So i just thought of this awesome question that i don't even know what my answer to it is yet, its not a right or wrong its an opinionatory question, but be prepared to explain what you answer is based off of and if you are challenged then be prepared to give some sort of a positive argument, you cant tell someone they are wrong, but you can try to convince them of your views, but be serious.



The Question is thus: What would you consider the "landmark" city of the world to be. To explain my question i will refer to it as this, the "lost city of atlantis" is considered to be the marvel of the ancient world, the city in which the best of everything of the civilization was shown. And the city of Atlantis was lost due to many theories, the most popular being a flood. And to relate this, if say the world were flooded, and another civilization was formed, what would be the city to them as atlantis is to us.



Don't just say your hometown or something ridiculous, unless you can back it up, i don't want to hear about some no-name town in the middle of france that has no real importance, something real. And don't just say atlantis either, because it is of the previous civilzations cities, and the atlantians are long gone to us even.



Of course i refer to atlantis as if it were real, i am not disclosing my opinion on it, it was merely a reference.



now go my little monkeys and think of what you will say...

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That's a good question. I'd really like to say Rome, but only in the ancient sense, which I guess doesn't really apply here. At it's height, Rome was the most amazing, techologically advanced and spectacular city the world had ever known, the pinnacle of human achievement. Nowadays it'd probably a be a toss up with New York City or the Vatican or something like that. Paris perhaps?

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This is a really good question. I think it would have to be Tokyo, i went there a few years ago and it blew my mind. plus, its the largest city by far, with 34 and a half million people, you cant touch that shit... the next largest is NYC with about 20 million. Also, Dubai is doing some crazy shit...

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Jerusalem. It has signifiant religious and cultural importance.

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Don't mean to be off-track here...but I feel like mentioning a landmark wilderness park, if I may.

Yosemite Valley, is a wonderful natural landmark of the healthy and advanced civilization that is, the wilderness! So many complex organisms and forms of life and ancient solid landscapes. The Life!

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Either Philadelphia or Washington D.C. because these places are the brthplace of America.

I say this because America has the best technology and like it or not were the world power. We have the most freedom of anyone in the world.

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Amsterdam because it offers true liberal culture, meaning less government interference, more negative liberty and gives hope to many.

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I'd have to say Tokyo for technology and modern development, plus at a push they could go the same way as Atlantis! The earths crust is very very thin their...

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New York City. Its the most diverse city on this planet. Theres so many different races of people living together. Theres wall street and theres ghettos. Zoos, aquariums, ball parks, bodegas, subways, drugs, parks, ice skating, big christmas trees, statues of liberties, stadiums, ground zero, grafitti, clubs, bars, 24 hour delis, industrial areas, junkyards, the new years ball, nypd, like 8 bridges, all different types of food on the same block, beautiful women, museums, public transportation, one dollar ke-babs, bong shops, all kinds of shops, art, music, china town, junkies and fiends, blue collar, white collar, black, white, asian, spanish, middle eastern, latino, indian, jewish. Theres a bit of everything, Its the place where people come to make something with their lives. there is just no place like it. and if you deny that then you've never been here.

i like all the responses so far, they have been rather varied, but let me push it more towards what i was meaning, so if you had to pick a city where you could define the world's presence eminating from it, like athens or rome were the cities to live in in those eras, what would ours be now, i would call new york city the defining city of the 20th century, because it was pretty much what decided what happened, with wall street and the depression, and the 20th century being a time of great economical expansion for the world.

but its interesting to hear of religious cities as the ones for now, i agree with jerusalem, mecca, the vatican all that, but its interesting, it seems that this century will be dominated by religious strife, or peace, but at the moment it seems that religion is turning the world on its shoulders, yet the religious cities are the place to be, i myself like jerusalem the most, i want to visit it someday, it has a very interesting history, and it is in the most interesting region in the world at the moment, no matter how unstable.

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I think the ultimate answer is 'everywhere' .......which, in the proper sense, is 'nowhere' as well...

I think Buddha said ; 'Pleasure breeds suffering and unsatisfactoriness'........so what 'was' , was . And what 'is' ,exists because of the 'was'...ALL of it.

nothing is more important then the other.... if that makes sense

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you know what, that is a very good answer, without this question up to any of my friends yet, we were having a discussion whilst high of a similar type of situation as in, these are what they were of the past, what is it now, type of thing.

We just had it about a different subject, but anyways, we were able to name all the things from before, then when it came to now we couldnt think of what truely defined this era so we said everything, which was true, this is a time for the culmination of history.

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lol! America does not have the best technology, period. Japan does. Also America is not the world power, i'd say Israel or china would be the world power, with the US coming a close third. The US just recently became powerful (after WWII). Like it or not, the world does not revolve around America, as much as some countries would like to replicate it. Thats not to say that America is insignificant, i just think to be calling it the "Atlantis of our age" is FAR off from the truth. Hey i love the country i live in (Canada) and i would love nothing more then to say "Canada is the modern day Atlantis", but looking at the facts in an unbiased point of view, sadly Canada is not, nor is America for that matter.

Oh i would also like to add i disagree with America having the most freedoms out of any place in the world, this may sound biased but i honestly do believe that Canada does have more freedom then the US and who knows, Canada is probably beaten by some other Country.

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Most poppulated city in the world is Mexico City not Tokyo, Both very nice and beautifull citys though

As far as the city of the new world.............I have no Idea, but the space port will be up and running soon

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Captain.......I just recheck the population on wiwki their numbers are from 2003 I am preatty sure in 2006 the largest populated city was Mexico city with well over 36 bagillion........I dont know exact numbers but their up their. But Tolyo could have taken the lead again buy then.

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Israel? Really? Uncle Sam is spoon feeding Israel ground up money, bite by bite, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Every day.

I think you're right about that. You guys could start drinking when you were 19 and weed is basically legal. And those are the most important freedoms of all...that i dont already take for granted. Also, you are free from having to blow hard earned cash at hospitals.

Of course, our history in America is a lot more dramatic and awe inspiring...so America will always win..........until we lose. Then you can try to win.





Icon City? Easy... Rome. The city is one big work of art that has been under construction for centuries. Just gotta ignore the tourist traps

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I'd have to go with LONDON or NEW YORK

why,


London as well as New York are the most well known cities in the world.


Landmarks well where do i start we have the empire state building, statue of liberty, big ben, westminster abbey, buckingham palace i could go on and on and on.

London and new york are two incredible cities with diverse population with a wide range of clture and religion.There are over 300 languages spoken within the city.
We are also directly in the middle of the map! (London)

I think these would be my two choices for landmark cities.
The centre of everything.

Then again Paris, Rome, Madrid, Melbourne maybe even Tokyo are up there too...........

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