Since I'm teaching a course on cities this semester, I've been thinking about them a lot lately. One thing I've thought is what an odd collection of cities I know well, no somewhat, and don't know at all.
So let's lay it out:
INTIMATE:
New York City
Cardiff, Wales
New Haven, Connecticut
ALMOST INTIMATE:
Washington, DC
London, England
Siena, Italy
GOOD ACQUAINTANCES:
San Francisco, California
Florence, Italy
Dublin, Ireland
ON FAMILIAR TERMS:
Tampa, Florida
Cork, Ireland
Cambridge, England
Oxford, England
Manchester, England
Zurich, Switzerland
MET BRIEFLY:
Boston, Massachusetts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dallas, Texas
New Orleans, Louisiana
Houston, Texas
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seattle, Washington
Milan, Italy
Paris, France
Strasbourg, France
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Lucerne, Switzerland
Montreal, Canada
Quebec City, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
Belfast, Northern Ireland
WE'VE NEVER MET, HAVE WE?
(This is the list that is the weirdest, I think, given which cities I do know.)Los Angeles, California
Chicago, …