For instance Puebla where I live, a city 75 miles away from Mexico city holds the record for:

- The city with the most churches in the world
- The first library ever in the american continent was built here
- It also has the first Block Buster movie theater in the world.
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6438104.html
http://turismopuebla.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=60

- Puebla's SAM'S club made it to the guiness record when on the opening day it recovered the investment costs and generated profit.

Records in Mexico

- Puebla is the largest city in Mexico without a subway or light train.
- The safest city with a population over two million.
http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/8747/angelopolis48jz.jpg

Toronto - Higher concentration of Canadians than any other city in the world.

The football club in Bielefeld is record ascender in Germany^^

L.A. , most Mexicans in a city after Mexico City.

Zurich has since years the highest quality of life in the world ;)

It has the most frequented train station for its population (360'000 passengers and 2900 trains per day).

Highest density of Nobel Prize winners (alone the ETH brought 21!)

Biggest clock on the continent and biggest on a church (St.Peter) in the world

Masoala Halle: biggest artificial rainforest on the continent
http://www.m-roethlin.ch/mattsblog/wp-content/masoala01.jpg

Groningen is the bicycle city of the world (with 200000 bikes on 180000 residents and 50% of all the journeys made by bicycle.
Second: the tallest people of the world are living here (an average of 1.86 m.).

Biggest airport hub, longest underground system, tallest hospital to name a few....there are hundreds.

Appleton, WI

-Believed to have had the first successful electric powered transit system and the earliest house lit by hydro-electric power.

Mike

NYC is known for being the largest city in the US since 1823.

A few global ones for Manchester...

First passenger train
First public library
First fire station
First bus service
First industrial estate
First commuter town
First modern computer
First split atom
First trade union
First suffragette movement
First municipal park
First mechanical submarine
First scheduled airline service
First professional orchestra
First football league
First street lighting
First Paralympic world cup
Largest sports club
Largest public sculpture

(german) Wikipedia mentions the following (worldwise ou european-wide) records for Hamburg:

- most bridges within city limits (more than 2500)
- biggest municipality in the EU which is not the capital of its country
- biggest consular place in europe (2nd biggest in the world, to be fair though: most of them are honorary consulates)
- biggest port for carpet trading
- The district Wilhelmsburg is europe's biggest river island

I also guess that Hamburg has the:
- lowest density in europe for a city with more than 1 million inhabitants (density at 2322 inh/sq km)

I leave out the various national records etc.

Highest bridge for a streetcar. (High Level Bridge)

I think we still have this record, set in 1915. Of course, this streetcar is not really used and is geared for tourists.

umm..
World's Longest BRT Lines??

Copenhagen

World's tallest carousel
( Tivoli Gardens )
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/3633/billede0610zu.jpg


World's largest Digital 3-D IMAX Dome theatre
( Tyco Brahe Planetarium )
http://i14.tinypic.com/520xmc5.jpg

ummm

most gays

most hippies

most bums

most druggies

;)

Arnhem:

convertible pitch plus retractabe roof (Gelredôme)
indoor jungle (Burgers' Zoo)

I think Stockholm has the biggest archipelago for any big city or something..
Thats what i've heard.. anybody know anything about that?

HK has several records or had this records

-Tallest building in Asia back in the mid 90s
-Densest city in the world
-World's freeiest economy
-Best skyline
-Centre of finance in the Asia Pacific region
-Busiest container port
-Best airport
-First to use a smart card system in public transportation
-First to have all double-decker tram fleet
-No.1 tourist destination of an Asian city
-Film capital of Asia

^^
Records? best skyline? best airport?

Toronto:

Busiest highway in the world (401 Highway)
Tallest building in the world (well, for another couple months)
Largest retractable roof in the world (Skydome)
Largest Italian community outside Italy
Skinniest skyscraper by width to height ratio (1 King West)
Largest Facebook community in the world
Home to oldest company in North America (Hudson's Bay Company)
Absorbs largest influx of legal immigrants of any city in the Western world
Listed by the UN as the most ethnically diverse city in the world

I live in a small city, that was once voted "The most boring city in Denmark..." Nice and quiet though....

-World's freeiest economyChina? :lol:



-Best skylineHmm... it's great no doubt.. but a socalled "world record"????


-Best airport Acording to whom and what year?


-Film capital of Asia I always thought it was bollywood?

Melbourne AUS,

Voted world's Sporting Capital
and
voted most times as World's Most Liveable city. If they are counted as records.

Also we have the world's tallest Residential Structure (with some debate).

Largest population of Greek's outside of Athens

Debatable as having the world's largest full/multi-use Stadium, the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Most of this is a bit sketchy, feel free to correct me, but this is just some stuff I could think up.

AH!!!! Mexico City...

Was the largest american city and the third largest in the world when it was discovered.

Largest metropolitan area in the western hemisphere and second largest in the world ( Tokyo is number 1º )

Largest city in Latin America.

Only Latin America city to hold Olympic Games in 1968.

Sadly, as in 2002, the most polluted city in the world an one of the unsafest. Now it is different, not 100% but something less.

First to use drawings in public mass transit systems.

Largest city built on a lake ( literally ).

Fourth city in the world in terms of cultural buildings ( theatres,cinemas,museums... )

The largest spanish-spaking agglomeration in the globe.

First Latin American to host the Concorde, in June 2 ,1969 ( think´s that was the date... )

Busiest and largest airport in Latin America.

Largest subway in Latin America.

Has the only true imperial castle in Latin America.

Downtown Square ( zócalo ) is the 16º largest square in the world.

One of the largest protected downtown areas in the world ( 709 blocks are considered heritage ).

There is a debate between which city used the first glass walls ) curtain walls in skyscrapers. New York´s Lever House was designed in the late 40s and finished in 1952. Torre Latinoamericana was designed in the mid 40`s and completed in 1956. Both are glass-clad.

Eighth-largest urban agglomeration GDP in the world after the greater areas of Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris, London and Osaka - Kobe. And of course, 1º in Latin America.

Busiest Latin American Stock Exchange.

Currently holds the tallest building in LA ; Torre Mayor, 230 m. ( wll be surpassed soon by Costanera Center in Chile ).

As of now, it has the tallest residential building in Latin America.

It is supposed to have the longest avenue in America. Because Insurgentes Avenue has no start/ending indicators, it could be 571 km long. This is under discussion.

As of today, it has the largest WTC in the world, after 9/11 attacks. Even bigger than Osaka´s and Seoul´s.

It´s not an ugly city. Many people think it is, but it is not. Besides, tourist areas are quite safe.

mumbai: most traveled train system

^^
Records? best skyline? best airport?

Yeah objection upheld... Such 'records' are asking for a City v City squabble

A few global ones for Manchester...

First passenger train

Stockton & Darlington was the first railway to carry passengers (27/09/1825)

The Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened 5 years later

China? :lol:


Whilst none of WANCH's "claims" are records so to speak, he is right in that Hong Kong is consistently ranked top of those rankings, for a consecutive thirteen or fourteen years now I believe...?

Hmm... it's great no doubt.. but a socalled "world record"????

As said above, not a record - WANCH clearly has a hard time distinguishing.

Acording to whom and what year?

Skytrax from 2001-2005, ranked #2 in 2006.

I always thought it was bollywood?

Yes.

Ok, here are a few other 'quantitative' records for Hong Kong...
Longest cable car system in the world - Ngong Ping 360
Longest escalator system - mid levels escalators
Highest GDP per capita in Asia (US 36,500 PPP/ CIA world facts)
Longest Cable-stayed suspension bridge (Stone-cutters bridge)(underconstruction)
Second busiest air-cargo hub in the world
Lowest percent of public debt (at 1% of GDP) (CIA world fact)
Most Rolls Royce per capita
Highest consumption of cognac per capita

Johannesburg:

Largest city (in terms of population) not built near a major water source.
Largest manmade forest in the world. ( There are six million trees in Johannesburg (1,2 million in parks and on pavements, and 4,8 million in residential gardens))
Deepest goldmine in the world.
Earliest known homonoid skeletons found at Sterkfontein Caves (now a world heritage site)
Certainly one of the youngest big cities in the world - barely a hundred and already at 4million inhabitants
The largest diamond ever discovered was discovered in Cullinan, north east of Johannesburg
Our electrictity is third cheapest in the world
Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital, in Soweto, is the largest hospital in the world. Being a specialist hospital, it receives referrals for specialist treatment from all over the country, as well as surrounding African states
The greater Johannesburg metropolis covers an area of 2 300 square kilometres – making it larger than New York, London or Sydney
Downtown Johannesburg has the third best collection of Art Deco buildings in the world
The Witwatersrand gold fields are estimated to be 30 times richer than any other gold fields in the world
Since 1940 there has been a breeding pair of Black Eagles nesting in the cliffs of the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens in Roodepoort on the West Rand. They are one of the few breeding pairs of eagles anywhere in the world to live in an urban environment

And then, because the southern hemisphere is so quiet - a few records here...

N1 between pretoria and johannesburg - most congested highway in southern hemisphere
New Teatro Threatre at the Montecassino complex - one of the 10 biggest lyric theatres in the world (Lion King just opened here) and with seating for 1900 apparently the largest theatre in the southern hemisphere.

Oh yeah, and Soweto is has the only street in the world where two nobel prize winners once lived. This is Vilakazi street - Nelson mandela and Desmond Tutu

Stockton & Darlington was the first railway to carry passengers (27/09/1825)

The Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened 5 years later

The S&D was a less evolved form of railway than the L&M and probably wouldn't be recognised as one today (use of horses, lack of timetable, open access to multiple operators). In a sense it was more of a road using rail than a railway.

As with most historical firsts it's very difficult to say which was the first true X. Was the first car a steam driven wagon, or a vehicle with an internal combustion engine? Where was the first democracy? Athens, America, New Zealand? In terms of railways Stockton has a good claim, but so does Manchester.

London...

.oldest underground railway
.used to have the world tallest canter lever tower (tower 42)
.world tallest hospital tower (guys tower)
.deepest tube line in the UK (northern line between Hampstead and Goldersgreen)
.oldest electric underground railway (1898, city and south London)

Toronto - Higher concentration of Canadians than any other city in the world.
:lol: My city can't even claim having more Poveiros (local people) than other cities. LOL

no records for here, IMO everything is average. Maybe more prettiness per sq km :D

but we used to have the biggest building in Iberia (Portugal+Spain) :D in the 1980s.

Ok, here are a few other 'quantitative' records for Hong Kong...
Longest cable car system in the world - Ngong Ping 360
Longest escalator system - mid levels escalators
Highest GDP per capita in Asia (US 36,500 PPP/ CIA world facts)
Longest Cable-stayed suspension bridge (Stone-cutters bridge)(underconstruction)
Second busiest air-cargo hub in the world
Lowest percent of public debt (at 1% of GDP) (CIA world fact)
Most Rolls Royce per capita
Highest consumption of cognac per capita

And more, taken from http://web.mac.com/kyle.taylor/iWeb/kyletaylor.net/Blog/C9361A80-2EFB-4B1A-94B7-C66ED37384F3.html

Not a reliable source I know, but I've heard some of them before:

Hong Kong is home to:
The world’s fastest ferry,
The world’s longest cable car line,
The world’s largest outdoor Buddha,
The world’s most coastline as a percentage of total area,
The world’s most buildings over fifty stories tall, and
The world’s longest escalator

Also (http://horseracing.about.com/library/weekly/aa091003a.htm);

Hong Kong is home to the world's largest TV

Toronto:


Largest Italian community outside Italy

mmmh...in Buenos Aires there are at least 2.5 millions of Italian as in Sao Paulo.

Milano

most cabled city of Europe

only city to have two clubs that have won the football Champions Cup/League

The Fair is the world biggest.

World oldest higways, the Milano-Laghi the first one, and the Milano Torino the second one.

Capital of the car design for many deacades in the XX century, when Alfa Romeo, Isotta Fraschini, Bufatti and Ferrari where all in Milan.

the Antica Trattoria Bagutto in Milan founded in 1284 is one of the two oldest restaurants in the world.

The Caffè Zucca a landmark bar in the city centre had the windows crashed for 87 times during political riots between 1968 and 1977

Trattoria Bagutta in Milan is one of just three restaurants in the world that are home to a literary award of national renown.

second city in the word to have a prope Power Station in the 1882

Most expansive city of Eurozone

wolrd highest concrete skyscraper of the world for more than 40 years.

Closest international airport to the city centre (Milano Linate) - 5.8 Kms

world offical biggest stadium, San Siro, from 1939 to 1949 with a capacity of 150.000 people.

european biggest indoor sport stadium, Palafiera with a capacity of 18.000 people from the 30's to the 70's

In Los Angeles, we have Capitol records, Reprise records, Warner Brother records, MCA records, Geffen records, Interscope records, Rhino records, Atlantic records............

Stockton & Darlington was the first railway to carry passengers (27/09/1825)

The Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened 5 years later

Liverpool & Manchester was the first commercial service to use powered locomotives to transport passengers, hence my claim to the first passenger train instead of the first railway.

Toronto:

Busiest highway in the world (401 Highway)
Tallest building in the world (well, for another couple months)
Largest retractable roof in the world (Skydome)
Largest Italian community outside Italy
Skinniest skyscraper by width to height ratio (1 King West)
Largest Facebook community in the world
Home to oldest company in North America (Hudson's Bay Company)
Absorbs largest influx of legal immigrants of any city in the Western world
Listed by the UN as the most ethnically diverse city in the world

Isn't the New York agglo the one?

Liverpool & Manchester was the first commercial service to use powered locomotives to transport passengers, hence my claim to the first passenger train instead of the first railway.

The Stockton & Darlington was the first to operate a train running on a railway carrying passengers (i.e. a passenger train!)... Look it up if you don't believe me.

Hence your original claim of 'first passenger train' was incorrect

The Stockton & Darlington was the first to operate a train running on a railway carrying passengers (i.e. a passenger train!)... Look it up if you don't believe me.

Hence your original claim of 'first passenger train' was incorrect
The Passenger "train" on the S&D was a horse drawn carriage on rails. Hardly the same thing! :lol:

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

LARGEST HOTELS IN THE USA.

MGM GRAND 5011 ROOMS.

VENITIAN HOTEL SOON WILL BE THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD WHEN PALAZZO OPENS. THERE WILL BE AROUND 7000 ROOMS

Hong Kong also has Tsing Ma, which is the longest suspension bridge carrying both rail and road traffic ( I dont know if it's single span or overall length ) It's a record it still holds, I believe.

In Los Angeles, we have Capitol records, Reprise records, Warner Brother records, MCA records, Geffen records, Interscope records, Rhino records, Atlantic records............


hehehe!


Oh yeah and Melbourne now only has the 3rd largest Greek Population outside Greece.

Chicago has the most movable bridges of any city in the world. The go up to let sail boats through on their way to Lake Michigan.

Largest repository of weather information in the world, at the National Climatic Data Center.

Largest house in the United States (250 rooms, 4 acres of floor space).

There are some special objects in that house, by the way -- the first, the last, the only of their kind, but these are the only two records we really hold.

Whilst none of WANCH's "claims" are records so to speak, he is right in that Hong Kong is consistently ranked top of those rankings, for a consecutive thirteen or fourteen years now I believe...?



As said above, not a record - WANCH clearly has a hard time distinguishing.



Skytrax from 2001-2005, ranked #2 in 2006.



Yes.

To be honest I was rushing since I was posting at a cybercafe ;)

The best skyline is unofficial but I got my sources from two sites.

http://homepages.ipact.nl/~egram/skylines.html

http://www.citynoise.org/article/3432

Anyway, people have their own opinions on which city has the best skyline.

As for film capital of Asia, alot of HK movies have reached a wide international audience. Mumbai on the other hand makes more movies.

Several HK movies have been known worldwide that Hollywood have made their own versions of these films including Internal Affairs (The Departed). HK film stars are known throughout the world including Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Jet Li, Stephen Chow and even Bruce Lee.

I forgot one for Zurich:
Highest densities of public swimming facilities (indoors swimming pools, open air baths, lake and river baths)
And highest density of public fountains (1200 on 80km2 and 370'000 inhabitants) - ALL drinking water

Hong Kong also has Tsing Ma, which is the longest suspension bridge carrying both rail and road traffic ( I dont know if it's single span or overall length ) It's a record it still holds, I believe.

I think we lost that title a couple of years ago.

I think we lost that title a couple of years ago.

HK had that title. Anyway, which bridge is currently holding the title?

Isn't the New York agglo the one?

No, New York City absorbs about 30,000 fewer immigrants a year. On measures of diversity, the number of visible minorities in New York would have to double/triple their representation within the population to approach Toronto levels. Toronto is at the point that the term visible minority doesn't even make sense anymore. Everyone belongs to an 'ethnic' group including people who trace their roots to the British Isles.

A church in Tallinn held the title of the tallest building in the world(1549-1625), which was 159 metres.

^^
Does the church stille excist? Picture please:)

Many of the Italians who migrated to New York did so between 1880-1920.

By now the 1st generation italian speaking have passed away. They are up to 3rd/4th and even 5th generation people of Italian decent.

Canada and Australia had the largest wave of Italian migrants from 1950-1970so many of the Italian speaking portion of the population is still alive. The 1st generation is still alive so the cultural connection remains strong. In the next decade though this portion will pass away, leaving Canada and Australia much like the USA. Large population of people of Italian decent, but who only retain some aspects of Italian culture.

No, New York City absorbs about 30,000 fewer immigrants a year. On measures of diversity, the number of visible minorities in New York would have to double/triple their representation within the population to approach Toronto levels. Toronto is at the point that the term visible minority doesn't even make sense anymore. Everyone belongs to an 'ethnic' group including people who trace their roots to the British Isles.

According to Wikipedia (not the best source I know), the number of italian americans where of 3,254,298 in New York and 1,590,225 in New Jersey.

Some of them must not live in the New York agglomeration, but I bet the big majority of them would.
Now the Toronto agglomeration population is of 4,753,120, to beat New York, it would need to be more than 60% Italian.

I think that also, the migrations to Argentina has been remarkable.

Anyway, I remember an article taken from Time in which they stated today the americans with italian-roots are an incredible portion of the population. I don't remember exactly the number, but they are very much.

Unfortunately, I have relatives living in Syracuse (NY), that today have completely lost the italian language they are already the 3rd generation. :nuts:

According to Wikipedia (not the best source I know), the number of italian americans where of 3,254,298 in New York and 1,590,225 in New Jersey.

Some of them must not live in the New York agglomeration, but I bet the big majority of them would.
Now the Toronto agglomeration population is of 4,753,120, to beat New York, it would need to be more than 60% Italian.

I agree with you that there are many people of ITALIAN DECENT in NYC.

But their migration flows occured much earlier than those in Canada.

The Italians who spoke Italian are DEAD. They came to NYC in the early part of the 20th century. With mixed marriages and the dilution of the Italian blood line they are essentially American people, of Italian decent.

In Toronto I would assume many of the first generation migrants who were actually born in Italy are still alive. Those in NYC were born in NYC, those in Canada were born in Italy. Not all, but the original people who migrated are still alive.

I agree with you that there are many people of ITALIAN DECENT in NYC.

But their migration flows occured much earlier than those in Canada.

The Italians who spoke Italian are DEAD. They came to NYC in the early part of the 20th century. With mixed marriages and the dilution of the Italian blood line they are essentially American people, of Italian decent.

In Toronto I would assume many of the first generation migrants who were actually born in Italy are still alive. Those in NYC were born in NYC, those in Canada were born in Italy. Not all, but the original people who migrated are still alive.

maybe still reamins only the name!

Giuliani, Pelosi...etc etc etc...:D

I agree with you that there are many people of ITALIAN DECENT in NYC.

But their migration flows occured much earlier than those in Canada.

The Italians who spoke Italian are DEAD. They came to NYC in the early part of the 20th century. With mixed marriages and the dilution of the Italian blood line they are essentially American people, of Italian decent.

In Toronto I would assume many of the first generation migrants who were actually born in Italy are still alive. Those in NYC were born in NYC, those in Canada were born in Italy. Not all, but the original people who migrated are still alive.

Well, in France, the people I know who are of italian descent still have strong ties with their original country and culture. And italian mass immigration to France took place at the same time than in the US more or less.

According to Wikipedia (not the best source I know), the number of italian americans where of 3,254,298 in New York and 1,590,225 in New Jersey.
You know, "Italian American" doesn't mean much. They are just Americans who happen to have an Italian surname, that's all. If you want to know the strength of the Italian community you have to look at the actual number of Italian immigrants, i.e. people who were actually born in Italy and migrated to NYC (or Toronto, or any other city outside Italy).

Here are the figures I have:
- New York metro area: 193,828 Italian immigrants (2000 census)
- Toronto metro area: 138,995 (2001 census)
- Montréal metro area: 67,040 (2001 census)
- Greater Paris: 66,444 (1999 census)
- Greater London: 38,694 (2001 census)
- Nice metro area: 32,265 (1999 census)
- Chicago metro area: 27,193 (2000 census)
- Boston metro area: 26,094 (2000 census)

So it appears there are more Italian immigrants in New York than in Toronto after all.

You are mostly right, but I don't think you should negate the impact of italian immigration to new york until the 40's.

Meaning that there are still many of them who speak italian (or regional sublanguages of italy) and have maintained part of their culture.

As such, they would have to be taken into account when comparing the "italianess" of Toronto and New York if you see what I mean.

I think you need to observe not the number of Italian migrants TODAY, because mass migration from the Italian Penisula doesnt occur.

You need to observe the number of Italian born people who migrated to North America, Argentina, Brazil, France.

I know that my Grandmother and Grandfather lived in France between 1949-1955, but then chose to migrate to Australia because they didnt like France. My grandmothers sister lives in France still today and there is a large Italian speaking portion of the immigrants still alive.

The same goes for the Italians in Australia. They Migrated between 1950-1970 so the ITALIANS are still alive. Their childern speak broken Italian, but the original migrants are still here.

I wonder if that is the case in the USA. Are the 1st generation still alive? The ones born in Italy?

This one? :)
http://www.inetours.com/Los_Angeles/Images/Hlywd/Capitol_Rcds_7645.jpg

Ok, here are a few other 'quantitative' records for Hong Kong...
Longest cable car system in the world - Ngong Ping 360

Most Rolls Royce per capita
Highest consumption of cognac per capita

Could you fill us in on these? 360 what? And how many Rolls Royce do you each own? Etc.

To get back to the thread ... Melbourne, Australia:


Southern-most metropolis in the world (population larger than a million, half a million, or even a quarter million).
Tallest office building in the World (Australia House, Elizibeth St) back in the 1880's.
First city in the southern (or eastern) hemispheres to host the Olympics.
tallest office tower in the southern hemishere for yonks (Rialto)
City with the greatest no. of skyscrapers per capita in SSC's "Top 100" Talls.
City with the highest residential tower in the World- Eureka- (excluding spikes on the roof)
Longest railway platform in the world (Platform 1, Flinders St)
formerly Busiest Railway station (Flinders St., 1950's)
Largest tram-network outside of Europe.
The only "foreign " city threatened by naval bombardment by the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War
Fired the first shot at a German Ship during WW1
Third-largest Greek speaking city in the World.
Routinely rated "World's most Liveable City"
"Purest water in the world" : no-one can get in there except the lyre-birds
Lyre-Bird Capital of the World.
Only Metropolis in the world that has a Horse-Race named after it: and a holiday for the race (Melbourne Cup)
World's largest sewerage farm

Seattle (lots o' US records):
-As of 2006, population with the largest percent of college graduates
-The most literate city in the US (based on a Central Connecticut State Study, find it on Wiki)
-Northernmost metropolis (city with pop greater than 500,000) in the US
-Home to the tallest building west of the Mississippi in terms of # of floors (Columbia center:76 floors)
-Contrary to popular belief, we are NOT the rainiest metropolis in the US (not even top 5). We are actually just the cloudiest with 227 cloudy days per year (Portland close behind with 223)
-Home to the worlds richest man; Bill Gates' (net worth: $56 Billion as of 2007) main residence is in Medina, WA
-Largest network of Ferries in the US and third largest in the world: Washington State Ferries
-Second highest (behind San Francisco) gay/lesbian percentage of the population in the US (12.9% identified themselves as gay or lesbian)
-Rated the most over-priced city in the US 2 years running (Avg housing price vs Average income)
-Hosts the largest film festival in the US (in terms of number of films: Seattle International Film Festival)
-Wasn't able to find if this is true numbers wise, but we're definately the coffee capital of the US. Home to such world famous brands as Starbucks, Tully's, and Seattle's Best
-and arguably home to the most recognizable observation tower in the US, if not the world (Space Needle), which by the way isn't even the tallest structure and the city, and isn't even really downtown.

wilmington, delaware- first city to have its whole downtown area setup with cameras

^^
Does the church stille excist? Picture please:)
In 1625 the spire was striked by lightning so it burned down. Overall the church has been hit by lightning at least 8 times and has burned down 3 times. At the moment, it's 123 metres high.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/eb/180px-Olevistekirik3.jpg/450px-180px-Olevistekirik3.jpg

I agree with you that there are many people of ITALIAN DECENT in NYC.

But their migration flows occured much earlier than those in Canada.

The Italians who spoke Italian are DEAD. They came to NYC in the early part of the 20th century. With mixed marriages and the dilution of the Italian blood line they are essentially American people, of Italian decent.

In Toronto I would assume many of the first generation migrants who were actually born in Italy are still alive. Those in NYC were born in NYC, those in Canada were born in Italy. Not all, but the original people who migrated are still alive.

just a small small part of the Italians migrated in Ny and the East cost knew Italian!
the largest past knew just local dialects, for the largest part from South Italy.
So, few ones knew Italian official language.

There is a wodnerful movie of Martin Scorsese (that don't speak a word of Italian or Southern dialects), where his mother and father talk just in a south Italian dialect, that probably, today no one understand also in South Italy!

Another big difference between the Usa migration and the ones to Argentina, Brasil and Canada is that in this 3 countries the largest part of Italians came from North-East Italy and Central Italy (Veneto, Friuli, Alpine Valleys, Tuscany, Marche and Lazio).

the only one migration from North Italy to Usa was did in the XVII andXVIII Centuries, when a big number of people from Piedmont and Lombardia went to the West Coast of the Usa, the most part in California. But it was a different type of migrants, for a large part with high culture, mid class. They were for the most part escaped for religious or political reasons from the North Italian States before the unification of Italy in the 1861.

Worlds Busiest Airport, O'hare International (recently overtaken by Hartsfield Atlanta)

Largest Aquarium, Shed Aquarium (overtaken by one in Atlant)

Tallest building in North America, Sears Tower

Highest Residence, John Hancock Center

HK had that title. Anyway, which bridge is currently holding the title?

I believe the title went to Japan.

Kawasaki City, a part of Greater Tokyo, proudly presents you the world record winning infrastructure :) ; Petit-calator (http://www.more-s.com/kawasaki/menu.html)!

This is the shortest escalator on Earth, according to the Guinness Book (1991).

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...Don't ask me why they needed this.

If I am not wrong Vienna has:

-It hosts the most large traditional dancing balls each year (with a few hundred of them each ball season)
-It hosts the largest AIDS charity event in Europe
-It is home to the oldest still intact Ferris wheel. The Riesenrad.
-It is home to the oldest still existing zoo in the world.
-It has perhaps the longest river island within its city limits (at least 15km long I would say)
-Its the only city (at least in Europe) that was two times besieged by the Turkish armies and both times prevented invasion successfully and also was never invaded in the time to follow by them.
-It hosted the longest international congress ever that decided over the fate of a whole continent. (Viennese Congress)
-It still has 6 huge anti aircraft towers within the city limits from WWII. I am not sure but that might be pretty unique.
-Its the city with the lowest floor tram in the world, the ULF.
-I guess (thats an assumption now) its the capital with the largest wine production within city limits in the world.
-the headquarters of the most powerful resources cartel in the world is located in Vienna: the OPEC headquarters.
-the very eastern end of the Alps is within city limits.


And what I am absolutely not proud about:
-The highest Shopping mall density in Europe

PS:
I hope at least one or two of those things above are actually true ;)

First city in the southern (or eastern) hemispheres to host the Olympics.


Athens is in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Worlds Busiest Airport, O'hare International (recently overtaken by Hartsfield Atlanta)

Highest Residence, John Hancock Center

* I thought it was Heathrow?

* By highest residence, do you mean a building that isn't solely residential use but does have people living in it?

* I thought it was Heathrow?

* By highest residence, do you mean a building that isn't solely residential use but does have people living in it?

It's the difference between the world's largest international airport and the world's largest airport for international passengers.

Largest repository of weather information in the world, at the National Climatic Data Center.

Largest house in the United States (250 rooms, 4 acres of floor space).

There are some special objects in that house, by the way -- the first, the last, the only of their kind, but these are the only two records we really hold.


I think Napoleon Bonaparte's testicles are located at Biltmore... :cheers:

I'll do Melbourne:

Melbournes first train. Melbournes first 100 metre building, Melbourne also featured Melbournes first 250m+ skyscraper.

Tagaytay City, Philippines

Taal Volcano - World's smallest volcano.

For my city Cardiff (Wales, UK), a couple of records are that:

The first million pound check was signed in the coal exchange,
Was the worlds largest coal exporting port,
Has more urban green space than any other UK city,
Had the largest indoor arena in Europe (Millenium stadium) untill Wembly was finally finnished,
Youngest city in Europe to have the title of Capital city,
The richest man in the world (1920's) used to own the castle as his summer home,
Scott of the antartic set sail from Cardiff on his ill fated voyage,
Was the largest waterfront regeneration scheme in Europe (not sure if it still is, though probably is),
Largest arts prize in the world is held in the National Museum (Artes mundi),
Worlds most important singing competition is held at St Davids Hall (BBC Cardiff singer of the World).

Has more urban green space than any other UK city
People from Sheffield would dispute that. Also, if you're talking absolute rather than proportionally then Manchester and Birmingham both have more.

Had the largest indoor arena in Europe (Millenium stadium) untill Wembly was finally finnished
The Millennium Stadium is a stadium, not an arena. The MEN Arena in Manchester is the largest arena in Europe until the O2 is finished.

Worlds most important singing competition is held at St Davids Hall (BBC Cardiff singer of the World).
That should read "most important OPERATIC singing competition".

Sorry Irwell you continually like to find fault in what i write.... SO especially for you:

Cardiff has more urban green space PER HEAD than any other UK city (Sheffield just has green space that isnt urban and therefore unrelated to the city, but it does have the most in England not the whole UK and thus comes second to Cardiff),

The Millenium stadium is used as an arena, as seen when it hosted the Tsumanmi charity concert for the UK, the many concerts (Madonna, U2 etc.), speedway etc. and is around the 3rd 4th or 5th largest in the world with a retractable roof (im being diplomatic as im pretty sure its the 3rd biggest but new stadia are always built). This doesnt mean it is a dedicated arena, but can be used as one. Anyway Cardiff has a large enough purpose built arena (the CIA, guess what it stands for) to handle most events.

Opera is seen as the pinnacle of singing (even if you dont like it), it launches many people to stardom (what happens to the person who wins the worlds largest song contest Eurovision? generally nothing) and Idols and x factors dont mean a thing anymore, can you name a more important singing competition in terms of career advanacement, number of countries invloved, number of competitors that go on to success?

A few of Tijuana

• Westernmost city in Latin America
• Third northernmost city in Latin America
• Biggest and busiest border in the world
• Most crossed border in the world
• Fourth largest metro-area of Mexico (not counting San Diego)
• Second largest sex tourist destination (sadly) only beaten by Amsterdam
• Largest accumulation of "maquiladoras" in Mexico
• "Most visited city in the world" (in debate) does not necesarily refer to tourism, but to all of the people of latin america who come here to try and cross the border.

Thats all I can think of

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Tagum City, Where the Tallest Christmas Tree in Southeast Asia is located...


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Tagum City, Where the Biggest Rosary in the Whole World can be seen!

The most famous city in the world.

A few of Tijuana

• Westernmost city in Latin America
• Third northernmost city in Latin America
• Biggest and busiest border in the world
• Most crossed border in the world
• Fourth largest metro-area of Mexico (not counting San Diego)
• Second largest sex tourist destination (sadly) only beaten by Amsterdam
• Largest accumulation of "maquiladoras" in Mexico
• "Most visited city in the world" (in debate) does not necesarily refer to tourism, but to all of the people of latin america who come here to try and cross the border.

Thats all I can think of

Nice, but what does it have to do with my post?

Nice, but what does it have to do with my post?

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Sorry Irwell you continually like to find fault in what i write.... SO especially for you:

Cardiff has more urban green space PER HEAD than any other UK city (Sheffield just has green space that isnt urban and therefore unrelated to the city, but it does have the most in England not the whole UK and thus comes second to Cardiff),
It depends what you consider urban really doesn't it. I've yet to see a single statistical source to back up any green space claims.

The Millenium stadium is used as an arena, as seen when it hosted the Tsumanmi charity concert for the UK, the many concerts (Madonna, U2 etc.), speedway etc. and is around the 3rd 4th or 5th largest in the world with a retractable roof (im being diplomatic as im pretty sure its the 3rd biggest but new stadia are always built). This doesnt mean it is a dedicated arena, but can be used as one. Anyway Cardiff has a large enough purpose built arena (the CIA, guess what it stands for) to handle most events.
Old Trafford and the City of Manchester Stadium both handle those kind of events too, but they are stadia not arenas. The generally accepted definition of an arena is a permanently enclosed venue with seating on all sides, for which the MEN is the largest in Europe.

Opera is seen as the pinnacle of singing (even if you dont like it), it launches many people to stardom (what happens to the person who wins the worlds largest song contest Eurovision? generally nothing) and Idols and x factors dont mean a thing anymore, can you name a more important singing competition in terms of career advanacement, number of countries invloved, number of competitors that go on to success?
There's no point even discussing this really. American Idol has a much larger audience, it's winners are more recognised globally, sell more singles and earn more money than any other singing competition in the world.

I wouldnt be too sure about your final statement! Eurovisin has 3 times the audiance at least of American idol, and the people on it sell record in their own countries im sure well in excess of American idol lol. Also Cardiff singer of the world guarantees success for its winners which American idol doesn't and it propells them into the industry in a way that any idol would find impossible - hence its the most important singing competition in the world (or rather one of the top). Statistical information isnt needed when the main tourist sites for both cities clearly say in what respects they have the largest green areas, and urban means that it is part of the city and can be readily accessed by the population of the city (anyway the countryside around Cardiff is amazing if you want to get away from the large parks). The stadia in Manchester dont have retractable roofs and hence can not be called arenas in any form, and i doubt an arena has to have a permanent roof and stadia have seating on all sides (most arenas have a stage that isnt in the middle and im not denying that the MEN is the largest purpose built arena until O2 is finnished in London, just that stadia with retractable roofs are used as arenas).

Another record Cardiff holds is the oldest record shop in the world (according to the shop Spillers).

Nice, but what does it have to do with my post?

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I wouldnt be too sure about your final statement! Eurovisin has 3 times the audiance at least of American idol, and the people on it sell record in their own countries im sure well in excess of American idol lol.
Eurovision had an audience of 100 million worldwide. American Idol had an audience of 35 million in the US alone and 6 million in the UK. I can't find a figure for it but I'd expect it's worldwide audience to be higher than Eurovision seeing as it's broadcast in 100 countries worldwide.
Also Cardiff singer of the world guarantees success for its winners which American idol doesn't and it propells them into the industry in a way that any idol would find impossible - hence its the most important singing competition in the world (or rather one of the top).
Please tell me how it is more important. I had never even heard of it and I know none of the artists. Can you name one world-famous artist who took part? The American Idol winners, however, have clocked up 6 American Music Awards, 26 Billboard Music Awards, 4 Grammys and an Academy Award between them in the space of 5 seasons.

Statistical information isnt needed when the main tourist sites for both cities clearly say in what respects they have the largest green areas, and urban means that it is part of the city and can be readily accessed by the population of the city (anyway the countryside around Cardiff is amazing if you want to get away from the large parks).
I hardly think that local tourism sites are a reliable source! Hell, Manchester's recently stated that it had the highest levels of capital investment in the world! Reliable sources please.
The stadia in Manchester dont have retractable roofs and hence can not be called arenas in any form, and i doubt an arena has to have a permanent roof and stadia have seating on all sides (most arenas have a stage that isnt in the middle and im not denying that the MEN is the largest purpose built arena until O2 is finnished in London, just that stadia with retractable roofs are used as arenas).
A stadium with a retractable roof is just that. It is not an arena. Here is the list of UK arenas from Wikipedia:

England: Brighton Centre - Brighton, Bristol Arena - Bristol, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre - South London, Earls Court - West London, Hallam FM Arena - Sheffield, Harringay Arena - North London, Manchester Evening News Arena - Manchester, Metro Radio Arena - Newcastle upon Tyne, Millennium Dome - East London, National Indoor Arena - Birmingham, National Exhibition Centre - Birmingham, Nottingham Arena - Nottingham, Olympia - London, * Plymouth Pavilions - Plymouth, SkyDome Arena - Coventry, Wembley Arena - London, Westpoint Arena - Exeter

Northern Ireland: Odyssey - Belfast

Scotland: Aberdeen Arena - Aberdeen, Braehead Arena - Glasgow, Edinburgh Arena - Edinburgh, Scotland's National Arena - Glasgow

Wales: Cardiff International Arena - Cardiff

I dont think quoting Wikipedia is a good thing, i just think you dont agree with me that a stadium can be used as an arena and want to be argumentative as you have nothing better to do, just leave it at that (after all whats the difference between an opera house, symphony hall and theater to an arena?).

Eurovison doesnt get 100 million viewers (for god sake there are 700 million in Europe alone who are far more fanaticall about it than the UK) its over 300 million people world wide who watch it (which you might be getting confused with people who watch it live), and outside America American idol is not very popular as most countries have their own version (Pop stars, x factor, pop idol in just the UK alone) and like i said ive only heared of Kelly Clarkson in the UK having any kind of success. Name someone from the Cardiff singer of the year you might have heared of: Bryn Terfel and Katherin Jenkins are two Welsh performers who's careers were started from this competition who you definately would have heared of (unless you are totally uncultured).
Tourism sites are generaly trustworthy, maybe Manchesters site has been over hyped as is mostly the case with that city :) but in Sheffield and Cardiff our councils stick to the facts.

I dont think quoting Wikipedia is a good thing, i just think you dont agree with me that a stadium can be used as an arena and want to be argumentative as you have nothing better to do, just leave it at that (after all whats the difference between an opera house, symphony hall and theater to an arena?).
The difference is in the structure of the building.

Eurovison doesnt get 100 million viewers (for god sake there are 700 million in Europe alone who are far more fanaticall about it than the UK) its over 300 million people world wide who watch it (which you might be getting confused with people who watch it live), and outside America American idol is not very popular as most countries have their own version (Pop stars, x factor, pop idol in just the UK alone) and like i said ive only heared of Kelly Clarkson in the UK having any kind of success. Name someone from the Cardiff singer of the year you might have heared of: Bryn Terfel and Katherin Jenkins are two Welsh performers who's careers were started from this competition who you definately would have heared of (unless you are totally uncultured).
Interesting to note that Eurovision was broadcast in 38 nations, compared to 100 for American Idol. Either way it's irrelevant as both are more widely broadcast than Cardiff's. I also like how the two famous performers you mentioned are both Welsh in a Welsh contest! This is not to do with the UK, this is to do with the WORLD as that was your claim. There's no contest.
Tourism sites are generaly trustworthy, maybe Manchesters site has been over hyped as is mostly the case with that city :) but in Sheffield and Cardiff our councils stick to the facts.
Funny that, but I've never seen a tourism site that sticks to the facts. It also depends, as much does, on definitions of cities and also your definition of green space. It's a rather vague claim. With over 30 million trees in it's urban area Manchester could probably claim it too!

How does the structure of an enclosed stadium differ from an arena?

Cardiff singer of the world had auditions from 44 locations around the world, i named those singers because i thought you would know them and as you asked me to do, so whats your point?! (a full list of competitors and winners can be found here http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger/sites/2007/pages/competitors.shtml) and there are very few winners from Wales actually (idiot!), you are obviously talking about something you really dont know! Again tell me a more important song contest (American idol is not important outside the USA - accept it, you just cant argue it is!) whereas Cardiff singer of the world is importnat throughout the World.

Funny that 140 countries watched Eurovision online alone, and you missed out the countries (again) outside Europe that watch it! lol (you really need to back up you facts because you are looking silly! lol).

Most tourist sites are accurate (maybe you need to look at more than just Manchester site), its also on the main government website for Cardiff, statistic wise its roughly 10 acres of open green space per 1,000 head of population. Green space doesnt just mean trees (silly boy!) you can hardly enjoy sitting under a tree on the side of a dual carrige way lol! And the poor people of manchester have less greenspace to use than the people of Cardiff (accept it!).

Now stop trying to one up me as you have always lost (as with Cardiff being the youngest capital in Europe and Sheffield doesnt have more urban green space per head) with your points being childish, pathetic and thread cloging! now show your maturity by not replying to this post and moving on with your life. I wont be replying to yours whatever you say, which of course will be silly, childish and totally not backed up by facts, maturity, experiance, relavant sources or without contradicting yourself.

Irwell was it necessary for you to hijack the thread to have an argument with someone? :ohno:

Irwell was it necessary for you to hijack the thread to have an argument with someone? :ohno:

Don't worry, I'm not going to be replying to his posts anymore as it's becoming quite disruptive. I thought he'd accept that his claims were subjective, but he never seems to be able to do so.

A few of Tijuana

• Westernmost city in Latin America
• Third northernmost city in Latin America
• Biggest and busiest border in the world
• Most crossed border in the world
• Fourth largest metro-area of Mexico (not counting San Diego)
• Second largest sex tourist destination (sadly) only beaten by Amsterdam
• Largest accumulation of "maquiladoras" in Mexico
• "Most visited city in the world" (in debate) does not necesarily refer to tourism, but to all of the people of latin america who come here to try and cross the border.

Thats all I can think of

• Tijuana leads the world in the production and assembly of television sets.

this one isnt a record just a fun fact:
--The Caesar salad was first created at Caesar’s Palace restaurant on Avenida Revolucion in Tijuana.

i also found that the Clamato drink was invented here. Didnt know that but i dont know its true

Cali, Colombia is:

The world salsa capital.
The South American city with the best stadia with a capacity of more than 250,000 in all her sports venues (it's 2 soccer stadiums have a combined capacity of over 108,000).
It has Colombia's best zoo.
Has a hill with 3 crosses (the middle one measures 22 mts) and on another hill, there's a 26 mt statue of Jesus Christ (only 8 mt less than Rio's Cristo) representing the city's religiousness.
Hold Colombia's most important fair.

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Tagum City, Where the Tallest Christmas Tree in Southeast Asia is located...


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Tagum City, Where the Biggest Rosary in the Whole World can be seen!

And the Heaviest Rosary Beads of almost 5 kilos each...

• Tijuana leads the world in the production and assembly of television sets.

this one isnt a record just a fun fact:
--The Caesar salad was first created at Caesar’s Palace restaurant on Avenida Revolucion in Tijuana.

i also found that the Clamato drink was invented here. Didnt know that but i dont know its true

It is :)

Chicago

First Vaccum Cleaner - 1869
First Elevated Railway - 1883
First Steel Framed Skyscraper - 1885
Softball Invented - 1887
First Open Heart Surgery - 1893
First Ferris Wheel - 1893
First Automobile Race in U.S. - 1895
Zipper Invented - 1896
First Rotary Club Founded - 1905
First Electric Washing Machine - 1910
Largest Decorative Fountain - Buckingham Fountain - 1927
First Planetarium in Western Hemisphere - Adler Planetarium - 1930
Largest Commercial Building in the World - Merchandise Mart - 1930
First Pinball Machine - 1931
Twinkie Invented - 1931
First Baseball All-Star Game - Comiskey Park - 1933
First Oscar Meyer Weinermobile - 1936
First Blood Bank - 1937
First Controlled Atomic Chain Reaction - 1941
First Daytime Soap Opera - All My Children - 1949
Spraypaint - 1949 (Sorry!)
First McDonald's in Des Plaines, IL - 1955
First Expressway Median Rail Line - 1969
Largest Public Library Building - Harold Washington Library - 1991

Doha,Qatar


1. Lagoon PLaza - Tallest zigzag building in the world
2. Aspire Tower - Tallest flame torch in the world
3. Qatar Airways - Fastest growing airline in the world
4. Qatar - Richest country in the world in terms of GDP
5. Most Indebted country per citizen
6. Largest sports dome in the world
7. Largest football in the world
8. World Longest Torch Realy In The Asian Games History
9. Biggest Exporter of LNG in the world

Nara (奈良), Japan
*Horyu-ji Temple (法隆寺),607　
The existing world oldest wooden building.

Kyoto (京都), Japan
*Genji Monogatari (源氏物語, The Tale of Genji. 1001).
The world oldest novel.
Author, Murasaki Shikibu. An author is a woman.

Osaka
*Taisenryokofun.
The world's biggest old burial mound. Shi Huangdi
It is big from Pyramid of Khufu and a grave of Shi Huangdi.

Tokyo
*Astroboy (Tetsuwan Atomu)
World's first consecutive TV animation. 53 episodes. Monochrome.

*Jungle Taitei.(Kimba the White Lion in USA, Le Roi Leo in Franch.)
World's first consecutive color television animation.

*The number of cartoon film production companies is the
number one in the world.

*Cal-cell El Dorado, in Toshimaen amusement park.
The merry-go-round that the world is oldest. （made in Germany）.

*current is happening pool, Toshimaen amusement park.
The pool where a world's first current happens.

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Tokyo (Edo)

The literacy rate of Edo (Tokyo) and Osaka of the middle stage in the 18th century was 86% from 70%. Kyoto and Nara and Kobe were about the same as Edo, too. This is proud of world 1. :)

It was proud of literacy rate from 20% to 25% in a farm village and the fishing village of the country. :) Even a farmer wrote poetry well.

This reason is because there was a school called "terakoya" in the days of Edo. Most Japanese children went to "terakoya" and learned reading and mathematics.


The population of the Edo era surpassed 1 millon people in 1718. This was the number one in the world, too.
Osaka was about the same population.


Literacy rate
1750: 70%, Edo (Tokyo) The number one in the world.
1750: 70%, Osaka

population
1718: Edo, 1 million+ The number one in the world.
1720: Osaka 1 milion+

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first megacity-1929

Tokyo

*World's first instant noodles were born.

*World's first instant Cup Noodle was born.