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Săo Paulo Brazil
Apr 2002
time: 02:18
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I decided to start this tread because I noticed there are people from all parts of the world here, and I find amusing the descriptions of the places where they live.
I would like to hear how your city works, and how is living in a small town in Germany or a metropolis in Asia or a city in the american midwest. Share your experiences!
I will start with the place where I live, Săo Paulo. Actually I live in Campinas, a 1 million pp city 100 km far from Săo Paulo. But as nobody here know it, I will speak of SP.
The biggest distinction of Săo Paulo from american metropolises is that there is no well defined downtown with lots of skycrapers. The tallest building in Săo Paulo has only 45 floors, and most buildings range from 10 - 30 floors. No huge skycrapers. It's instead a homogeneous vast jungle of medium density. The total area of the metropolis has 8000 sq kilometers. You get a almost endless background (there are few places where you can see the city's border) of small and medium buildings mixed with houses. Socketed in this background and spread around you have some distinct sections.
The old downtown, with run-down office buildings, some historical constructions, and a crowded popular commercial area.
The Paulista Avenue and it's surroundings, a sort of "Wall Street", with lots of rich skycraper's build from 80/today mostly belonging to banks. An agitated cultural life (lots of cinemas, theates, bars) and elite commecial zones, with stores like Baccarat, Giorgio Armani, ect
The "new" downtown, with very tall and modern-looking buildings, similar to the ones of Hong-Kong. Little cultural life, just extremaly expensive offices from multinationals, like Microsoft.
You have also degraded zones, rich zones, but all inserted in the urban caos of buildings...
Mass transit don't work well, the overall traffic jam gets regularly to 200 km, from an average of 120 km. The rich people uses helicopters as cars, so it's the second city in numer of helicopters. It's also violent and very poluted, although not as much as Mexico City.
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loleod
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Boston
Apr 2002
time: 00:18
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I live in a city outside of Boston , MA , USA. Boston itself has 600,000 people ( Which is allot less then many people think). There only one boundry to city life here though and thats the waterfront. Metro Boston reaches out for miles , and that includes my city ( population of 35,000).
Outside of the US we are mostly known for our schools which include MIT, Harvard , BU, BC , Emerson and a few more big names ( Although MIT and Harvard are not located within the city of Boston). Other then that people from other parts of the world may find it boring over here because 90 percent of tourist spots are dedicated to our fight against the English for independance.
We are also part of a megaopolis that goes from lower New Hampshire , over to New York City , and Finally down to Washington DC. Any of the above named places can be reached by acceltrain ( really fast trains that are based off of trains out of Japan) within a few hours.
Also it cannot be forgotten we are the home of the world famous kennedy family  , I think that has to be the worst export in town. We have also been blasted for having really bad airport security. In the past few weeks they had to evacuate 3 terminals due to metal detectors being unplugged! 
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Cairo_East
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Kansas City
Feb 2002
time: 00:18
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I'm a university student in the aptly named town of State College. State College is a town of ~70,000 year-round residents and 40,000 students. The location has more rain than Seattle, but that means we have large temperate forests that surround us.
It's located at the junction of two valleys in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, and is notable for being one of the largest metropolitan areas in the USA without a major interstate. Most of the commercial development is located in the 2-3 storey pedestrian downtown that is located next to the University. Newer, big box commercial retail has started to spring up along another road on the north side of town.
As a student, most major facilities are within walking distance, and the bus system has a fairly complete coverage of the city. Otherwise, like most US cities, the car is an important mode of transport.
Probably the most notable feature is Beaver Stadium, one of the 10 largest stadiums in the world. A stadium-record 109,313 people watched a collegiate American Football game here between Penn State and Miami, Florida last September (including myself). People from across the Eastern U.S. come 7 or 8 times a year and completely energize the city and the economy. The lack of an interstate becomes a curse for those who drive in for the weekend.
Bucolic, eh???
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Dr Zoidberg
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Communist Party of Apolyton
Jan 2002
time: 06:18
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Gothenburg, pop ~600.000
As a harbour city, water is central to the life of Göteborg. The Göta Älv river divides the city into north and south, before flowing out into one of Sweden's most stunning archipelagos.
City Centre
The heart of the city is on the south bank of the river, encircled by what used to be the old moat. Avenyn, Göteborg's main street, stretches away south of the moat, to Götaplatsen square, with its familiar statue of Poseidon. Other parts of Göteborg that also count as the centre are Vasastaden, picturesque Haga and Linnéstaden, including Linnégatan, Göteborg's second most lively street.
GO THERE!
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Caligastia
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This is where I live.
I like it.
Its big.
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05-04-2002 09:03
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Your PM was here in Athens (nice lady BTW) and said the capital was beautiful and one that can should visit... 
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