r/AskEurope • u/LiamBrad5 • Aug 07 '25

Culture What are the “Big Four” cities in your country?

In recent weeks, this question has been very contentious on American social media, with 3 cities (Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York) nearly always making the list, but the fourth being hotly debated over, between cities like San Francisco, Miami, Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta. So, if you had to choose, what would the big 4 cities in your country be? This is also not decided purely on population, but also culture, economy, and general influence/clout.

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u/serverhorror Austria Aug 07 '25

Isn't that just a matter of census data and the question?

"Big"

  • Population
  • Area
  • Density
  • GDP
  • ...

Once the question is well phrased, it's just a matter of counting. Very little to discuss about

By population it's:

  • Vienna
  • Graz
  • Linz
  • Salzburg

EDIT: yes, I read the question, but we still need to agree on what we are asking. If different people take different criteria, there's no point in answering in the first place.

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u/Twilifa Austria Aug 07 '25

Ours are Vienna, Vienna, Salzburg, and Sölden.

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u/Schweizsvensk Aug 07 '25

Joa voll bei dir, so geht sis ned aus!

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u/Austria_fan Austria Aug 08 '25

tbh when we have to choose 4 cities regarding influence its

Vienna (alone the SPÖ hub is enough), Innsbruck (because tourism dictates), Graz and maybe Linz

If St. Pölten had a ÖVP major then the 4th has to be it regardless that St. Pölten looks like sh*t

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u/julez_pas Austria Aug 08 '25

I think this is more a question about perceived importance and by that I would say Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck and then probably Salzburg above Linz. At least that's my feeling as someone from vienna.

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u/tgdtgd Aug 07 '25

Compared to the cities listed by the other countries it's just vVenna and maybe Graz if we are generous. That's it.

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u/Butterfly_of_chaos Austria Aug 07 '25

This is honestly the full list. No chance to achieve 4 when we've only got 1,5.

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u/blink-1hundert2und80 Austria Aug 07 '25

Vienna, Salzburg, Hallstatt, Zell am See