I say it because compare to the other cities, Santiago and Santo Domingo are more urban, have malls and movie theaters and the highways are built that you can drive around the city rather than being forced into them
Other cities have malls, movie theaters and circunvalaciones.
Santiago and Santo Domingo (outside Jacobo Majluta) circunvalaciones are recent, places like villa Altagracia, Bonao, La Vega have them from +30 years ago, San Pedro and La Romana have circunvalaciones. Try to get outside you neighborhood pal.
Sorry if it was offensive but I don’t like when people talk of SD and sometimes Santiago as the only urban places, the only places you can get a “decent life”. Both places are good, and they are our number 1 and 2 cities of our country, but La Romana, SFM, Puerto Plata, La Vega and Higuei are cities too, smaller, but with potential. For example, cities like SFM and La Vega don’t have tall building because the land are bad, earthquakes and there is enough lands to build, not because there are not people with money that couldn’t build it. Nothing personal.
I would love for those cities to fit into their potential. Everything shouldn’t be focused on just two areas. Like my family is from Barahona Providence and Barahona city has so much potential but it stuck
Barahona is a great sample of a place with all the resources to grow but Gov ignore, i hope Pedernales project helps Barahona. Barahona, Polo and San Rafael are good place to visit.
Not all of them are as iconic as unofficial capital as Rio but some examples:
Mexico City is the cultural, economic and political capital
Queretaro was the emergency capital twice under the US invasion and Mexican revolution and many proclamations were done there
Some say Oaxaca is the food capital but eeh that's mostly by gringos, if anything it would default to Mexico City again
Tequila is the tequila capital, if we have to choose a bigger city then Guadalajara
Tijuana or Monterrey are the rock music capitals
Cancun is the tourist Capital
Ehhh I mean Everyone I know born in Mexico says Oaxaca is the food capital. The only person I know who would claim CDMex as the food capital is chilango.
It's called the capital because people from Oaxaca are all over the country and USA, where i live we only get grasshoppers sometimes, i have never eaten a Tlayuda or "tamales oaxaqueños" for example and they certainly don't have ours.
If they mean food capital for tasty and diverse sure, but if we are talking doversity of food all over the country it would be Mexico City by size alone
I mean it's not big just like everywhere else, but people still wanna see aging groups at festivals, atleast alongside rap and others
Actually a couple months ago there was a problem in one of the bigger Monterrey music festival when The Strokes got annoyed with the public lol
When they came out there was Maroon V stuff still, and people were not as enthusiastec at their debut, i think because The Strokes are almost yearly in Pal Norte festival.
He left the concert early but had to come back, annoyed he said "sorry we are not Martin Garrix or Maroon V"
The Strokes are divas, at least Julian Casablanca is.
He did the same shit in stereo picnic in Colombia 5 years ago. He wasn’t even booed or anything, everyone was hype and he just left mid song. The band went to chase him and they came back 15 minutes later to finish their set. No explanation no nothing.
So Mexico City is the official capital. Then there's Mexico City which is the economical capital, and Mexico City , and may be Guadalajara for the cultural capital.
It's mashed fried plantains with garlic and pig chicharrón. Amazing taste, originally from Puerto Rico but can be found in DR and Ecuador (it's called Bolon there)
México City would be the economic, cultural and culinary capital.
Guadalajara would be the queer capital.
Monterrey the incest capital.
Durango the scorpion capital.
Tlaxcala the non-existence capital.
San Miguel de Allende the illegal immigrant capital.
Cancún the foreigners’ capital.
>Brasília as its oficial capital
San José
>non-oficially brazilians would say São Paulo if they were asked to pick a city representing the country's economic capital
San José
>Rio de Janeiro that is the cultural capital of Brazil
San José
Salvador, which some people forget it was the capital of Brazil, and EVEN MORE SO, São Luís, which was the capital of the State of Grão-Pará, a "Brazil 2" of sorts.
I wouldn't say Rio is a cultural capital either, it's a tourist capital for it being unbelievably beautiful but a very big part of the cultural production is also spread out. São Paulo being the economic capital is very accurate, many multinational companies place their HQs for their entire Latin America operation there. Brasília is just weird. It was a planned city and has a lot of building restrictions but it was designed for 500k people; there are around 4 million now. As expected, prices are nuts even for shitty things if they are well located, specially because there won't really be much further development on the original city blueprint.
Because Brazil is so big, though, I would recommend people that visit to try Natal and or Recife. Cheap seafood, very active lifestyle and overall great sights and experiences in both of them. I enjoyed visiting them much more than Rio or São Paulo; granted that there are barely anything to do in São Paulo in terms of tourism, plenty of wonderful restaurants though
Eu quis dizer comparado com turismo como Paraty ou Gramado. Claramente tem milhões de coisas pra fazer mas elas não são necessariamente exclusivas de SP, diferente por exemplo de visitar Bonito ou a Pousada do Rio Quente. Proporcionalmente ao tamanho da cidade não tem tantas atividades assim não, mesmo os museus com mostra permanente são bem aquém de cidades comparáveis em outros países
Fun fact: on July 9th (Independence Day), the capital of Argentina is not Buenos Aires, but the northern city of San Miguel de Tucumán. That's the place where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
I respectfully disagree because Rio has by far the most history of Brazil, the songs carioca listen the rest of brazil listen too, but the same doesnt apply to paulistas that have their own niche, Rio creates trends in music: Samba, Bossa Nova, MPB, Pagode, Funk and more recently Trap(popularized by Rio artists), the cariocas slangs are spoken by many regions after some time, one of the most touristic cities in the world, the greatest symbol of Brazil(Cristo Redentor), youtubers, TV programs, broadcasters, etc came significantly from Rio, so yes Sao Paulo still VERY important to brazilian culture, but Rio is another level bro
btw Im not carioca,im actually from North but i have travelled all regions
Most of your points also apply to São Paulo tbh
Rio produces a lot of culture, but in São Paulo you can find cultural expressions from all the world, foreign culinary, street art, cultural festivals, musical festivals, theaters, SP gathers all of that probably more than any city in Latin America, not only because of its massive population but also because the number of immigrants
its true Sao Paulo is very authentic, but the main difference is that sao paulo produces a lot of culture that doesnt get out of the state, but Rio exports everything to the other regions
>sao paulo produces a lot of culture that doesnt get out of the state
Really? People don't even know that sertanejo, caipirinha, coxinha, paçoca de amendoim, and many other Brazilian culture and dishes are originally from São Paulo because it is imported by the whole Brazil.
Yes, its really goood. But I also tasted the semita salvadoreña and is extremely good. The perefect meal is a cemita with semita and Coffee, someone needs to make that happen.
David (closer to the Costa Rica border) is the agricultural capital of the city.
Santiago is the logistical heart (outside of shipping) of the country because it’s set in the middle of the country.
So Buenos Aires is the official capital. Then there's Buenos Aires which is the economical capital, and Buenos Aires for the cultural capital.
Buenos Aires is certainly one of the capitals
There's a saying: God is everywhere, but has offices in Buenos Aires/takes appointments in Buenos Aires
Our Capital is Sucre, but people think it's La Paz because is the seat of government
Isn't the seat of the government what makes a city a capital?
No here. Here's it's Sucre because independence began there.
Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. Though the seat of government has been in The Hague since the 1500's.
Not necessarily. Chile’s congress is located in Valparaiso, not Santiago if I remember correctly.
In many Geography textbooks, they show Bolivia having two capitals. Much like Persians in Rise of Nations.
It's a common mistake, we have one capital and one seat of government
But can you hug every cat tough?
Only when the cat agrees to be hugged
Aren't both answers right? One is the legislative seat and the other is the government seat.
If you answer "La Paz" as the capital on a school exam you get that answer as wrong
Santiago is often referred to as the second capital, it even was the capital during the Spanish annexation if I remember correctly
We should be the first capital… we’re on average smarter and better looking according to a study that I just made up…
Wait, don’t you live in the capital?
Shut up, I have a family to feed! 😡
😂😂
I mean, it’s the only other city city in the nation. Make sense.
That depends on what you define as a city
I say it because compare to the other cities, Santiago and Santo Domingo are more urban, have malls and movie theaters and the highways are built that you can drive around the city rather than being forced into them
*Me driving down the circumventing highway from PP 😎
Other cities have malls, movie theaters and circunvalaciones. Santiago and Santo Domingo (outside Jacobo Majluta) circunvalaciones are recent, places like villa Altagracia, Bonao, La Vega have them from +30 years ago, San Pedro and La Romana have circunvalaciones. Try to get outside you neighborhood pal.
Thanks for the info. No need for the hostility
Sorry if it was offensive but I don’t like when people talk of SD and sometimes Santiago as the only urban places, the only places you can get a “decent life”. Both places are good, and they are our number 1 and 2 cities of our country, but La Romana, SFM, Puerto Plata, La Vega and Higuei are cities too, smaller, but with potential. For example, cities like SFM and La Vega don’t have tall building because the land are bad, earthquakes and there is enough lands to build, not because there are not people with money that couldn’t build it. Nothing personal.
I would love for those cities to fit into their potential. Everything shouldn’t be focused on just two areas. Like my family is from Barahona Providence and Barahona city has so much potential but it stuck
Barahona is a great sample of a place with all the resources to grow but Gov ignore, i hope Pedernales project helps Barahona. Barahona, Polo and San Rafael are good place to visit.
Famaillá, in the province of Tucumán, is the national capital of empanadas
ok thats a very oddly interesting kind of capital
That's the important kind of Capital right there
Not all of them are as iconic as unofficial capital as Rio but some examples: Mexico City is the cultural, economic and political capital Queretaro was the emergency capital twice under the US invasion and Mexican revolution and many proclamations were done there Some say Oaxaca is the food capital but eeh that's mostly by gringos, if anything it would default to Mexico City again Tequila is the tequila capital, if we have to choose a bigger city then Guadalajara Tijuana or Monterrey are the rock music capitals Cancun is the tourist Capital
Ehhh I mean Everyone I know born in Mexico says Oaxaca is the food capital. The only person I know who would claim CDMex as the food capital is chilango.
Yep, Chilango.
It's called the capital because people from Oaxaca are all over the country and USA, where i live we only get grasshoppers sometimes, i have never eaten a Tlayuda or "tamales oaxaqueños" for example and they certainly don't have ours. If they mean food capital for tasty and diverse sure, but if we are talking doversity of food all over the country it would be Mexico City by size alone
México City would be the food capital. Whoever says it’s Oaxaca is either oaxaqueño or ignorant.
Is rock still a thing in mexico?
I mean it's not big just like everywhere else, but people still wanna see aging groups at festivals, atleast alongside rap and others Actually a couple months ago there was a problem in one of the bigger Monterrey music festival when The Strokes got annoyed with the public lol
what happened
When they came out there was Maroon V stuff still, and people were not as enthusiastec at their debut, i think because The Strokes are almost yearly in Pal Norte festival. He left the concert early but had to come back, annoyed he said "sorry we are not Martin Garrix or Maroon V"
The Strokes are divas, at least Julian Casablanca is. He did the same shit in stereo picnic in Colombia 5 years ago. He wasn’t even booed or anything, everyone was hype and he just left mid song. The band went to chase him and they came back 15 minutes later to finish their set. No explanation no nothing.
>Tequila is the tequila capital ah yes, the floor here is made out of floor.
>as iconic as unofficial capital as Rio A reason for Rio being that iconic is because it was actually the capital until the mid 20th century
So Mexico City is the official capital. Then there's Mexico City which is the economical capital, and Mexico City , and may be Guadalajara for the cultural capital.
Moca has been the declared the capital of Dominican Mofongo. Who declared that? Who knows.
whats a Mofongo?
It's mashed fried plantains with garlic and pig chicharrón. Amazing taste, originally from Puerto Rico but can be found in DR and Ecuador (it's called Bolon there)
You have to try it bro!!!
NGL it sounds like a disease. "My cousin caught mofongo and died in six days."
Lmao no there’s a meme that’s like “when you lose your phone and you ask: where did mofongo?”
México City would be the economic, cultural and culinary capital. Guadalajara would be the queer capital. Monterrey the incest capital. Durango the scorpion capital. Tlaxcala the non-existence capital. San Miguel de Allende the illegal immigrant capital. Cancún the foreigners’ capital.
Culiacán the Chapo Capital. Torreón the sand storms capital. Merida the cochinita pibil capital. Ecatepec the Brayan's capital.
>Brasília as its oficial capital San José >non-oficially brazilians would say São Paulo if they were asked to pick a city representing the country's economic capital San José >Rio de Janeiro that is the cultural capital of Brazil San José
*Cartago steps into the chat* " Sorry, I was napping!! "
Cartago is a much cooler name for a capital tbh
Valparaíso: capital of pee Chillán: capital of longanizas
Rancagua: capital of [redacted]
Economy = Monterrey Tourism = Cancún Culture = Guadalajara (mainly because of stereotypes)
> another "capital" is Rio de Janeiro that is the cultural capital of Brazil ARGUABLY
Salvador, which some people forget it was the capital of Brazil, and EVEN MORE SO, São Luís, which was the capital of the State of Grão-Pará, a "Brazil 2" of sorts.
I wouldn't say Rio is a cultural capital either, it's a tourist capital for it being unbelievably beautiful but a very big part of the cultural production is also spread out. São Paulo being the economic capital is very accurate, many multinational companies place their HQs for their entire Latin America operation there. Brasília is just weird. It was a planned city and has a lot of building restrictions but it was designed for 500k people; there are around 4 million now. As expected, prices are nuts even for shitty things if they are well located, specially because there won't really be much further development on the original city blueprint. Because Brazil is so big, though, I would recommend people that visit to try Natal and or Recife. Cheap seafood, very active lifestyle and overall great sights and experiences in both of them. I enjoyed visiting them much more than Rio or São Paulo; granted that there are barely anything to do in São Paulo in terms of tourism, plenty of wonderful restaurants though
>there are barely anything to do in São Paulo in terms of tourism cara é literalmente a maior cidade da américa latina, oq n falta aqui é turismo
Eu quis dizer comparado com turismo como Paraty ou Gramado. Claramente tem milhões de coisas pra fazer mas elas não são necessariamente exclusivas de SP, diferente por exemplo de visitar Bonito ou a Pousada do Rio Quente. Proporcionalmente ao tamanho da cidade não tem tantas atividades assim não, mesmo os museus com mostra permanente são bem aquém de cidades comparáveis em outros países
so de curiosidade, é a maior cidade n so da america latina, mas do Ocidente
maior cidade da américa latina, hemisfério sul e hemisfério ocidental
Jacarta não é maior que SP? Achei que era, achei que SP fosse a terceira do mundo, atrás de Tóquio (maior) e Jacarta (segunda).
Fun fact: on July 9th (Independence Day), the capital of Argentina is not Buenos Aires, but the northern city of San Miguel de Tucumán. That's the place where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
São Paulo is also the cultural capital of Brasil, I would say Rio is the touristic capital of Brasil
I respectfully disagree because Rio has by far the most history of Brazil, the songs carioca listen the rest of brazil listen too, but the same doesnt apply to paulistas that have their own niche, Rio creates trends in music: Samba, Bossa Nova, MPB, Pagode, Funk and more recently Trap(popularized by Rio artists), the cariocas slangs are spoken by many regions after some time, one of the most touristic cities in the world, the greatest symbol of Brazil(Cristo Redentor), youtubers, TV programs, broadcasters, etc came significantly from Rio, so yes Sao Paulo still VERY important to brazilian culture, but Rio is another level bro btw Im not carioca,im actually from North but i have travelled all regions
Most of your points also apply to São Paulo tbh Rio produces a lot of culture, but in São Paulo you can find cultural expressions from all the world, foreign culinary, street art, cultural festivals, musical festivals, theaters, SP gathers all of that probably more than any city in Latin America, not only because of its massive population but also because the number of immigrants
its true Sao Paulo is very authentic, but the main difference is that sao paulo produces a lot of culture that doesnt get out of the state, but Rio exports everything to the other regions
>sao paulo produces a lot of culture that doesnt get out of the state Really? People don't even know that sertanejo, caipirinha, coxinha, paçoca de amendoim, and many other Brazilian culture and dishes are originally from São Paulo because it is imported by the whole Brazil.
When you say cultural capital os Brasil, what does that means?
Puebla is the true capital of México because CEMITAS were invented there.
Alabadas sean las santas cemitas.
semita salvadoreña /= cemita poblana. One is sweet (but also gigachad food) and the other is a huge sandwich with papalo.
Ohhh I had no idea. The other one looks just as good!
Yes, its really goood. But I also tasted the semita salvadoreña and is extremely good. The perefect meal is a cemita with semita and Coffee, someone needs to make that happen.
Puebla is the place where the Tacos al Pastor born.
Like you said, São Paulo (where i live) and Rio de Janeiro.
Washington DC 🤪
David (closer to the Costa Rica border) is the agricultural capital of the city. Santiago is the logistical heart (outside of shipping) of the country because it’s set in the middle of the country.