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**Provost Harrison** · January 17, 2003, 17:36

I like skyscrapers. This country needs more

**Dauphin** · January 17, 2003, 17:59

Have you been to London recently? Canada tower doesn't look so lonely.

**David Floyd** · January 17, 2003, 18:03

Tokyo, New York, LA, Osaka, and Paris.

**David Floyd** · January 17, 2003, 18:04

I currently live in a Dallas suburb.

Which one, Brizey?

**Datajack Franit** · January 17, 2003, 18:10

Osaka, Tokyo, Shanghai

**The Mad Monk** · January 17, 2003, 18:34

Tokyo, Osaka, New York, Los Angelos, Paris.

**Nubclear** · January 17, 2003, 18:50

Hmm...These numbers seem slightly bloated from what I've read....

**Alinestra Covelia** · January 17, 2003, 18:52

Shanghai and Tianjin are both pretty nice cities. Beijing is good but is much more of an acquired taste.

Still, it didn't stop me from going berserk on the night of the 16th Plenum.

Those of you who fear for strict police control of Beijing's nightlife will be pleasantly surprised to hear that they let me go with a warning after they found me and two of my friends running around naked at 4am near JiaoDaoKou South street. One of my friends was worrying the nearby birdcages with his - ahem - manhood ("But officer I was just offering them another branch to perch on!") and another was busily being sick in a corner of the courtyard. All three of us got off with warnings, except the bird lover, who was working for an embassy and therefore had to write a letter of apology as well.

Bear in mind that this was during the evening of tightest security during the handover from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao.

So at least they have a sense of humor.

**Traianvs** · January 17, 2003, 19:21

I was told Cairo had 18 million inhabitants, the biggest city in Afica.. Egypt hasn't got much land that can be inhabited, most ppl live in Cairo or Alexandria etc...

Where did you find that number, 9700000?

**MRT144** · January 17, 2003, 19:52

most people in the bay area consider SF, SJ, and Oakland to all be one metro area. considering SF, and SJ are around 50 mile apart and both over 700k in population with san jose nearing 1 million. Also the metro area has about 6-7 million people

cities inbetween like san mateo boast 90k in population and there are many smaller towns with anywhere from 30k like foster city to redwood city with 75k...
but all these cities are smooshed up next to each other.

the east bay between oakland and san jose is very similar too in this respect with cities like fremont, hayward. both of which have populations over 100k

**Fiera** · January 18, 2003, 02:11

Snapcase:

LA, boring? Well, I'm Spanish and I don't find LA boring at all, that should mean something... I'm pretty sure you'd like it there.

**Dr. Nick** · January 18, 2003, 02:14

Fiera!

*logs Fiera sighting*

**Fiera** · January 18, 2003, 02:22

Hola, El Awr:

I voted for LA and Buenos Aires, BTW...

**MRT144** · January 18, 2003, 02:39

i hate LA...too many damn people and too much urban sprawl...

**Fiera** · January 18, 2003, 02:46

I keep asking myself why everybody forgets about Beverly Hills, Santa Monica or Malibu and thinks only about South Central LA when talking about LA...

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