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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 4020682" data-attributes="member: 63">A good city is one that you can run a giant rampaging monster through. New York wins because of its vast number of visually memorable landmarks - the Statue of Liberty, the various bridges, Times Square, Central Park, the Chrysler building, the Empire State building, and for a long while the twin towers. Paris might come close - Louvre, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Arc d'Triomphe - but I suppose the French aren't big on giant rampaging monsters.I really don't get why Tokyo gets blown up so much. The only landmark I know of from there is Tokyo Tower. San Francisco is a good target, though, with Alcatraz, its iconic houses on hills, and of course the Golden Gate Bridge. L.A. is a good place for gang-vs.-cop movies, but not for giant rampaging monsters.So my rubric is, does the city have:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bridges</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A big statue</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A unique tower</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">An identifiable architectural style</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some greenspace</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Memorable inhabitants</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Value to the rest of the world, so that when it's imperiled, people care</li>
</ul></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 4020682, member: 63"] A good city is one that you can run a giant rampaging monster through. New York wins because of its vast number of visually memorable landmarks - the Statue of Liberty, the various bridges, Times Square, Central Park, the Chrysler building, the Empire State building, and for a long while the twin towers. Paris might come close - Louvre, Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, Arc d'Triomphe - but I suppose the French aren't big on giant rampaging monsters. I really don't get why Tokyo gets blown up so much. The only landmark I know of from there is Tokyo Tower. San Francisco is a good target, though, with Alcatraz, its iconic houses on hills, and of course the Golden Gate Bridge. L.A. is a good place for gang-vs.-cop movies, but not for giant rampaging monsters. So my rubric is, does the city have: [list][*]Bridges [*]A big statue [*]A unique tower [*]An identifiable architectural style [*]Some greenspace [*]Memorable inhabitants [*]Value to the rest of the world, so that when it's imperiled, people care[/list] [/QUOTE]

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