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Moscow is not typical of *all* of Russia, but it's maybe a good example of what you are talking about. Likewise, Kiev is pretty representative of both the Western and Eastern parts of Ukraine.
I've never been there but would expect Tokyo to be pretty typically Japanese.
Than I'd say pretty much every city throughout Asia and South America and probably Africa (I've spent a lot of time in the first two contininents, haven't in Africa). But I'd say they ALL represent their cultures very well.
With 'Western countries', they generally have a completely different mix of people than you'd see in their 'countryside'.
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If it's in relation to immigration numbers.
Than I'd say pretty much every city throughout Asia and South America and probably Africa (I've spent a lot of time in the first two contininents, haven't in Africa). But I'd say they ALL represent their cultures very well.
With 'Western countries', they generally have a completely different mix of people than you'd see in their 'countryside'.
Yes this tends to apply only to immigrant nations, which tend to be Western due to the high socio-economic status of these nations.
Diverse nations also have cities that are not typical of the country, like Spain and Barcelona or Italy and Venice.
They've probably changed somewhat since I was there, but quite a few African countries have cities that aren't much of a city. Kigali, Rwanda, and Tananarive, Madagascar, come to mind as cities that are basically just overgrown versions of the countryside with a cluster of embassies. Also, Vientiane, Laos.
Well, does Edinburgh still feel like Scotland? What proportion of people living in Edinburgh were brought up in the area and sound and generally behave Scottish? Often in London if I'm sat on the bus and somebody's phone goes off I'm genuinely surprised if somebody actually answers it in a native English-speaking voice. If you eat in a restaurant here it's very rare to be served by somebody born in this city.
Whenever I'm in Edinburgh, every time I encounter a local I say to myself "Thank God Edinburgh is an international city."
Whenever I'm in Edinburgh, every time I encounter a local I say to myself "Thank God Edinburgh is an international city."
Glasgow has been Scotland's "major city" since 1821.
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