Not really since the country is given as a clue. Even though Houston is a larger and more important city, it's only one of many notable cities in the US while Havana is the only city in Cuba that anyone has ever heard of, thus the clue gives it away.
3x more people and even more if you count the urban area. An economy probably at least 50x as big if not more, don't feel like looking it up right now. Houston is much more internationally connected and internationally relevant. On the other hand Havana has a more colorful and interesting history and enjoys some recognition due to its status as a national capital. In my opinion that doesn't make up for the other things.
Actually, 3x more people in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan or statistical combined area; the urban area has around the same population as Havana, and a GDP that isn't quite 50 times it's size, though the MSA or CSA measures push it far beyond.
More important? I would argue that 11.27 million cubans would strongly disagree with you.
Havana 300 years older than Houston. Havana served as a staging point for the Spanish colonisation of south and central America, was the starting point of the Spanish-American war and contains a UNESCO world heritage site.
Apart from economics, in what way is Houston more 'Important'?
sleek: important to most people in the world, of which Cubans make up a tiny minority. may 11.27 million Cubans would disagree. Whooptee freaking do. You know there are over 7 billion people in the world who are not Cuban, right? You girls are so funny sometimes.
I suppose "important" is subjective. For some, economy, innovation, and global connectivity are important. For others, status as a national capital and having an old city center are important. Europe has a lot of national capitals and old city centers, so people from Europe are probably prone to think that these are more important. I'd disagree personally, but I can see it both ways.
“Interesting” is not the same thing as “important”. Houston absolutely has a bigger presence on the global stage and is a more important city, but I think most would find Havana the more interesting place.
Havana is Cuba's capital, so of course more people know it than Houston. Further, as an American, I know so many American cities that I have trouble thinking of the right ones, whereas foreign cities are easier to remember because I know fewer...if that makes any sense. I see Cuba and I automatically think of Havana, whereas if I see United States, possibly 500 possibilities jump into my head for me to sort through.
Houston has NFL, NBA and MLB teams...:) j/k....well, I think I know what you mean as there are roughly 250 million n Americans versus 11 Million Cubans....but Cuba is better known around the world than Houston and many people probably connect Cuba with Havana, and the US with New York or LA instead...
i missed havana because i read cuba fast as china and didnt even bother trying because i couldnt think of any other chinese cities that start with h...
I chose the quiz and though H .. now that's gonna be Hong Kong at least. Now guess what city I did NOT enter? Chinese cities? Starts with H? I don't know any.. next question..
Half of Hanoi's population is in rural districts. I think they haven't elevated them to the urban district status for now, because it means more infrastructure investments will be required.
Jetpunk has helped me expand my knowledge of Chinese cities but it's been slow going. Somehow for this quiz, my brain remembered Harbin before Hong Kong. That's a first!
I think some of the Chinese city populations might be off. Citypopulation.de gives the population of Handan as 2.095 million and the population of Hohhot as 2.37 million, which are lower than you have in the quiz.
It might also be worth clarifying in the instructions which numbers are used for the Chinese cities, as many of these are listed separately as "cities" and "prefecture-level cities" with very different populations.
Hard quiz!
Havana 300 years older than Houston. Havana served as a staging point for the Spanish colonisation of south and central America, was the starting point of the Spanish-American war and contains a UNESCO world heritage site.
Apart from economics, in what way is Houston more 'Important'?
By the way I’m aware I’m replying to a 2 year old comment
Too many cities in China and India to keep track of!
Megacities are such a commodity there...
It might also be worth clarifying in the instructions which numbers are used for the Chinese cities, as many of these are listed separately as "cities" and "prefecture-level cities" with very different populations.