10 most famous cities in world ?

[gjamestgirlfan]

Name 10 of what YOU consider to be the most known cites in the world. (please do not look at a atlas, map, book etc) just write down the answers that come to your head, be interesting to see how frequent the same answers come up and if varies according to where you lived and also where you visited etc.
gaz

If anyone else has any ideas of where to post be nice, as id love a mixed range of people doing, eg europe, america regions, oceania, asia, africa etc.
I have got a fair few results so far but i think i need a lot more.

[Jericho]

No particular order, but...

New York
Las Vegas
London
Liverpool
Paris
Berlin
Bangkok
Rome
Tokyo
Sydney

[rockabilly]

Los Angeles
Las Vegas
New York
Tokyo
London
Moscow
Philidelphia
Honolulu
Prague
Venice

[bellamy]

Los Angeles
Las Vegas
New York
Tokyo
London
Moscow
Philidelphia
Hawaai
Prague
Venice


Hawaii??????? Thats a state bro.

[rockabilly]

I know i had a brain freeze .

[alpha2117]

New York - The most famous city in the world
Los Angeles -The exporter of american culture
London - The British empire covered most of the Earth, most countries know London
Moscow - The Cold war ensured Moscows prominence in both the West and the East
Paris - French culture is not as pervasive as English but it's well known.
Sydney - Always near the top of the various lists. Great Harbour and some iconic architecture
Tokyo - The Japanese have become ultra prominent over the last 70 nyears
Mumbai - The sheer number of Indians as a % of world population ensures the former Bombay's place
Beijing - see Mumbai but for Chinese
Rome - The most famous city of the ancient world, home of one of the worlds dominating religions

10 close but no cigar -

Washignton DC, San Francisco - both are overshadowed by NY and LA respectivly
Berlin - has faded a little given the Germans not being as all pervasive culturally
Vienna - ask this questiopn 100 years ago and it;'s in now not so much
Barcelona & Madrid - the two main Spanish cities,Spanish culture dominated much of the world.
Rio - the best known Sth American city
Baghdad - Has been the most famous Middle eastern city for a long time
Bangkok - probably edges Seoul as the best known of the other Asian cities
Mecca - the holy city of the Muslim religion

[marissaaz]

gilabend az
globe az
randolph az
hartville oh
stubenville oh
dolores co
gallup nm
odessa tx
rolla mo
gonzales la

and yes i have been to them all :P

[NYBURBS]

New York - The most famous city in the world
Los Angeles -The exporter of american culture
London - The British empire covered most of the Earth, most countries know London
Moscow - The Cold war ensured Moscows prominence in both the West and the East
Paris - French culture is not as pervasive as English but it's well known.
Sydney - Always near the top of the various lists. Great Harbour and some iconic architecture
Tokyo - The Japanese have become ultra prominent over the last 70 nyears
Mumbai - The sheer number of Indians as a % of world population ensures the former Bombay's place
Beijing - see Mumbai but for Chinese
Rome - The most famous city of the ancient world, home of one of the worlds dominating religions

10 close but no cigar -

Washignton DC, San Francisco - both are overshadowed by NY and LA respectivly
Berlin - has faded a little given the Germans not being as all pervasive culturally
Vienna - ask this questiopn 100 years ago and it;'s in now not so much
Barcelona & Madrid - the two main Spanish cities,Spanish culture dominated much of the world.
Rio - the best known Sth American city
Baghdad - Has been the most famous Middle eastern city for a long time
Bangkok - probably edges Seoul as the best known of the other Asian cities
Mecca - the holy city of the Muslim religion

Good list and explanation imo

[alyssats]

for me...

-New York
-London
-Paris
-Tokyo

...

[subray]

New York, London, Paris, Munich... for some reason I feel a song coming on..

[Cyclops]

gilabend az
globe az
randolph az
hartville oh
stubenville oh
dolores co
gallup nm
odessa tx
rolla mo
gonzales la

and yes i have been to them all :P

Did I misunderstand the question?Or do you really believe that those cities are more known throughout the world?

London
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Moscow
Beijing
Tokyo
Washington D.C.
New York City
Los Angeles

honorable mention:
Baghdad
Cairo
Seoul
Saigon
Manila
Rio De Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Sydney
Hong Kong
Montreal
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Las Vegas

I am sure that there are others that could be mentioned

[hyperspace]

London
New York
Paris
Tokyo
Rio
LA
Rome
Barcelona
Bombay
Hong Kong

[Coroner]

I have to agree with alpha´s description of my hometown Vienna. But unlike many cities in the lists, Vienna has a past and history.

Here´s my list (in no particular order):

New York City
Rio De Janeiro
Barcelona
London
Paris
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Los Angeles
Moscow
Chicago

[alyssats]

these are the cities that would be huge in the next decades...

-Dubai
-Shanghai
-Mumbai

[ts_curious]

In no particular order:

London
Sydney
Hong Kong
Bangkok
Paris
Lisbon
Rome
Venice
Istanbul
Prague

[alpha2117]

I have to agree with alpha´s description of my hometown Vienna. But unlike many cities in the lists, Vienna has a past and history.

Here´s my list (in no particular order):

New York City
Rio De Janeiro
Barcelona
London
Paris
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Los Angeles
Moscow
Chicago

With Vienna much like Prague, Warsaw, Venice & Milan they are fading in terms of fame. Old European powers have faded over the last 150 years and newer places such as Australia and the Americas have sprung to prominence. Mumbai and Beijing should be on everybodies lists. They may have changed their names from the versions that they had (Bombay and Peking) but they have long been major centres of the world and their respective countries populations means that if you quantify fame as a high number of people knowing you exist then a lot more people have heard of them than say Chicago. Chicago is a big and important US city but it's behind NY, LA SF, Washington and maybe Vegas in terms of fame outside of the US largely because it doesn't have a big attraction to draw attention.

[George Clooney]

Amsterdam
Bangkok
Cancun
Hong Kong
Las Vegas
London
Miami
New York City
Rio de Janeiro
Tokyo

[marissaaz]

Did I misunderstand the question?Or do you really believe that those cities are more known throughout the world?

London
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Moscow
Beijing
Tokyo
Washington D.C.
New York City
Los Angeles

honorable mention:
Baghdad
Cairo
Seoul
Saigon
Manila
Rio De Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Sydney
Hong Kong
Montreal
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Las Vegas

I am sure that there are others that could be mentioned


it was a joke except the part about being to all of them :p

[crankypants007]

New York, London, Paris, Munich... for some reason I feel a song coming on..


Everybody's talking about...

[crankypants007]

In no order:

Rio - If you see shemales!! South America central...
London - It's a London thing
Paris - culture partout, let them eat cake!
Montreal - the only piece of Europe in America
NYC - the Big Apple. All ya gotta say.
Tokyo - centre of the East.
Berlin - early to mid 20th century centre of everything
Rome - Hail Cesar...Milan? Exercise, discipline, affection! lol
Istanbul - anyone ever hear of the Byzantine Empire/Ottomans?
Washington/Moscow - cold war politics

Honorary Mention:

Sydney - the place to be
Beijing - fairly new on the scene
Toronto - only seperation in 1980 put it on the map
Sao Paolo - 16 million residents, financial centre of SA
Mexico City - how many people? How much smog??
Athens - our cultural beginings
Amsterdam - one day North America will catch up (maybe)
Jerusalem - centre for many religions

It all depends where you come from, where you've been and what kind of education you've had.

[juliana_dominguez]

Paris
London
Los Angeles
New York City
Tokyo
Amsterdam
Madrid
Rome
Sao Paolo
Beijing

[tiramisu]

New York
Rio
Vienna
Bangkok
London
Paris
Bombay
Barcelona
Hongkong
Baghdad

[tstishadupree]

Dallas
Houston
columbus,oh
Cleveland,oh
Atlanta
Austin
Toronto,CA
La
San FRan
Ny