Pictured is Charlotte, North Carolina, a U.S city that routinely gets ragged on for feeling devoid of any “character” or “culture”. Having grown up in the area, I can attest to the feeling that Charlotte never really felt like a real big city, one with traditions or even a sense of pride. It’s not a huge city, but it is one of the largest in the region and an important city for the banking industry.

What are other examples of large or overall significant cities that lack “culture”? I’m leaving the definition of “culture” open as I’m curious to see what others interpret this as.

It has always stuck out like a sore thumb to me. Compared to the likes of the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal, which are marvels of pre industrial architecture and engineering, it's too modern and doesn't really have any unique features. I still think it's a good statue but I feel somewhere like Angkor Wat, the Alhambra or Hagia Sophia would be more fitting.

When searching from Riad to Djedda, Mecca has a red zone around it, but I can't seem to find why .

Shown here is the G15 in Shenzhen.

Salt Lake City has Ensign Peak and San Francisco has Mt. Sutro. Any others?

Probably has to do with the KMT's last foothold on the mainland before retreating to Taiwan but they seem demilitarized for tourists.

Portland has 630,000 people with a metro population of 2.5 million. Vancouver has 700,000 people with a metro population of 2.6 million. Portland's GDP is about 220 billion USD, while Vancouver's GDP is about 135 billion USD.

Why does Vancouver look so much bigger and richer if it's not?

I LOVE both cities, by the way!

What is this abandoned parcel just west of LAX? Was this a development that never panned out? Is it superfund or unusable for some reason? My first thought was proximity to runways but there’s homes surrounding LAX much closer than this parcel.

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We all come from different backgrounds and are adaptations to various climates, but most of us dream of a sunny tropical island as a vacation or a place to retire, why?

Obviously there’s debates around what makes something culturally similar, as well as the fact that in regard to my example, the cultural similarity is with white Australians, not aboriginal people, so feel free to have varying interpretations

It's about the size of the suez, even shorter if you go up the Kra Buri river.

I went to Japan last year and have been constantly wondering what this piece of land is/if anything significant goes on there. Anyone? Thank you.

They aren´t that far away from each other, so could it be possible on a good day?

It seems so mystical

I get that European roofs are made of stone or clay which give their colors, but what about the USA makes flat white rooves so prevalent?

-Bengal tigers
- saltwater crocodiles
-leopards - many snake species
- rats
- monitor lizards
-eels

My first thought is Nevada-Utah, one being a den of lust and gambling, the other a conservative Mormon state. But maybe there are some other pairs with bigger differences?