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Which city would you consider 'the capital of the world'
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Which city would you consider 'the capital of the world' if you had to choose one?
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>>61917643
Hong Kong
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KOUVOLA
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there is no better location
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>>61917691
Only when it's renamed Constantinople and taken away from you, then yes.
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>>61917643
New York City is the only correct answer
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>>61917747
:-DDD
try and die like europeans
fight wedding for us
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NYC
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>>61917643
Geneva, or New York.
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>>61917769
Pretty much this. London and Paris are the only two that even come close to central import.
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NY because it's a Jewish mastermind city in the Jewish country ruling the world with an iron fist and a circumcised dick.

>>61917747
And it still stays an irrelevant place of the modern world.
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HOLLYWOOD
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>>61917778
they just have to wait
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>>61917806
Honestly like the idea of Geneva for historic Swiss neutrality. In my mind it seems like it would be the closest equivalent to having something like how D.C. is for us,

Just because a city is a huge cultural and population hub doesn't mean it's best for a capitol.
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>>61917812
>London
Not now, not with Brexit
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>>61917769
>>61917812
these are all meme tier cities filled with negroes

>>61917697
i like this. beautiful diverse tolerant Europeans will never accept a Chinese city tho
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>>61917643
y jyväskylä? the most unremarkable "city" imaginable.
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Everyone watches(ed) Syria
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Tokyo is the biggest city in the world
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>>61917862
better than german fertily rate ; you will be coloni soon.

ahaha :-D
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redditt canada
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>>61917643
I don't know, maybe the one that is literally capital of the world?
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i want Mandrid
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>>61917643
New York. Yes I know it's boring choice.
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>>61917643
The only and only true city of the people of Men of the West, the city of Numenoreans, the White City, Belgrade.

The White City is ever watchful for threats of the land of Mordor.
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>>61917747
Why do you care? That isn't your fight.
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>>61917889
>Just because a city is a huge cultural and population hub doesn't mean it's best for a capitol.

That's what Europeans think though. They don't mind having large cities like Paris and London unfairly dominate the country culturally, politically, and economically.

Strange desu
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>>61918006
>>>>
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>>61917643

New York, Hong Kong, Vienna or Konstantinopolj
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>>61918022
I am a Greek
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>>61918022
It's every Christians fight.
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>no israeli flag posting Jerusalem

dropped
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>>61918053
It makes sense based on their histories, and now it's probably just so deeply entrenched that there's no real way to make it otherwise. It's not as bad when they're countries are smaller and less regionally/geographically diverse as well.
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>>61917769
this
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China where air pollution is terrible is a devildom
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>Joke entries
Reykjavik or Kinshasa

... but seriously:
If Egypt got its shit together, I'd say Cairo.
Or if Italy stops slacking off; Rome.
out-of-left-field entry:
Honolulu
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>>61918133
I'll always love Jerusalem, but by world standards it's a bit of a shithole.

I vote Prague or Istanbul.
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>>61917956
That's pretty incredible.
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>>61917643
OP what did you do in Finland?
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>>61918141
Sorry fellow burger, Europe does not lack in diversity as much as most Americans think, and what lesser amount of diversity there is is directly because of that centralization that you're talking about.

France has been trying to replace all French dialects with Parisian for a couple centuries. They've also been trying to kill two native, non French languages for just as long, Occitan and Breton. Occitan is as good as dead based onits demographic status, though Breton may be able to make a ce back, despite continued attempts by the French government to kill it.

The domination of Germany by certain dialects is also well documented, and feeds into the (admittedly fruitless) attempts by Bavaria to be independent, as their Bavarian dialect and culture are strong enough to resist centralization and assimilation.

Prior to the developmemt of the strong nation state and centralization Europe is known for, there was much more diversity, and there is even still quite a bit. What you are talking about isn't the reason why centralization was chosen, it exists only because of efforts of centralization.
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>>61917643
Milan
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>>61917956
Fake as fuck
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>>61917643
The only candidates:

New York > London > Paris > Tokyo

Although Geneva, Sydney, Luxembourg or Jerusalem would probably be better choices for a "boring" capital.
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>>61918141
>It's not as bad when they're countries are smaller and less regionally/geographically diverse as well.

U wot? My country is the size of New Jersey and it has over 40 different dialects and three to four different climate zones.
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>>61917643
From a non-economical standpoint,Milan.

You've got a slightly northern Europe-like attitude in the people combined with the slight italian """"slacking"""",you've got mountains,great architecture,and generally northern Italy combines all European cultures

As for capital of the world I'd probably consider Washington DC, because I find new yawk shitty and because America in general is powerful and has its """"culture"""" and """economy"""" much more widespread than the other big powers have it, also who the fuck would want to like in Mosgopnik or Beichink
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J O K K M O K K
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Addis Ababa
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Cuxhaven
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>>61919640
Djibouti would be safer though
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>>61919265
It is not fake
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>>61918489
Egypt is a shithole full of rapist and muslims
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>>61917697
She's very vibrant and multicultural, but for fuck sake this place is a) to hot , b) too small and c) too expensive
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>>61917643
Might as well ask what are the most cosmopolitan cities of the world.

New York, Paris, London, Shanghai etc.
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kiuruvesi kjeh kjeh ;))
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Lhasa
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Mogadishu because fuck the world
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Los Angeles.

Culturally.
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>>61917957
I am a Greek
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Jerusalem because it a holy city for ~55-60% of the worlds population. It also lies close to Europe and Africa, which together with Asia is continents where 85+ % of evryone lives.
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>>61917643
Not Jyväskylä

T. In Jyväskylä rn
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New York is the obvious answer; maybe London.
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Moscow
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>>61917643
Jerusalem
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Petropawlowsk-Kamtschatskij
just for the keks
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>>61917735

this 2bh
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>>61917643

had latin america not turned out as shitty, but as an economic power... central america, which simon bolivar had preordained:

> The Isthmian States, from Panama to Guatemala, will perhaps form an association. This magnificent position between the two great oceans could with time become the emporium of the universe. Its canals will shorten the distances of the world: they will narrow commercial ties between Europe, America and Asia; and bring to such fortunate region the tributes of the four parts of the globe. Perhaps some day only there could the capital of the world be established!

of Panama he said:

> How sublime it would be the Isthmus of Panama could be for us what the Corinth for the Greeks ! Hopefully someday we will have the fortune to convene there an august assembly of representatives of republics , kingdoms and empires to deliberate upon the high interests of peace and war with the nations of the other parts of the world. This sort of corporation may take place at any time of our joyous regeneration

who knows, maybe some day we will be the capital of the world, if africa and south america become less shit, we will be at the center of everything

;_;
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The Vatican.
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>>61924521
>if africa and south america become less shit
good luck
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>>61917643
New York. Maybe something in the Lowlands if we want to follow NATO's and the EU's examples. We would have to remove the shitskins in those places though
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>>61924705

south america will, surely

africa... im not so sure
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>>61924828
Africa become less shirt the day Argentina figures out how to manage an economy.

So basically never lmao
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>>61924828
Is there really hope for Brazil, Bolivia, and especially Venezuela?
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>>61924958
Brazil yes, Vuvuzela no
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>>61924958
Brazil is slowly becoming better. Venezuela's only hope is to ditch communism/socialism.
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Yaren, Nauru
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>>61924958
Truely the workers and farmers paradise
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>>61924958
>>61924992
>gommunism is inexorably bad guise
>...
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Brussel, Geneva, Vatican. For now. But Asian country become more and more rich and important meanwhile west is more degenerative (no offense) so maybe later it would be Beijing or Tokyo or Singapore. Or Novosibirsk.
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>>61925179
Communism is bad. Why do you think China has a capitalistic economy? Why do you think the USSR lost the Cold War?
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>>61924958

venezuela hit rock bottom already, i think theyre ready to bounce back... just need the right push really

brazil, is a corrupt behemoth. i think venezuela will progress farther than brazil when the shift of politics occurs which wil be soon

bolivia has big lithium reserves, they jsut have to work it towards the country, they will i know it
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>>61923275
Good point.
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>>61925179
I said nothing about Cuba

Fuck you're stupid
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>>61924828
There's lots of development in both.
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>>61925277
If they have a higher life expectancy than yours, with such a massive disparity in resources, wealth, and basically everything, they must be doing something right
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>>61925355
>Fuck you're stupid

You forgot the period, pal.
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>>61917643
Rome. Every Roman-Catholic is connected with Rome
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>>61925016
>Venezuela's only hope is to ditch communism/socialism.
Will that be possible without violent revolts?
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Washington D.C
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>>61925436
No, but it must be done.
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Definitely London but that's all up in the air after the mouth breathing degenerates voted out.

>>61917691
Strong contender

>>61917697
Too Chinese (I grew up there)

>anything in USA
Just no
>Sydney
Top kek
>Tokyo
Hardly international in a culture degree
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>>61925438
"No"
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>>61925465
Post legs
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>>61925510
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>>61917643
Jerusalem, Israel
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>>61925554
Fine, just pick anything but the hellhole that is DC
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>>61925615
Until America changes its capital that's not gonna happen friendo.
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>>61925536
>>61925465
I second this request
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Either Helsinki or Tallinn
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>>61924521
Ok, lets make central america a country first, you can be the capital it makes sense.
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>>61925372

africa hasnt even gone through the middle income trap, in whcih a country realizes that attracting and moving money isnt enough to become developed, it has to change its society, its cultural values fundamentally. most of latam is there and is working on it. its the most difficult part, and if not careful they will fall in bed with populism and corruption and this 'stage' lasts decades


anyways, anotehr quote by bolivar, this time when gran colombia was a thing:

> it seems that if the world had to choose its capital , the Isthmus of Panama , would be appointed to this august destination, placed as it is in the center of the globe , seeing the one hand Asia , and on the other Africa and Europe. The Isthmus of Panama has been offered by the Government of Colombia , for this purpose, in existing treaties . The Isthmus is equidistant from the extremities ; and for this reason it could be the provisional place of the first meeting of the Confederates.

in the congress he divised in hopes to bring latin america more close and unified, named the congress of panama in 1826, ideas of centralization which would become the downfall of gran colombia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Panama
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NYC has the UN so it's already one step there.
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>>61917735
Why not Rovaniemi? R. feels more Finnish than any other place I've been in Funland.
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>>61917769
Philadelphia is the most appropriate city because of the history.
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How about Toronto?
>Global alpha city
>Most cosmopolitan city in the world
>In a more neutral country unlike London or New York
>Actually relevant unlike most of the suggestions in this thread
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>>61928111
Only if it actually starts getting pronounced like it's written.
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>>61928354
When will we change the shelling to Torano?
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Brussels hey.
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>>61917643
Vienna or Hong Kong
Singapore could be a contender if they didn't lash people for breathing too loudly
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>>61928580
No wait. Pyongyang. It would be glorious.
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>>61917691
>posts Constantinople
Why don't you post the shithole that you turned it into you subhuman cockroach and no cherry picking. Everything is in ruins and a city that was ones Romes equal is not filled with slimy,smelly muslims that like to explode.
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>>61924521
Bolivar had so much hope for latin america...it's as if he never met an average latin american
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Chernobyl
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>>61917643
Yaren, Nauru kek
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>>61928825
if i got it right bolivar lived under spanish rule or shortly after so that probably explains why things looked good to him. who would've now that its all a shithole now with all due respect
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R O M A
O
M
A

Called the eternal city so it's the eternal capital
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>>61917643
dont think there is one 2bh
maybe paris since its the most visited and in the centre of the world geographically and everyone goes full JeSuis mode whenever something happens
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>>61929527

dont you feel proud of your colonies? kek

>>61926005
who knws
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>>61917643
Constantinople
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>>61917643
None you globalist mong
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>>61929527
Indeed. And he wasn't alive too long after the independence (he died in 1830, and along him, Gran Colombia died too), so he couldn't really get a grasp of and independent Latin America.
Independence was just a prank, pls comeback
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>>61917643
ROMA CAPVT MVNDI
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Edinburgh or Glasgow
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>>61930624
Fucking LOL
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World Capital Germania
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>>61917769
This
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>>61918489
>Kinshasa
When will the Congoes stop being tsundere and just combine into one country? Brazzaville is right across the river from Kinshasa ffs.
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