Hallstatt - Austria
The city so beautiful that the Chinese copied it.
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I think people really overestimate how much everybody knows about the US.
I'd say there's a large population that only know NYC, LA, and Chicago.
Used to be Dallas was pretty famous- Kennedy shooting, cheerleaders, and a titular TV show.
I'd say Salem, Massachusetts (pop just under 45k) is pretty famous thanks to the witch trials.
Gibraltar has a population of 32,000, which by some definitions is too small to be considered a city.
Gibraltar is a city?
I am American, so low bar, but there are dozens of us.
Itβs a city, itβs a really big rock, itβs a maritime port, itβs the only wild monkey population in Europe, itβs a 2Β½ mi^2^ British Overseas Territory whose status is perennially contested by Spain.
I guess the one that pretty much everyone knows in Germany is Buxtehude. It is being used as the poster child for a backwards town, far away from cities. Which is funny because neither is it backwards, remote or even very small. With a population of 40k itβs relatively large, compared to many other places in Germany, even just right next to Buxtehude. It is not far from Hamburg and its historic core is worth a visit. I think the name itself is the reason why it is being made fun of so much. Though there are so many other, much quirkier named towns in Germany but it somehow became Buxtehude.
Forks, Washington population of ~7000 made very notable due to the twilight series. Or Astoria, Oregon population of ~10,000 made famous by the Goonies.
Paris. It's also a city in Texas.
We also have a Paris in Ontario in Canada .... nice place next to the water and it even has the Eiffel Tower (painted as a mural on a storefront)
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In Slovenia I believe Sevnica (4.5k population) - home town of Melania Trump - would be the smallest most recognizable place by the world.
But Slovenia is small enough even Kostanjevica na Krki with 802 or VaΔe with 421 population is easily recognizable by Slovenians.
I'm not from there, but who doesn't know the name of Scunthorpe?
It's a problem.
Dildo, Newfoundland.
Not really though.
Off the top of my head Iβd say places like Gander, Churchill, Iqaluit - places known maybe for their location as much as their people and unique situations?
Edit: another comment (Aspen) made me want to mention Banff but Alberta isnβt acting Canadian anymore so it no longer counts.
Omg...i spent 4 hours in Gander one evening, so it took about 20 hours to go Dallas -> Chicago -> Gander-> Chicago.
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Hell, Michigan
I had to scroll way too far down for this one, but it was the first one I thought of.
Another one would be Gary Indiana
It might not count as a city but Nome Alaska has the Iditarod with only, 3700 people. Or maybe some famous battlefield, Gettysburg has 7100 people. A ski resort like Aspen could count with 7000. We all had to memorize state capitals so maybe somewhere like Montpelier, Vermont has more recognition but has 7800 people.
Sturgis also has a population of around 7,000, and has a pretty significant cultural awareness because of its annual motorbiking event
If you mean people from my country.... All of them.
New Zealand only has like 10 actual cities. It is not some great feat of memory to know them all.
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How about: name a country and name the smallest city you recognize from there. Like New Zealand you could say Rotarua
Christ there's a generation of Brits only know that name because of a pΓ¦do π
Lajitas, Texas, which once elected as their mayor a goat that drank beer, has a population of 75.
Terlingua, Texas, as made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker and home of the Terlingua International Chili Cook-off, has a population of 78.
Luckenbach, Texas, as made famous by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, has a population of 3.
What do you consider small? A lot of people know Cupertino California because Apple are based there, but it's only got a population of 57k. It's arguably more recognizable than the closest major city (San Jose), which has a population of nearly 1 million.
Yeah, no Tim, nobody's ever sung a song about getting to Cupertino
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Not a city as much as part of a city, but Coney Island is pretty well known. I was recently speaking to someone in Colombia and even they knew of it!
(I'm part of the sideshow cast there βΊοΈ)
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Pueblo, CO from tv commercials or maybe Wala Wala, WA from Bugs Bunny.
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