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Well, the town I live in right now is approximately 150,000, but we have a neighboring town that bumps up the population to over 200,000. I think I could comfortably live in a town that was up to around half a million.

I've taken online IQ quizzes before, and I don't think they're very reliable. Part of IQ tests is testing motor skills and stuff that can only be done at a testing center. I'd rather get the most accurate one. Plus the online IQ tests I've taken in the past only put me at about 110. >.>

Heh, idea: Let's hire the French Foreign Legion for protection and do it!



I grew up in a 3.4m city. I know towns (university towns, admittedly) with 20-30k people and they're lovely and cultural and fine. Basingstoke is a settlement of London workers who got relocated when slums started forming there in the 60s. It's horrid.

I get how the "city feel" can get a bit much; places like Frankfurt(M) that are just glass and concrete are awful. Places like Berlin and Edinburgh have lots of green spaces, so they're fine. New York also has enough awesome to make up for some of it.

But really, it's good to have some anonymity. I mean, I hate that I cannot do too crazy stuff here because half Hampshire would catch onto it and join some Facebook group ridiculing me.

NYC has more people in it than my entire country.

Needless to say, my experience with large cities is somewhat limited.

...wow.

To be fair, the population is misleading. The city's actually broken into 5 parts. Most people think about Manhattan (Where the Empire State Building is, the Twin Towers were, the famous museums are, etc.) when thinking about NYC. And that part only has 1.6 mil.

After that in fame comes Brooklyn, which is where Coney Island is. It's not really famous for much, though, aside from the fact that people actually live there. It's much larger than Manhattan of course, but most of the buildings aren't that high. 2.5 mil.

The Bronx is pretty much the same, but even less well-known. 1.5 mil, and the only thing I can think of worth mentioning is its zoo... which isn't even that good. At least, it has nothing on the one in Washington D.C.

Staten Island and Queens are really more like suburban areas that just happen to be a part of NYC. They're massive, but you'll actually see houses there. Queens is 2.2 mil and Staten Island is 500k.

So if we just consider the two main parts of the city, Denmark does have more. :P

Of course, the fact remains that Copenhagen has a density of like 6k/km^2 and Manhattan has a density of... 27k/km^2. :P

I'd say I can't believe you're trying to imply there are "main" and "minor" parts of NYC, but not being a New Yorker your understanding is pretty limited.

I think that is why my wife and I work well. I am a pharmacist with my own pharmacy/drugstore and she is a dance teacher with her own dance school (15 staff & 400+ students). Very different and yet similar in that we both understand running our business and dealing with customers & staff.

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What I love about NYC and other major cities like that is that the various "parts" are so different. Sure, our larger cities have different areas that are, well, different, but not like that.

One of my dreams is visiting all the major/popular cities in the US. Not the sightseeing stuff, just spending some days in each, exploring it on my own. Taking in the atmosphere and all that, without having to go see a lot of tourist attractions.

Alas, that costs money and time, which I have none of right now.

Wait, Boston isn't part of NYC? Huh, the more you know.

I always thought that Boston was part of New York. The shame.

Although, this does explain why driving from Boston to Manhattan took so long in Fringe.

Edited, May 18th 2011 2:21am by Mazra

Boston is where all the cool universities are.



Speaking of universities, I found out that Pakistan's government passed a constitutional amendment to get out of paying for their higher education regulatory body (which also does a lot of the funding and gives out merit-based scholarships, as well as the scholarships I want to apply for if I do a year there). There are pretty large protests involving some of their professors, some university sites are down at the moment in the name of the movement (that's how I even heard of it) and it's a pretty huge deal. There have even been protests in the UK.

I contacted one of the organisers on Facebook to see if I can help somehow. I've been toying with the thought of donating about £1000 to some charity over there for about a year now, and I might just go through with it if it's for their higher education. Because that might just benefit me directly. Also, I asked if I can do something. I believe I can actually sign a petition through the Pakistani embassy in Germany when I'm there.

I almost went to school in Boston, decided against it as I was sick of the cold.

Yeah, paying for your education... must suck, huh?

If by fixed you mean sabotaged to illegally change the results, then yes, you most certainly fixed my comment.