Alot of nonamericans joke(maybe not) about only knowing NYC, LA, “texas.” What other cities do you think are world famous?

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  5. I think this list is far more odd than most people assume. Most Europeans and otherwise know Pittsburgh despite bring fairly small, but don’t necessarily know Boston despite being larger.

    Ofc Vegas, Chicago, etc, but I think there’s quite a few cities known for one or two things so much that they are known outside the US
    Edit: Pittsburgh and Boston is a bad example, but my point stands

  6. Washington DC and Las Vegas. Maybe Miami and Chicago. I expect that people who watch exported TV will know Albuquerque from Breaking Bad, but not that they’d know where it is, and car people would know Detroit.

  8. Atlanta assuming you keep up with filming location of major movies (Marvel and Netflix mainly).

  11. DC and Chicago are the definite ones in my opinion.

    Maybe cities like Boston and Miami?

    Boston because of being the home of Harvard and MIT. Miami cause of pop culture of cocaine and being a party city.

    Edit:Forgot to add Las Vegas as the gambling capital of the U.S

  14. Detroit, maybe? Fords, Motown and EDM have international appeal, I think.

  15. A lot of people knew about Salt Lake City and/or Park City. I think the 2002 Winter Olympics helped us out some. And Mormons. People always seemed to know about the Latter Day Saints and their excellent record keeping – – the genealogy is amazing I guess.

  16. Maybe Denver. I was curious why it was a name chosen on Money Heist/Casa de Papel.

  19. Orlando, Miami, Tampa, Key West, Honolulu, Boston, Seattle, there’s just too many to list.

  20. Chicago and DC, and Las Vegas are the only ones I’d bet money on, but Dallas, Miami, San Francisco, and Nashville are _possible_.

  30. Chicago, San Francisco, Washington DC, Miami, Las Vegas, Boston and Philadelphia

  35. Let’s see..Boston, DC, Miami, Orlando, Dallas, Chicago, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Honolulu all spring to mind

  37. It’s not a city, but you included Texas so I’m going to mention Ohio. For some reason, a lot of people know about it, and I wouldn’t expect them to. But it must be mentioned in a fair amount of English learning texts, or international US-History books. Plus, Glee made it more known as well.

    As for actual cities, probably LV, SF, maybe Austin/Tech areas of Texas, Chicago, DC, Orlando, Anaheim, and Boston.

  40. I wouldn’t have guessed Atlanta, except that I’m from there, and everywhere I go, people seem to know it.

    It used to be because of the ‘96 Olympics and Gone with the Wind. Now I think it’s because of hip hop.

  41. When I went to Italy, nobody knew what New Hampshire was, so I told then I’m from Boston and most people knew. If they didn’t, I’d say “it’s right next to New York” and then they got it. A little lie never hurt

  42. Well thanks to being the riot capital of the world and where I reside-ish, Portland Oregon.

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