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[jvalmer]

1. Shanghai, China 13,278,500
2. Mumbai (Bombay), India 12,622,500
3. Buenos Aires, Argentina 11,928,400
4. Moscow, Russia 11,273,400
5. Karachi, Pakistan 10,889,100
6. Delhi, India 10,400,900
7. Manila, Philippines 10,330,100
8. Sao Paulo, Brazil 10,260,100
9. Seoul, South Korea 10,165,400
10. Istanbul, Turkey 9,631,700
11. Jakarta, Indonesia 8,987,800
12. Mexico City, Mexico 8,705,100
13. Lagos, Nigeria 8,682,200
14. Lima, Peru 8,380,600
15. Tokyo, Japan 8,294,200
16. New York City, U.S. 8,091,700
17. Cairo, Egypt 7,609,700
18. London, United Kingdom 7,593,300
19. Teheran, Iran 7,317,200
20. Beijing, China 7,209,900


Seoul is not cosmopolitan. Considering Korea does not have large ethnic populations or immigration, how can it be cosmpolitain.

Who the hell came up with these rankings? If Hong Kong is not ranked higher than Beijing, than No Chinese or Japanese cities should be even on the list. Moscow ahead of New York, that is wrong. Moscow should not be on the list and also Teheran. No way New York and London should be in the bottom 5.

[Real Reality]

jvalmer,

population

[jvalmer]

[jurassic5]

[whatthefunk]

this is retarded. who cares if the city fits into some vauge classification.. it is what it is. it isnt what it isnt. thats that.

[bucheon bum]

seoul cosmopolitan, HA HA HA HA. Not even close.

Cosmopolitan cities I've visited:

San Francisco
NYC
London
Paris
Hong Kong
Singapore
Bangkok

Dubai is borderline. It'll get there w/in a decade probably
Tel Aviv is more cosmopolitan than Seoul, as is Cairo.

[Bulsajo]

Um, I merely posted that list of population rankings to make the point that if you're going to talk about about how cosmopolitan Seoul is then you probably should compare it with its peers (Most cities, regardless of size, are going to lose in a match up against NY, London, Paris, LA).

In that respect (i.e. compared with to my largely uninformed guesstimate of what some of those other cities must be like) I think Seoul earns the much coveted "slightly above average but nothing to write home about" award.

[Ody]

ON BEING COSMOPOLITIAN

i moved from Miami, FL to NYC in 1985, where i lived and/or worked until 2002. i am a 99.9% cosmo-girl. my first visit to Seoul was in 1992. stayed here (a long) 3 months. the difference between the two metropolises was gaping. This is much less the case, circa 2004. i'd say Seoul has a way to go but it is well on its way.

i didn't vote because the language doesn't fit my experience. too black and white.