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Tourists Vs Locals: 20 Cities Based On Where People Take Photos

May 27, 2015 15 Comments

London tourists vs locals

London: Locals and Tourists by Eric Fischer

Tourists and locals experience cities in strikingly different ways. For example, in London most tourists will visit Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Oxford Street, etc. but will probably not end up visiting East Croydon, Hendon, Dagenham or any of the other parts of London outside of Zone 1.

Conversely, Londoners can go years without ever visiting the tourist traps of central London. To see just how different these two worlds are, have a look at the map of London above based on where people take photos.

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Filed Under: Other Tagged With: cities

The 4037 Cities In The World With Over 100,000 People

February 23, 2015 7 Comments

100,000 person cities

Map created by Fingolas, Interactive version

The map above shows the 4,037 cities in the world that have over 100,000 people living in them. It was created by reddit user Fingolas, who explains how the map was created:

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: cities, population


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