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I thought India or at least its major cities has improved significantly in recent years and they are seen as an economic power. I guess that's not totally the case yet. I thought Mumbai at least was a First World enclave in India the way Cancun is a very advanced city in an otherwise Third World country.
Oh yes and Bermuda is considered one of the wealthiest places in the world. They can get chilly in the winter, like down to the 50s, but it never snows there and the island is filled with palm trees. I'm not sure if the Bahamas counts as First World. I guess the US and British Virgin Islands and French Polynesia can count since they are part of First World countries. Puerto Rico still seems poor though.
I thought India or at least its major cities has improved significantly in recent years and they are seen as an economic power. I guess that's not totally the case yet. I thought Mumbai at least was a First World enclave in India the way Cancun is a very advanced city in an otherwise Third World country.
Oh yes and Bermuda is considered one of the wealthiest places in the world. They can get chilly in the winter, like down to the 50s, but it never snows there and the island is filled with palm trees. I'm not sure if the Bahamas counts as First World. I guess the US and British Virgin Islands and French Polynesia can count since they are part of First World countries. Puerto Rico still seems poor though.
Maybe for the upper and middle class who live in their rich enclaves in small parts of Mumbai, which is like what, 5% of the population, but they're but seas of relative prosperity in a sea of poverty. Most Mumbai folk are still poor or slum-dwellers. Even if this is the worst most of the city isn't much better. Even if you live there you can't help but see the slums every day, and be reminded of that.
Yeah i'm not sure Bermuda is quite tropical though, I believe it's sub-tropical.
Yeah, Mumbai isn't in a developed country and you'd be hard pressed to call it a developed city. Kuala Lumpar, Bangkok and Rio are more developed IMO (Rio is rather cool as far as most tropical climates are concerned, but still tropical nonetheless).
Bermuda just misses out on official tropical climate status, but it's so darn close!
I would say definitely first world would be Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taipei, and Miami.
I'm not sure if Shanghai, Mumbai, Buenos Aires, or Panama City would count for climate or economic reasons.
Buenos Aires is subtropical and winters are very cold, although snow flurries are very rare.
But about economics it's a strange city. Argentina is far from being a developed country, but Buenos Aires has all the vibe of first world city. It's something like Paris, but cheaper and speaking spanish. It has its poor areas, some slums, but in no way they can be compared to real poor cities like Lagos or Dhaka, both in size and in degree of poverty.
Least impoverish/most first world Tropical cities?
It seems like most tropical countries/cities/areas tend to have more poverty and less infrastructure.
My question though is which is the least impoverish or most first world cities or countries/states that are in a tropical climate (Miami, Rio, Honolulu, etc.
I would def say Hawaii and possibly Taiwan (is it tropical)?
Singapore, which is within spitting distance of the Equator.
Brasilia has a per-capita GDP of $33K.
Ya, Brazil seems a little to poverish IMO, does Taiwan count?
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Least impoverish/most first world Tropical cities?
