up of, then I think it becomes a lot harder. Show a pic of La Defense and see how many people identify that as Paris.
first of all paris' skyline isn't in that pic, and secondly the pic of shanghai and Dubai aren't as universally known because they are new skylines.. do u think ur grandma or auntie wud recognize those cities before San Francisco???... I didn't think so the GGbridgr alone is more known than those cities.. not everybody is skyscraper conscious
The grandma comment would only apply for US grandmas though, and maybe Canadian.
The idea that the Golden Gate Bridge alone is "more known" than those cities is kind of ridiculous.
You sound crazy,,,Chicago is a BASIC American city and doesn't have really anything distinctive about it other than terrible weather. Even a Martian would recognize San Francisco.... so I say SF no contest (GGBridge, Victorian urban houses compacted on rolling hills, Alcatraz, Mountain backdrop, Bay bridge, coastline, Transamerica pyramid, Cable cars)
first of all paris' skyline isn't in that pic, and secondly the pic of shanghai and Dubai aren't as universally known because they are new skylines.. do u think ur grandma or auntie wud recognize those cities before San Francisco???... I didn't think so the GGbridge alone is more known than those cities towers.. not everybody is skyscraper conscious, but ur grandparents and kids kno where the golden gate bridge is, but not the burj khalifa
I'm a bit embarrassed to say, but growing up in Germany, we really did not know and never seen things like your beloved Golden Gate or cable cars. Maybe we were just a bit close minded in Berlin and were not exposed to American culture as much. My Oma never set foot in America, and the only thing she'd recognize about America was probably Statue of Liberty, Empire State, maybe Capitol Hill, and western cowboys... And you are right, she definitely wouldn't recognize Shanghai or Dubai. I think Dubai was just a fishing town back in her days.
As far as Internationally recognizable I'd say S.F.
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the GGbridgr alone is more known than those cities.. not everybody is skyscraper conscious
