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Lol good grammar is a necessity on the internet! No time to sit here and type every period, comma, semicolon, etc. I'm typing on my phone. It's just easier to put a period after everything.
Actually I largely agree with this. Having said that, when I was in Turkey I met a friend from Istanbul and he did know of the CN Tower and Rogers Centre prior to meeting me. I think the CN Tower is quite familiar to most Americans though... They don't call it the CN Tower - they call it the CNN tower. Regardless - as I mentioned the most 'iconic' aspects of a city are probably among their least interesting anyway. I also think that TIFF surely has International fame for those in that cultural circle.
Woo, yea, I forgot about TIFF. That's definitely pretty well known in some circles. I disagree with CN Tower though--your friend from Istanbul would very likely be the outlier for people from Istanbul in terms of knowing about that. I'm sure there's some dude chilling in Tahiti who also knows about it, too, but he's probably in the minority as well.
Woo, yea, I forgot about TIFF. That's definitely pretty well known in some circles. I disagree with CN Tower though--your friend from Istanbul would very likely be the outlier for people from Istanbul in terms of knowing about that. I'm sure there's some dude chilling in Tahiti who also knows about it, too, but he's probably in the minority as well.
I don't disagree with you at all - he was probably an outlier but indeed a true story. I was actually surprised! Lets face it though, in many places in the developing world which constitute the vast majority of the worlds population, most people aren't too familiar with many things we in the developed world are. They are usually more preoccupied with getting by on next to nothing to concern themselves with which city has a more iconic skyline - Toronto or Philly. They may be able to recognize cities like NYC, Paris or London but even naming off iconic symbols of those places would prove challenging for them.
I don't disagree with you at all - he was probably an outlier but indeed a true story. I was actually surprised! Lets face it though, in many places in the developing world which constitute the vast majority of the worlds population, most people aren't too familiar with many things we in the developed world are. They are usually more preoccupied with getting by on next to nothing to concern themselves with which city has a more iconic skyline - Toronto or Philly. They may be able to recognize cities like NYC, Paris or London but even naming off iconic symbols of those places would prove challenging for them.
I don't even think it's a developed versus developing world thing--these are just things people outside Northern America aren't going to know.
I don't even think it's a developed versus developing world thing--these are just things people outside Northern America aren't going to know.
You think so... You could be right but I think some countries in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and perhaps even Japan would have some more awareness of cities such as S.F, Toronto, Chicago, and a few others - i'm thinking HK, Singapore as well. NYC and L.A being in my mind the most well known based on extraordinary representation in American Media.
Trust me, I don't lose sleep over such things anyway.. Might be interesting to conduct a survey in various places to determine awareness of places and things in N.A
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