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I would say that being the home for Coca Cola and CNN would make Atlanta more iconic than many of the cities being championed. Also, how many of the cities being championed have hosted a Summer Olympics?
CNN is mostly in NYC these days. And why would the HQ of a beverage company make a city iconic?
I agree DC has more to do, but to someone from Europe, where monuments, museums, and other things are commonplace, Las Vegas is "different" and "exciting" to them. The fact is that no other city like it exists in the world, a sort of imaginary wonderland in the desert.
You can hate Las Vegas all you want, but that doesn't lessen the attraction from foreigners. It's as iconic as Graceland, the Statue of Liberty, or Mount Rushmore.
I do not hate Las Vegas lol no reason too but it's not a world class city.
I never said it was, but it is an iconic city which is what the question was.
If you clearly looked at my whole conversation my response was to the person saying before. I never said you said it was a world class city, the person I responded to made it out to seem that way and was bashing dc. There was no need for your input in the first place but ok
I never said it was, but it is an iconic city which is what the question was.
It's not an "iconic city". It's a city with an iconic street running through it (Las Vegas Blvd - the strip). That's like saying Anaheim is an iconic city because Disneyland is there. Nobody travels to Las Vegas from foreign countries and says "Oh, I can't wait to see Summerlin!", or "Oh, I can't wait to go to Winchester!". They go there for the strip, and maybe downtown. That's it.
It's not an "iconic city". It's a city with an iconic street running through it (Las Vegas Blvd - the strip). That's like saying Anaheim is an iconic city because Disneyland is there. Nobody travels to Las Vegas from foreign countries and says "Oh, I can't wait to see Summerlin!", or "Oh, I can't wait to go to Winchester!". They go there for the strip, and maybe downtown. That's it.
I agree DC has more to do, but to someone from Europe, where monuments, museums, and other things are commonplace, Las Vegas is "different" and "exciting" to them. The fact is that no other city like it exists in the world, a sort of imaginary wonderland in the desert.
You can hate Las Vegas all you want, but that doesn't lessen the attraction from foreigners. It's as iconic as Graceland, the Statue of Liberty, or Mount Rushmore.
I have found it rather surprising how little most Europeans (that I've met) seem to care about DC. The museums and monuments generally don't seem to be too big of a draw in consideration of all those back home, plus the inclusion of American history being relatively short. Most people that I meet who are interested in the US care most about NYC, the wild west/national parks (SF, LA, and Vegas often get roped in as a road trip here), or beaches.
Overseas people have never heard of Harvard, BU, MIT, or the American Revolution?
"In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?"
Quote by Mark Twain.
The guy is right, despite all the top universites, few people outside the US care about Boston or know anything about the actual city; most assume it's just a smaller NYC. Which is a shame, because it's a very nice city with it's own distinct culture.
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