Most important city on Earth.

kowloon

So New York was in the news because of the weather. Some people are making the point that New York wasn't the only place affected and yet it gets all the attention.

So, which is the most important city on the planet? Which would be the capital city of a united Earth? Where would be the most appropriate place for a visiting alien to deploy their devious landmark destroying death ray?

I'm inclined to say New York would be in the running but maybe Shanghai will eclipse it. Tokyo seems to have lost its importance since their economic crash.

Where would you pick? There's no defining metric to choose by. No idea what cities to include in a poll.

eth0

Cork

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Tullamore

Judging by your username I'm surprised you didn't go with Hong Kong

Logical_Bear

eth0 wrote: »

Cork

twice

wotzgoingon

Ur ma!

Almaviva

Cork.
Obviously.
How can someone not know that already?

Barry Barry

Tallaght

Chucken

Ya, The Peoples Republic Of Cork

Jaded Jester

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.

Barry Barry

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.

Dublin?

reginald

San Diego, its name meaning "a whales vagina"

EdenHazard

Landan innit

Turtyturd

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.

phoenix999

Probably not a city at all. Didn't you watch James Bond, Silicon Valley of course. Or that Foxconn factory that employs a zillion people in China making most of the world's computers and phones.

aaronjumper

reginald wrote: »

San Diego, its name meaning "a whales vagina"

Yes Mr. Burgundy.

SeaFields

delighted so many people recognise cork as the most important city on earth.

my my my

berlin or Cork

TheUsual

reginald wrote: »

San Diego, its name meaning "a whales vagina"

Jazz-Flute !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT8sIT4vBUQ

dan1895

eth0 wrote: »

Cork

No, he said city not town.

Pilotdude5

Shenzen? 70% of the worlds umbrellas are made there.

aaronjumper

Limerick!

mitosis

Atlanta. That's where all the diseases are stored.

doolox

A location in the Americas would not be in the running because only about 20% of the Worlds population live there.

Ditto for the entire Southern hemisphere.

It would be a toss up between Asia and Europe.

Possible candidates would be Paris or some Asian city like Shanghai, or maybe some Indian city or maybe some newly constructed city near the Black sea or some such central location on the AfroEurasion landmass.

Where To

Las Vegas.

Pilotdude5

This will be:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8278315/China-to-create-largest-mega-city-in-the-world-with-42-million-people.html

China is planning to create the world's biggest mega city by merging nine cities to create a metropolis twice the size of Wales with a population of 42 million.

eth0

Pilotdude5 wrote: »

Shenzen? 70% of the worlds umbrellas are made there.

If a Nucular bomb landed on Shenzhen in the morning we would soon run out of ould Choinese shoite we been buying over the past few decades but it would be for the better because new factories would start up, hopefully not in China.

If the bomb landed on it in the next week or 3 there will be a lot of disappointed children at christmas. So much electronics, electronic components, toys, household appliances come from there.

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.

Chucken

dan1895 wrote: »

No, he said city not town.

No. we're saying Cork, not town

stoneill

El Dorado.

TheBegotten

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

kowloon

Looks like Cork is winning, with town trailing far behind. Followed by Asian metropolis X and other places.

Grayson

Lagos. Banking capital of the world.

KKkitty

Kilkenny, enough said

TheUsual

I've been to Paradise ... but I've never been ta Meath.

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

Pilotdude5

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!

EoghanIRL

Cork city

Chucken

my my my wrote: »

berlin or Cork

Choose. Carefully.

DEFTLEFTHAND

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

A Primal Nut

Culture: Los Angeles.

Technology: San Diego.

Economics: New York or Shanghai

Politics: Washington or Beijing.

International Relations: Jerusalem.

hardCopy

Sock City

admiralofthefleet

power city

great bargains

HavingCrack

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.

EoghanIRL

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

power city

great bargains

I prefer euro 2 city

HavingCrack

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Technology: San Diego.

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

Red Pepper

Washington DC

Talib Fiasco

Cork [∞]

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Callan57

Termonfeckin

kowloon

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?

Duggys Housemate

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.

MaxSteele

The Bay Area of California

Hong Kong

New York Metro area

Tokyo

Kiltimagh

Capt'n Midnight

BosWash because it will become Mega-City One.

opinion guy

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!!!!