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Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth
St. Petersburg, Russia. Ballet, outstanding museums, historic sites galore, symphony, fine art, beautiful historical architecture, theaters, all spread out in a city on canals, the "Venice of the North".
There are a lot of very good cultural hubs in relation to certain cities beyond the obvious large cities and St. Petersburg is certainly one such example.
In terms of Europe other major cultural hubs beyond London and Paris include the likes of Berlin, Barcelona, Prague, Rome, Madrid, Vienna, St Petersburg, Milan, Amsterdam. Moscow etc etc.
In terms of European cities they have just been ranked by Resonance Consultancy in relation to best 100 cities in Europe, with the ranking being based on a number of factors.
"The Resonance’s study features a total of 27 metrics, ranging from rental prices and cultural attractions to poverty rates and visitor numbers. Out of all these sorts of city rankings (of which there are more than a few), Resonance’s is among the most thorough". - Time Out.
Likewise in the US you have cities beyond New York and Los Angeles such as Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington DC, Memphis, Las Vegas shows and entertainment, San Francisco, Seattle etc etc.
I am also sure there are lots of other similar lists of cities in relation to the rest of North America as well as as South America and Australia/NZ, Asia, and Africa.
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Originally Posted by Luis Antonio
When I stayed in NYC in 2014, I thought to myself: this is the world's capital.
The only issue in terms of NYC is that first it's not even the capital of the US and in terms of a lot of national institutions including museums and national libraries, archives etc they are in Washington DC.
In terms of the so-called “highbrow” “high culture”:
Paris
London
New York
Vienna
In terms of “pop culture” “youth subculture”:
Los Angeles (mainly Hollywood)
Tokyo
Miami (Latin America influence)
Hong Kong (this may be a tad controversial, some might replace with Shanghai.)
Seoul
(Taipei is very up-and-coming.)
“Highbrow” and “pop culture” aren’t exactly mutually exclusive though.
NYC sort of covers both since the majority of media still concentrate in NYC.
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NYC
-space
Paris, Rome, London
Los Angeles
-space
Mexico City, Tokyo
-space
Chicago, Washington,
Miami, Barcelona, Amsterdam
Arguably the only thing NYC 'lacks' compared to London or Paris is a global sporting culture. In the case of London there is Wembley Stadium, Lords, The Oval, Twickenham these will all host numerous international fixtures in front of hundreds of thousands of fans every year.
New York, London, Tokyo & Paris in no particular order.
You could make a case for LA
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Ballet, outstanding museums, historic sites galore, symphony, fine art, beautiful historical architecture, theaters, all spread out in a city on canals, the "Venice of the North".
