Comments on: Travel Writer Clichés: 2 – City of Contrasts

By: Tim Richards

Tim Richards — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:11:38 +0000

Actually Matthew has captured it nicely – the “contrasts” tage will most likely be applied to a city in a developing country, where the extremes of age and wealth appear greatest to Western eyes.

Although I don’t know that it couldn’t be applied to a developed country – I could imagine London being described that way (prompted by a skyline containing Canary Wharf & the Gherkin versus Tower Bridge and Parliament).

Tim Richards
Travel blog: http://www.aerohaveno.com/

By: Tim Richards

Tim Richards — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:03:16 +0000

You wrote: “I want to read about somewhere that is utterly uniform in every respect.”

Welcome to Australia’s national capital, Canberra.

Tim Richards
Travel blog: http://www.aerohaveno.com/

By: Matthew Teller

Matthew Teller — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:51:36 +0000

I might be wrong, but isn’t a “city of contrasts” invariably somewhere in the developing world? London, New York or Paris could never be “cities of contrasts”, whereas Cairo, Delhi or Rio are prime candidates.

Hack visits perceived old/poor city, finds new/rich stuff – behold, “a city of contrasts”.

Hack visits perceived new/rich city, finds old/poor stuff – behold: “the hidden underbelly”.

By: David

David — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:25:26 +0000

Can’t say I’ve ever been, Jeremy. I eagerly await your guide to it though

By: Jeremy head

Jeremy head — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:17:02 +0000

How about the capital of North Korea – Pyongyang?

By: resort hopper

resort hopper — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:29:57 +0000

the place you describe is milton keynes, UK