# What is the first city that comes to mind when you hear "The greatest city in Asia"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309 "2010-01-25T02:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/21 "2010-01-25T08:10:42Z")
Jerusalem. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/22 "2010-01-25T08:18:25Z")
Mumbai. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/23 "2010-01-25T09:03:20Z")
None of the above; and my feeling is that you might as well ask what is the greatest city near the equator, or between the 20th and 40th lines of latitude. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/24 "2010-01-25T10:05:13Z")
Tokyo ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/25 "2010-01-25T17:15:07Z")
Tokyo, then Shanghai. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/26 "2010-01-25T17:29:24Z")
Lampur. Once again it’s just the first city to come to mind when the question is asked. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/27 "2010-01-25T22:30:06Z")
Tokyo ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/28 "2010-01-26T03:28:00Z")
Does Istanbul count? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/29 "2010-01-26T03:35:35Z")
Beijing, easily. I’ve been there many times and love it. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/30 "2010-01-26T04:28:41Z")
> [@Shamozzle](#): > > Does Istanbul count? Yes, Istanbul not Constantinople 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/31 "2010-01-26T05:06:48Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Mumbai. Beghurrr!!! The main Indian City worth seeing is Agra or Delhi. As much as it pains this proud Islamabadian to say; Lahore. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-first-city-that-comes-to-mind-when-you-hear-the-greatest-city-in-asia/526309/32 "2010-01-26T08:29:01Z")
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