Which North American Capital City do you think looks the best?

[Thraex]

Ciudad de México

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[Thraex]

Mexico City continued

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[Thraex]

Ottawa

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[Thraex]

Washington D.C.

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[Curtis24]

not D.C.

I mean, why is that even a poll option? Have you been to the place???

[Thraex]

not D.C.

I mean, why is that even a poll option? Have you been to the place???

It is the capital of the US so I have to put it up there.

[Allenson]

Why Old Quebec, of course!

Taken by yours truly:

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[Loki]

Ottawa, hands down. I don't think it has any slums. The other two have.

Mexico City:

http://images.world66.com/sl/um/_q/slum_quarter_in_th_1_galleryfull

http://whitmer.wikis.birmingham.k12.mi.us/file/view/mexico_city_slum_2_small.jpg/62013616/mexico_city_slum_2_small.jpg

http://www.gundekomiran.com/brusklog/wp-includes/images/mumbai-slums.jpg

[Great Dane]

Ottawa. It doesn't have Mexicans or African-Americans. I think the one advantage Mexico City has is that it is a natural city. It has a function other then just being the capital, it would be the major Mexican city without being the capital. Ottawa and Washington exist primarily to be the capitals of their respective countries. New York, Philadelphia and Chicago are more natural capitals then Washington in America. In Canada, Toronto and Montreal.

Out of capitals I've been to, St. Paul, Minnesota and Olympia, Washington are the most attractive in America, Victoria, B.C in Canada.

[Grumpy Cat]

Ottawa. It doesn't have Mexicans or African-Americans.

Say wut now?

Foreign born residents in Ottawa made up 22.3 percent of the population in which many come from China, Lebanon, northeast Africa, Somalia, Iran, and The Balkans. Members of visible minority groups (non-white/European) constituted 20.2 percent, while those of Aboriginal origin numbered 1.5 percent of the total population. The largest visible minority groups consisted are: Black Canadians: 4.9%, Chinese Canadian: 3.8%, South Asian: 3.3%, and Arab: 3.0%, as well as smaller mixed race, and other East Asian groups.

Mind you black Canadians are not the same as black Americans.

[Aemma]

Heh nice leading question there Libre. :rolleyes: I love how you purposefully chose nondescript pics of Ottawa. Didn't even show the Byward Market or our Parliament buildings or our Rideau Canal with hordes of skaters during winter--the big three pics when one shows off Ottawa.

And DC, just one picture? What a joke!

Yet Mexico City has uhmm what the max of 10 pics does it?

Seriously man. Do me a favour and don't showcase my town anymore.

[Treffie]

Nuuk! :)

http://freshnor.dmi.dk/graphics/nuuk.jpg

http://explorenorth.com/library/communities/images/nuuk1.jpg

http://www.coastalradio.org.uk/worldcoastal/greenland/Godthaab-Nuuk%20Radio%20OXI.jpg

[Bloodeagle]

Washington D.C. is the best looker on the North American continent.
Look at her monumental lines and cryptic masonic symbols.
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http://whatisthepyramid.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/pentagram0yd.jpg
http://johndenugent.com/images/masonic-layout-washington-dc.gif

Plus, Washington D.C. has more phallus than the others.
http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/10d-6/fireworks-washington-dc-2.jpg
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[Aemma]

Well technically, North America is comprised of all of the following:


Country--Capital

Anguilla (UK)--The Valley
Antigua and Barbuda--St. John's
Aruba (Netherlands)--Oranjestad
Bahamas--Nassau
Barbados--Bridgetown
Belize--Belmopan
Bermuda (UK)--Hamilton
British Virgin Islands (UK)--Road Town
Canada--Ottawa
Cayman Islands (UK)--George Town
Clipperton Island (France) -
Costa Rica--San José
Cuba--Havana
Dominica--Roseau
Dominican Republic--Santo Domingo
El Salvador--San Salvador
Greenland (Denmark)--Nuuk
Grenada--St. George's
Guadeloupe (France)--Basse-Terre
Guatemala--Guatemala City
Haiti--Port-au-Prince
Honduras--Tegucigalpa
Jamaica--Kingston
Martinique (France)--Fort-de-France
Mexico--Mexico City
Montserrat (UK)--Brades
Navassa Island (USA) -
Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)--Willemstad
Nicaragua--Managua
Panama--Panama City
Puerto Rico (USA)--San Juan
Saint Barthélemy (France)--Gustavia
Saint Kitts and Nevis--Basseterre
Saint Lucia--Castries
Saint Martin (France)--Marigot
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)--Saint-Pierre
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines--Kingstown
Trinidad and Tobago--Port of Spain
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)--Cockburn Town
United States--Washington, D.C.
U.S. Virgin Islands (USA)--Charlotte Amalie


There would be many more lovely pics to post in this thread I am sure. :D

[Pallantides]

Ottowa

[Aemma]

Say wut now?

Foreign born residents in Ottawa made up 22.3 percent of the population in which many come from China, Lebanon, northeast Africa, Somalia, Iran, and The Balkans. Members of visible minority groups (non-white/European) constituted 20.2 percent, while those of Aboriginal origin numbered 1.5 percent of the total population. The largest visible minority groups consisted are: Black Canadians: 4.9%, Chinese Canadian: 3.8%, South Asian: 3.3%, and Arab: 3.0%, as well as smaller mixed race, and other East Asian groups.

Mind you black Canadians are not the same as black Americans.

This is so now, but only since relatively recently. When I grew up the biggest thing to happen immigration-wise in Ottawa was the influx of "Vietnamese Boat People" (http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/vietnamese) settling into our town. And that had been it for the longest time. Only during the past 15-20 years I'd say has the cultural landscape changed drastically, relatively-speaking, with a Somali presence more prominent, but statistically still insignificant. When I grew up here, there were no Somalis, barely any Pakistanis, and a handful of East Indians. Yes some Blacks, but Black Canadians, quite anglicised and part of the mainstream of society. As with most North American cities, we've always had our China Town. And Ottawa does boast a nice Corso Italiano. A mosque was pretty much unheard of in my town until recently. The closest we came to a "different" cultural landmark was the Ukrainian Catholic Church (Saint John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine) with its gold rooftop!

The Ukrainian Catholic Church in Ottawa:

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:shrug:

[Grumpy Cat]

I didn't know that. I thought black were in the Ottawa area for centuries.

But I'm from Halifax and blacks have been there longer than the rest of Canada. They don't look out of place for me. A Vietnamese person, however, would turn heads in Halifax, and there's no Chinatown there.

[esaima]

I have never been to North America but I think-Ottawa.:)I think it is the most ...I´d say Nordic;):)

[Aemma]

I didn't know that. I thought black were in the Ottawa area for centuries.

But I'm from Halifax and blacks have been there longer than the rest of Canada. They don't look out of place for me. A Vietnamese person, however, would turn heads in Halifax, and there's no Chinatown there.

Perhaps so for Halifax, but not so for Ottawa. We started off a lumber town remember. Lots of French, English, Irish and Scots here. Pretty vanilla.

I'm not saying that Black people look out of place either, mind you. I'm just portraying what it was like to grow up in Ottawa during the 1960-1970s. (Yes I'm that old! :D)

[Cato]

Ottawa, it's probably the whitest of the three.

[Grumpy Cat]

Perhaps so for Halifax, but not so for Ottawa. We started off a lumber town remember. Lots of French, English, Irish and Scots here. Pretty vanilla.

I'm not saying that Black people look out of place either, mind you. I'm just portraying what it was like to grow up in Ottawa during the 1960-1970s. (Yes I'm that old! :D)

Yeah I realize Ottawa started out as a lumber town, but I just assumed there would have been a small black population since its foundation.

But I guess that's the Halifax in me. Nova Scotia's black settlements predate Halifax itself.

[Great Dane]

Say wut now?

Foreign born residents in Ottawa made up 22.3 percent of the population in which many come from China, Lebanon, northeast Africa, Somalia, Iran, and The Balkans. Members of visible minority groups (non-white/European) constituted 20.2 percent, while those of Aboriginal origin numbered 1.5 percent of the total population. The largest visible minority groups consisted are: Black Canadians: 4.9%, Chinese Canadian: 3.8%, South Asian: 3.3%, and Arab: 3.0%, as well as smaller mixed race, and other East Asian groups.


Mind you black Canadians are not the same as black Americans.

"According to the 2007 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the population distribution of Washington, D.C. is 55.6% Black or African American, 36.3% White, 3.1% Asian, and 0.2% American Indian. Individuals from other races made up 4.8% of the District's population while individuals from two or more races made up 1.6%. In addition, Hispanics of any race made up 8.3% of the District's population. There were also an estimated 74,000 foreign immigrants living in Washington, D.C. in 2007. Major sources of immigration include individuals from El Salvador, Vietnam, and Ethiopia, with some concentration of Salvadorans in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood."

Compared to D.C. Ottawa is very white and little black.


Mind you black Canadians are not the same as black Americans.So Jamaicans, Haitians, Somalis and Guyanans are better then African-Americans?

[Aemma]

I have never been to North America but I think-Ottawa.:)I think it is the most ...I´d say Nordic;):)

Indeed you are very right esäimä. Among some of us we even call those cold yet brilliant sunshiny winter days, Nordic.

To wit--

The Parliament Buildings all lit up for the holiday season
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A winter scene of the Parliament Buildings from Gatineau
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Along the Ottawa River
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From Majors Hill Park, looking down onto Sussex Drive right by the American Embassy and further towards the ByWard Market (where the cars are!)
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Cross country skiing in Gatineau Park
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I could post much more, but you get the picture. :D

[Grumpy Cat]

So Jamaicans, Haitians, Somalis and Guyanans are better then African-Americans?

Yes.

But I was referring to real black Canadians like the Nova Scotians of Black Loyalist and Maroon stock.

[Great Dane]

Yes.

But I was referring to real black Canadians like the Nova Scotians of Black Loyalist and Maroon stock.

But aren't those real black Canadians descended from runaway black American slaves?

[Grumpy Cat]

But aren't those real black Canadians descended from runaway black American slaves?

Black Loyalists were, but Maroons came from the Caribbean.

[Great Dane]

Black Loyalists were, but Maroons came from the Caribbean.Black Loyalists were the runaway slaves that arrived immiediately after the American Revolution. In the 1850s and 1860s 30,000 African-American Slaves arrived in Canada via the Underground Railroad (http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP8CH1PA3LE.html). There are now 800,000 black Canadians, it would seem likely that a good many of them are descended from the 30,000 slaves who fled to Canada 150-years ago.

[Grumpy Cat]

Black Loyalists were the runaway slaves that arrived immiediately after the American Revolution. In the 1850s and 1860s 30,000 African-American Slaves arrived in Canada via the Underground Railroad (http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPCONTENTSE1EP8CH1PA3LE.html). There are now 800,000 black Canadians, it would seem likely that a good many of them are descended from the 30,000 slaves who fled to Canada 150-years ago.

I just said that.

But I mean black Canadians in general act differently than black Americans.

Let's just say if I grew up in the US, I might have had a problem with blacks, but since I grew up in Nova Scotia, I do not.

[SwordoftheVistula]

D.C. has a lot of really awesome monuments & museums.

The actual part of the city is very white, and has gotten more so in the past decade or so. Most blacks are confined to outlying irrelevant parts of the city (Anacostia) or pushed out to Prince George's County.

You can't beat the Smithsonian, Air & Space Museum, Washington Monument, Jefferson Monument & Lincoln Monument

[Eldritch]

Some New Worlder should start a similar thread about European capitals.

[Aemma]

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This last one I found kind of cool! :)

[Thraex]

All Washington D.C. have is a bunch of monuments then it's uglyville for the rest of the city. At least Ottawa is crafted in a European style that had some thought put in city planning.

[Loki]

You're trolling and it's boring.
All Washington D.C. have is a bunch of monuments then it's uglyville for the rest of the city. At least Ottawa is crafted in a European style that had some thought put in city planning.

[Thraex]

You're trolling and it's boring.

Umm, I have been to D.C. before and the city wasn't particularly beautiful. Sorry if you don't agree with me.

[Loki]

I take it you haven't been to Mexico City then. What is your point, anyway? The US has plenty of cities more beautiful than DC.
Umm, I have been to D.C. before and the city wasn't particularly beautiful. Sorry if you don't agree with me.

[Thraex]

I take it you haven't been to Mexico City then. What is your point, anyway? The US has plenty of cities more beautiful than DC.

Oh, I don't know... try reading the thread title again?