I've been there one day and night, it was a stop while I was backpacking China. I was on my way to Chengdu.
Never heard of it but it turned out there are millions of people living there.
I must admit I didnt see much of Chongqing, just the hotel and I took the Yangtze River Cableway back and forth.
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I live in the capital of my country, Riga (capital of Latvia). it's the biggest one in my country, so let's say i live in a major city :)
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For some reason I always thought you were from Germany!
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I live in Madrid, so 0km, i didnt met any sg's (i know that someone is from here too)
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Hochiminh city, 1 of the 2 biggest city in Vietnam, you may know it with the name Saigon though
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I didn't know they were the same city. Know of both names.
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it was a similar case to Stalingrad and Leningrad, change regime, change the name of major city to celebrate ..etc...etc.... and god know will it ever change back to the old name as those 2 city or not
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It was my first Asian megapolis that I visited. I was there three times, though one day each time. But still, the impressions are very bright and positive.
Every time the city met us in different ways.
For the first time it was a shock and surprise from enumerous of people, endless traffic flows, fuss, noise and stuffiness.
The second time it met us with rain, freshness, half-empty streets and fantastic views from the skyscrapers
For the third time, we were already at ease, like at home :)
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yeah, my city is root deep in capitalism and western culture (especially the city center ), so i think most westerner will feel fit right in easily
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One of the unusual things for me were many groups of teenagers who arranged "evening picnics" right on the sidewalks, and plastic money. But i quickly got used to it)))
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I live in between Derby and Nottingham about 7 or 8 miles from each. Manchester and London are about 1.5/2 hours away.
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I live about an hours drive south of Glasgow, Scotland.
It's always wierd seeing fellow Scots online...it's usually such a rare treat that it's like seeing a wild Unicorn. Pun intended.
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An online mate of mine is from Scotland (who just moved to Ireland). Going to meet him in about a month for the first time when he's coming over to Sweden (and Åland) to celebrate midsummer with me, the wife and a few other warcraft guild mates. I just love sitting on skype listening to his accent.
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Ha! He must be from one of the more....lyrically accented regions, like Edinburgh or Aberdeen.
The part that I'm from...our accent is rough. I'm certain they play audiobooks read by Ayrshire/Glaswegian people as a form of torture in Guantanamo Bay lol
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Awesome! That's my region.
If you ever want to immerse yourself in the similar accent when he's not online, I suggest you hunt out some streams/torrents of these two excellent comedy shows:
Burnistoun
Limmy's Show
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I thought unicorns are still common around Dundee.
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That's wild haggis you're thinking of, I think.
Total bastards to try and catch, but worth it, because they are so tasty. The ones bred in captivity never taste as nice as the wild ones.
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Bigger than mine city - Oświęcim - yep, that city known for Auschwitz from times of WW2, no it's not dead city and people live here normally nowadays (i'm asked about that a lot when I'm saying where I live)
Bigger cities close are Katowice and Krakow :)
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I'm from Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Welcome to the World Cup next year :)))
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I live in the metropolitan area of Ljubljana in Slovenia. So if I cheat a bit I can say that counts as a major city. Otherwise I would say Zagreb as it's about double the size of Ljubljana and other closest major city.
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Kathmandu, if it can be regarded as major one (Its the biggest one in my country.. by population and also the capital city). I do live here. It is followed by Pokhara.
I haven't till now found anyone from here in SG or even from my country.
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"big" is quite relative, i live at 30 min in car of Lorient, in france
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In the Netherlands everything is close XD
Source: am Dutch myself
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In the middle of nowhere. 100 kilometers to Dresden, 300 kilometers to Berlin.
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i live 20 minutes, by bus, from Glasgow city centre probly closer to 10 minutes by car. i didnt know of any other sg'ers near me until i read this thread, in fact i didnt think there where any other Scottish users. ive never met anybody i know from the internet and probly never will. if it ever did happen (highly unlikely) it would invovle a pub and watching football.
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Biggest city near my house is Eindhoven, a 40 minute drive to the west. When I drive to the east it takes me 50 minutes to reach Dusseldorf (Germany).
Last summer I spent some days days with Dyna18 at a big outdoor LAN event called Campzone.
He was looking for a tent to spent the LAN and the tent I booked had some spots left. We met through Steamgroup Bundlequest, which he is running. I actually dont know where he lives in Holland.
Thats the only steamgifter I met IRL, got some friends from here on Facebook but never met them.
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It was the usage of "both" that got me confused. I'm not sure what it was referring to, still don't. :)
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Just wondering, what major cities do you live closest to, and how far is it? Do you know if other SG:ers live nearby and have you ever met any of them? If not, would you like to if given the opportunity, and what would be your "dream date" if so?
For me, Stockholm is the closest major city. I live about 1 hour north of it. Only know of Fnord that lives there, and never met him. I think he's a fellow board game geek. So if I ever met him, it would probably be to do a gaming session. :)
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