New 7 wonders cities.

[briker]

If its about new cities, then European cities and Tokyo should not be in the contest. Theyve been around for centuries. Thus my list is as follow:

Dubai
Hong Kong
New York
Washington
Shanghai
Singapore
Doha

[bruninhodb]

1 NY
2 Paris
3 Istambul
4 Dubai
5 Rio
6 Brasília (I never seen someplace like)
7 London

[InformaticIAN]

for me my all time great cities are:

New York
Tokyo
London
Paris
Rome
Hongkong
Singapore

[fridayinla]

My list:

Amsterdam
San Francisco
New York
Paris
Tokyo
Barcelona
Berlin

[Manila-X]

Of course I picked Manila as one of my choices since this is my city and it is one of the most vibrant in South East Asia.

But my choices would be

1) Hong Kong
2) New York City
3) Manila
4) Tokyo
5) San Francisco
6) London
7) Chicago

[royal rose1]

Love that you have my 3 American cities! Someone previously said America wouldn't deserve even two. I think they're so beautiful and unique that they deserve to be listed! As do the rest!

Originally Posted by Manila-X

Of course I picked Manila as one of my choices since this is my city and it is one of the most vibrant in South East Asia.

But my choices would be

1) Hong Kong
2) New York City
3) Manila
4) Tokyo
5) San Francisco
6) London
7) Chicago

[Manila-X]

Originally Posted by royal rose1

Love that you have my 3 American cities! Someone previously said America wouldn't deserve even two. I think they're so beautiful and unique that they deserve to be listed! As do the rest!

You got several fascinating global cities in one country.

[Sarcasticity]

Originally Posted by royal rose1

Love that you have my 3 American cities! Someone previously said America wouldn't deserve even two. I think they're so beautiful and unique that they deserve to be listed! As do the rest!

no, i didnt say America didnt deserve two entries. I'd like to see NYC, Chicago and San Fran in there but 7 entries for the entire world, I wouldn't hold my breath. I'd be satisfied as long as NYC is there

[pierolol]

New York
Tokyo
Rio
Paris
Rome
Valparaiso
Chicago

[the spliff fairy]

In no particular order

1. Paris
2. NYC
3. Beijing
4. Hong Kong
5. London
6. Istanbul
7. Rome

I would love to add Guangzhou-Shenzhen, Tokyo, St Petersburg, Rio, Fez, Prague, Venice, Florence, Constantine, Sydney, Buenos Aires, Shanghai, Jerusalem, Damascus, San Francisco and Barcelona too.

[Steel City Suburb]

1. New York
2. Paris
3. Tokyo
4. Venice
5. Dubai
6. Shanghai
7. London

[Dralcoffin]

My votes:

Chicago - The city that gave the world skyscrapers certainly should be on the list, not to mention reversing its own river.

Rio de Janeiro - setting

Venice - the unique, middle of the lagoon setting

Istanbul - a major world center for 2,000 years

Mecca - the center of a billion-strong religion, and the epitome of a holy city

Dubai - the building boom of the past decade

Paris - the famous atmosphere of the City of Lights and Love

[the spliff fairy]

I think in this day and age 7 is just too few to be able to choose. It would more likely be twice that number, thanks to globalisation and the plurality of contemporary society.

[Sarcasticity]

The fact that in the new7wonders of Nature, the Great Barrier Reef and the Grand Canyon weren't in the top 7 but Jeju Island and the Puerto Princesa Underground River were, just makes me lose faith in this contest that deserving (well, imo) cities like NYC, Paris, Rio etc won't make it since votes are tallied online and thru text

[lawine]

I think the cities should have something that sets them truly apart from other cities, which I don't think is true for a lot of cities people are listing. Sure, they're important and big and all that, but what makes them fundamentally *unique*?

Personally I think Amsterdam should be included for instance because it is perhaps the earliest modern-example of a planned city (its canalbelt) and because despite attempts by conservative elements, the city remains the defacto world-standard for 'liberal progressive city'.

Las Vegas for instance might be an American city included because it is fundamentally different from most other american cities whereas I don't see why you would have New York or Chicago on it despite both being fantastic cities.

Anyway, my two cents

[Sarcasticity]

Originally Posted by lawine

I think the cities should have something that sets them truly apart from other cities, which I don't think is true for a lot of cities people are listing. Sure, they're important and big and all that, but what makes them fundamentally *unique*?

Personally I think Amsterdam should be included for instance because it is perhaps the earliest modern-example of a planned city (its canalbelt) and because despite attempts by conservative elements, the city remains the defacto world-standard for 'liberal progressive city'.

Las Vegas for instance might be an American city included because it is fundamentally different from most other american cities whereas I don't see why you would have New York or Chicago on it despite both being fantastic cities.

Anyway, my two cents

Then again you ask yourself, what makes Las Vegas different from Macau or Atlantic City or Reno?

Why people include NYC or Chicago? I guess the fact that these cities were in the forefront the last century, the homes of the first skyscrapers in the world, beautiful harbors, architecture, etc. I would rather question why people would list Shanghai or Dubai, to be speaking frankly, they haven't been noticed only until recently (just my 2 cents)

[jabroni]

In no particular order...

Paris
New York
Venice
Hong Kong
Rio De Janeiro
Dubai
Rome

[FAAN]

1. New York City
2. Rio
3. London
4. Brasilia
5. Paris
6. Sydney
7. L.A

[Kiboko]

Another subjective top-# list. Here is my version

London
Paris
Rome
Prague
Berlin
Amsterdam
Vienna

[khoojyh]

Since the title is NEW 7 wonder cities, i will Try to excluded developed country

my List

New York City (developed country but must be in the list even new 7 wonder cities)
Shanghai (developing in fast pace, no more city in this world can develop such fast except Dubai)
Dubai (the most beautiful city that lay on desert)
Hong Kong (no more city in this world will have such beautiful skyline)
Istanbul (the best city that cross between Asia and Europe)
Sao Paulo (Super huge)
Rio De Jeneiro (perfect match in between natural and concrete jungle)