26SWAT teams
In 2010, heavily-armed SWAT teams raided nine barbershops in Orlando, Florida and arrested 34 people for barbering without a license.
27. There is a city named Madras in Oregon which is served by an airport called Bombay Farms, named after the older names of the Indian cities - Chennai and Mumbai respectively.
28. In the Chinese city of Chongqing, cell phone addicts have their own sidewalk lane.
29. Each Sunday there is an outdoor marriage market organized in Shanghai where thousands of singles have their parents search for a potential spouse.
30. The city of Abidjan in Ivory Coast has a Manhattan-style skyline and French-style sidewalk cafes. Many French moved there after its independence and some visitors have criticized the city for being "more French than African."
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31Baku KFC
Baku, Azerbaijan has the largest KFC restaurant in the world.
32. The Spanish city of Cartagena once declared independence and applied to become a US state.
33. Suwon, a city in South Korea, has a guided bus tour of their municipal restrooms.
34. The Brazilian city of Porto Alegre has a system of participatory budgeting, where citizens decide how a percentage of the city budget is spent.
35. The Russian metropolis of Novosibirsk bans foreigners from being able to work as schoolteachers, bus or taxi drivers, timber merchants, lawyers, accountants, and jobs in mining and fisheries.
36Davao death squad
The Davao City in Philippines has a vigilante group named the Davao death squad which targets criminals of petty crimes and drug dealing. Their kill count is estimated to be between 1,020 -1,040.
37. In Cali, you can upgrade your prison cell for up to $127 per day. "Many of the self-pay jails operate like secret velvet-roped nightclubs of the corrections world. You have to be in the know to even apply for entry."
38. In 1993, a newly elected administration of Belo Horizonte, the third largest Brazilian city, declared food a right of citizenship. Moving forward they reduced 60% of child mortality within 10 years. The needed budget amounts to 2% of the city budget per year.
39. In Hangzhou, China there are dockless bike sharing systems that are flooding the city with thousands of bikes that rapidly fall out of use and become trash
40. In 2013, Changsha, China began building a 220-story building that would take 90 days to complete but was canceled by environmental protests.
