cities and places

Where is the world's poorest city in the poorest country ?



Kinshasa , Congo ....
it is the poorest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
which is also the poorest country in the world, at a GDP of $55 billion.
Many of its residents live on less $1 a day.




What is the highest point in the world? (this one is easy)



Mount Everest ...
Towering 29,029 feet in the air, the top of Mount Everest
is the closest you can get to touching outer space while still standing on Earth.




Where is the lowest point in the world?


The Challenger Deep Trench
It is the lowest known natural point in the world
at 35,797 ft below sea level at the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Only three people have ever made it to the bottom in a submersible, one of which was filmmaker James Cameron.




What is the most photographed place in the U.S.?



Surprise: the Guggenheim building in New York...
Photos have always told stories, but in today's world of cell phone cameras and social media,
that story is relayed as data to companies who monitor everything we do.
Geotagged data was culled by Sightsmap using a Google-based image sharing software,
and can show us the most photographed places in the world, right down to this landmark.
The strange winner is this building in New York City. Guess it impresses a lot of visitors.

Where is the wettest spot on Earth? (and it's not the Amazon!)



Mawsynram , India ...
In this city in India, it rains an average of 467.35 inches per year,
and has a record of 1000 inches in 1985...much more than any rain forest!



Where is the driest spot on Earth? (It's not the Sahara!)



The Atacama Desert ...
The 600 miles of South America's Atacama desert is recorded as the driest place on Earth, no contest.
This desert has an average of only 4 inches of rain every hundred years. Incredible, but true.




What city claims to be the sunniest place in the U.S.?



Yuma , Arizona ...
In this city in Arizona, the sun shines for an average of 11 hours a day.
The usual forecast is sun for 90 percent of the year, averaging a total of 4015 daylight hours each year.




Where is the most expensive city to live in? (It's not in the U.S. thankfully)



Singapore ...
This city has recently beat out Tokyo, Japan, for the title of "most expensive city" for 2014.
Cars can cost between 4-6 times as much in Singapore from what they cost in the US or UK
(for example, a Toyota Prius actually costs about $150,000.00 there).




Where is the least expensive city to live in?



Mumbai , India ..
At the other end of the spectrum, Mumbai, India, is the cheapest place to live in the world,
according to the Worldwide Cost of Living Index, 2014.
For some comparison, a loaf of bread that would cost $3.36 in Singapore,
would only cost $0.91 in Mumbai. A lot of poverty brings the cost of living down.





What country consumes the most food per capita?



The overweight United States ...
We eat an average of 3,770 calories a day each.
Shamefully, obesity is becoming more of a problem every year.




Where is the world's oldest city ?



Damascus ...
There's quite a bit of controversy over which city gets to officially claim the title of "oldest continuously inhabited city.
However, Damascus is the safest bet, with evidence of civilization that extends back over 11,000 years.

And let us not forget the city with the most idiots...... Washington D.C.

NodakBuckeye said:

And let us not forget the city with the most idiots...... Washington D.C.

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I thought it was Green Bay!

NodakBuckeye said:

And let us not forget the city with the most idiots...... Washington D.C.

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Lapper said:

I thought it was Green Bay!

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One is the penal colony for dunces as selected by each state, the other is the gathering point for the inbred societies.

And of course the US had to be placed in a negative light...Think I'm eating at Sonic today--TWO freakn' Footlong Coney's!!

Worlds coldest place, second wifes butt.

Which country in the world drinks the most alcohol ?



Belarus ...
In the little country of Belarus, each person above the age of 16
drinks an average of 4.62 gallons of alcohol every year.
That's a lot of booze.






Which country is the most bicycle friendly in the world?



The Netherlands �
By comparing cities using the average number of bicycle trips made daily, one city reigns supreme:
Groningen in the Netherlands. About 50 percent of the population commute via bike daily,
making it the city with the greatest proportion of cyclists.
However, many other cities in the Netherlands have a great bicycling tradition.






Where is the world's most energy efficient city?



Reykjavik , Iceland ...
All of the energy and heat used by the citizens of Reykjavik, Iceland
come from geothermal plants and renewable hydropower
making it the most sustainable and energy efficient city in the world.
This city has also been replacing traditional buses with hydrogen-fueled buses,
from which the only emissions are water.






Which country has the longest life expectancy in the world?



Monaco ...
According to the World Health Organization's study from 2013,
Monaco tops the charts for longest living citizens with an average life expectancy of 87.2 years.
Men in Monaco live an average 85.3 years, and women live longer to an average of 89 years.





Which country has the shortest life expectancy ?



Sierra Leone �
On the opposite side of that coin, the population of Sierra Leone live only to an average of 47 years.
The men of Sierra Leone live to an average of 47 years old, whereas
women live a little longer, an average of 48 years.
Poverty plays a big roll in their short life expectancy.





What country would qualify as the most stressed-out nation in the world
because of their living conditions?



Nigeria ...
By looking at the homicide rate, the GDP per capita, continued income inequality,
corruption, lack of education opportunities and unemployment numbers,
one thing is clear: Nigeria's people are, hands-down, the most stressed out population in the world