Urban Insights: 35 Surprising Facts About Cities Across the Globe

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26Marriage market

Marriage market

Each Sunday there is an outdoor marriage market organized in Shanghai where thousands of singles have their parents search for a potential spouse.


27. 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."


28. Baku, Azerbaijan has the largest KFC restaurant in the world.


29. The Spanish city of Cartagena once declared independence and applied to become a US state.


30. Suwon, a city in South Korea, has a guided bus tour of their municipal restrooms.


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31Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre

The Brazilian city of Porto Alegre has a system of participatory budgeting, where citizens decide how a percentage of the city budget is spent.


32. 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.


33. 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.


34. 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."


35. 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.

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