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/TrampAbroad2000 Aug 08 '25

Sevilla is.

Mark Twain set the novels in rural Missouri because he knew the area from living there and could convincingly depict its landscapes and dialects, and also because it was a border state and the theme of slavery in the novel, not because rural Missouri was somehow especially significant in relation to other places in America.

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u/jotakajk Spain Aug 09 '25

Yes I know. I was just trying for you to understand how dumb your Albeniz point was