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I claim that Tokyo is part of NYC, therefore this is fact. Anyone who is "hundreds of miles away" cannot object. |
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But as you say Montreal benefits from its obvious outlier status that makes it stand out in this part of the world. It also has had (Olympics, Expo) or has (Formula 1 Grand Prix, the national "Open" tennis* tourney, etc.) things that contribute to a city's global renown. *Shared with Toronto, with the men and women alternating cities every year. |
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^ and if you go back to australia's earliest colonial days, sydney was where the first permanent european settlement (prison colony) was set up on the australian continent, and was thus australia's very first city.
so sydney and melbourne have been flip-flopping for some time. |
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Sydney does have more international flights, and the main stock exchange, but its not a massive difference between the two cities I think. |
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But even there where there is a very big gap today I think Rio still has stronger international recognition around the globe. |
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When I was in high school, Montreal was a weekend trip for 18 year olds. You could drive there in 6 hours, and at the time the drinking age was 18. |
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And the girls are friendlier here. That's the wine and not the dad talking. |
For the US I will use regions.
NE: DC South: Atlanta Midwest: Detroit West: San Francisco Germany: Hamburg France: Lyon Italy: Rome UK: Manchester Australia: Melbourne Japan: Osaka China: Beijing Mexico: Guadalajara Brazil: Rio India: Delhi |
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Compare the relative lack of interest in other Canadian schools by Americans like UBC, UofT etc. relative to McGill even though UofT (Toronto's most famous school) and McGill (Montreal's most famous school) are nearly equal in many university rankings, and in some more recent years of ranking Toronto comes on top. Yes, I heard the whole "lots of Americans are considering Canadian schools after Trump" but so far the numbers are small. UofT is known for lots of international students (many Asians but also Middle Easterners, Europeans, Latin Americans) but way less Americans. UBC is known for lots of Chinese international students but few Americans from the nearby West Coast. For some reason, McGill draws American students from New England/the East Coast way more than UofT draws any Midwestern US students or UBC draws West Coast Americans. It must be doing something right aside from just continuing the legacy of being in Canada's formerly largest city. |
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At least no one I know would call them also-rans. |
São Paulo is almost twice as big as Rio. In fact, it’s almost the exact difference as between NYC and LA.
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Interesting that foreign students like Chinese, Indians are more aware of Ontario universities like the U of Toronto, Waterloo etc. because of this focus (since many of their students study these subjects when they come as internationals) than Americans. I think the University of Toronto has "caught up" in image in its own country, for those who are deciding between Canadian schools in Canada, but McGill's has still the longer, richer, history, pedigree and reputation to outsiders. |
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