# World capital city (mostly visual)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-capital-city-mostly-visual/643586>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 10, 2012, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-capital-city-mostly-visual/643586 "2012-12-10T11:14:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-capital-city-mostly-visual/643586/61 "2012-12-11T23:07:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Lebanon, Kansas. It’s the geographic center of the US and there’s plenty of room for expansion.

Yeah, but it’s also the most un-magical spot in the continent.

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**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-capital-city-mostly-visual/643586/62 "2012-12-11T23:30:50Z")

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> [@Mijin](#):
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> In the OP, I said it’s OK for the city to be in a poor country as long as there is not significant slums within the city itself. But I’m curious…which three countries are you considering genuinely impoverished?

Two countries;

Shanghai has extreme poverty, both amongst [locals](http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/apr2011/shan-a05.shtml)and [migrants](http://chinaperspectives.revues.org/456).

Beijing isn’t much better.

Russia has the most extreme income income inquality on Earth, and the poorest can [barely afford to eat](http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2007/s1868355.htm)

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