Manaus, South America
Manaus: Amazon Capital, Jungle Soul
Island City Economics: Manaus is effectively an island surrounded by jungle and rivers - no roads connect it to the rest of Brazil's highway system. Everythi…
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Las Vegas, North America
Las Vegas: Neon Dreams, Desert Soul
No Clocks, No Windows on Casino Floors: Walk into any major casino and you'll notice two things are missing — clocks and windows. This is by design. The indu…
Oklahoma City, North America
Oklahoma City: Cowboy Soul, Thunder Heart
Everyone is an Amateur Meteorologist: Oklahomans don't just check the weather — they obsess over it. Locals have weather apps on every device, follow storm c…
Queenstown, Oceania
Queenstown: Adventure Capital of the Southern Alps
Fergburger Queue as Social Event: The city's most famous burger joint has lines stretching down the footpath at 2 AM on weekends and locals treat waiting as …
Dongguan, East Asia
Dongguan: Factory of the World & China's Basketball City
No Single Downtown Exists: Dongguan is not a city in the conventional sense—it is an administrative municipality of 32 sub-districts and towns, each function…
Quanzhou, East Asia
Quanzhou: Maritime Silk Road & Minnan Soul
The World Museum of Religions: Nowhere else in China will you find a functioning Islamic mosque from 1009 AD, a 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple, a Mazu sea go…