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Most important city on Earth.

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    #32
    KKkitty
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    Kilkenny, enough said :)


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    #33
    TheUsual
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    I've been to Paradise ... but I've never been ta Meath.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrh4r2JJBxA


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    #34
    Pilotdude5
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    eth0 wrote: »
    It would definitely change things but we wouldn't just die for lack of electric kettles. There is probably a second hand surplus of them in people's attics to keep us going for a year or 2, just you wouldn't be rushing off to buy a different colour one to match the new kitchen cause the few left in shop will be fairly expensive.

    I would. I'm so dependant on caffeine I wouldn't last waiting for water to boil over a fire!

    And if a nuclear bomb landed on Cork I would die from a lack of Lennox's and Barrys tea!


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    #35
    EoghanIRL
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    Cork city :D


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    #36
    Chucken
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    my my my wrote: »
    berlin or Cork

    Choose. Carefully.


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    #37
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    New York. In years to come with their economy one of the Asian megacities will take the mantle.


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    #38
    A Primal Nut
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    Culture: Los Angeles.

    Technology: San Diego.

    Economics: New York or Shanghai

    Politics: Washington or Beijing.

    International Relations: Jerusalem.


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    #39
    hardCopy
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    Sock City


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    #40
    admiralofthefleet
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    power city

    great bargains


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    #41
    HavingCrack
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    In economic terms it's either London or New York since Tokyo seems to have declined quite a lot recently. You could probably make an argument for Shanghai but not for a few years yet.

    Basically 'world cities' are the only ones in contention so the likes of Mumbai, Singapore, Sao Paolo, Beijing, Mexico City and maybe Hong Kong would be on the next rung down.


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    #42
    EoghanIRL
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    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    power city

    great bargains
    I prefer euro 2 city


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    #43
    HavingCrack
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    A Primal Nut wrote: »

    Technology: San Diego.

    .

    Technology wise San Francisco/Sim Valley maybe, not San Diego really, ESRI are the only mega company I can think of down there.


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    #44
    Red Pepper
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    Washington DC


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    #45
    Talib Fiasco
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    Cork [∞]

    /thread


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    #46
    Callan57
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    Termonfeckin


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    #47
    kowloon
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    HavingCrack wrote: »
    Technology wise San Francisco/Sim Valley maybe, not San Diego really, ESRI are the only mega company I can think of down there.

    Isn't San Jose the hub of silicon valley?


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    #48
    Duggys Housemate
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    kowloon wrote: »

    Isn't San Jose the hub of silicon valley?

    It's generally considered that silicon valley = Santa Clara valley. But the whole peninsula has a claim. In effect the Bay area is a in many ways single metropolitan area.


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    #49
    MaxSteele
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    The Bay Area of California

    Hong Kong

    New York Metro area

    Tokyo

    Kiltimagh :D


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    #50
    Capt'n Midnight
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    BosWash because it will become Mega-City One.


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    #51
    opinion guy
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    kowloon wrote: »
    Isn't San Jose the hub of silicon valley?

    No. Palo Alto/Cupertino is. San Jose is mostly like Swords lets say. Residential/commercial. The industry is out of town.

    The answer is London - by a wide margin.


    Aside: I had no idea so many Cork people used boards!!!!


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    #52
    kowloon
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    opinion guy wrote: »
    No. Palo Alto/Cupertino is. San Jose is mostly like Swords lets say. Residential/commercial. The industry is out of town.

    The answer is London - by a wide margin.


    Aside: I had no idea so many Cork people used boards!!!!

    Was over there for training, but I never had much of a clue about exactly where I was. Industrial estates everywhere.


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    #53
    oppenheimer1
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    Just follow the money. The most important city on earth currently is New York, followed by London.

    If all the institutions that are located there were destroyed, there would be global chaos. Thankfully since Y2K most have off site backups.


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    #54
    Chucken
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    opinion guy wrote: »


    Aside: I had no idea so many Cork people used boards!!!![/QUOTE

    I voted Cork, I'm not from there.

    I just like annoying......other cities :D


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    #55
    [Deleted User]
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    Historically, it's Rome.. That city has influenced the world far more than any other in history between empires and religion.

    Currently, it's probably New York.


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    #56
    kraggy
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    TheBegotten wrote: »
    Mexico City is the most populous on earth, Damascus is one of the oldest, Seoul is probably the most technologically advanced, New York is probably the most economically important (for now). I'd probably say Ulaanbaatar though, because I like the name :P

    Tokyo is the biggest urban area in the world which is all that really matters.

    Different countries have different criteria fir city boundaries thus it's not a suitable parameter on which to judge.

    Even if it were actual city size versus urban area, Mexico still wouldn't be number 1.

    Using common sense and cutting through all the crap, Tokyo is the biggest city in the world by a good distance.


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    #57
    iDave
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    Ads by Google wrote: »
    Historically, it's Rome.. That city has influenced the world far more than any other in history between empires and religion.

    Currently, it's probably New York.

    I agree Rome....or Trim


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    #58
    holystungun9
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    Jaded Jester wrote: »
    Dirty aul Dublin. Dark Dublin. Bloody Dublin. Deadly Dublin. Rainy Dublin. Dark aul Dublin. Dublin Dark, ruddy dark Dublin. Dublin of Death. Dublin wept. Dublin puddles, Dublin lights. Dublin of love and Dublin of hate. Dark Dublin. Hate Dublin. Skin Dublin. Clothes Dublin. Dark Dublin. Love Dublin. Dublin lips. Dublin teeth. Dirty aul Dublin. Dark Dublin. Love Dublin.

    Final answer?


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    #59
    Playboy
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    London or New York ... Either would be disastrous


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    #60
    mikemac1
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    Cashel

    Even a Clareman like Brian Boru knew that Tipp was the place to be :cool:


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    #61
    twinytwo
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    Turtyturd wrote: »
    New York....I think the reason it's been shown so much is that we are used to seeing stuff like that happen to New York in films, so to see it for real is actually more shocking than if they show some unknown town in America.

    Cuba got destroyed by the storm.... You would be hard pushed to hear about it anywhere.


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