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Answer just 10 questions and you can have one, too.
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I answered the questions, and came up with Toronto - a really nice city, and apparently the exact opposite of Portland, based on how I answered the questions.
Posted by Frank | March 10, 2012 10:56 AM
But we don't have subways (yet) and sirens disturb my rest. Can I wi-fi in Brazil?
Posted by Abe | March 10, 2012 11:03 AM
"ich bin ein berliner!"
Posted by Tom | March 10, 2012 11:04 AM
Me, too.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 10, 2012 11:15 AM
Shanghai?
Damn that doesn't sound too good does it?
Posted by al m | March 10, 2012 11:32 AM
I'll see the rest of you hosers in T'ronto, eh?
Posted by Allan L. | March 10, 2012 12:13 PM
Does the MAX run to Abu Dhabi??
Posted by grizfan | March 10, 2012 12:19 PM
I was labeled a Berliner as well. Out curiosity Jack, when in pegged you there, did it tell you that your lowest priority was wealth, and your highest sustainability?
Posted by Thomas Craig | March 10, 2012 12:43 PM
You can play several times. it asks different leading questions. It is fun to try to play several caricatures. I played as a total "planners are gods" and ended up in San Paulo-highest sustainability, lowest wealth. Who can hit Portland?
Posted by dman | March 10, 2012 12:54 PM
Mumbai.
Sustainability was lowest.
Wealth was highest.
My bad.
Posted by Nonny Mouse | March 10, 2012 2:14 PM
New York
Innovation was highest, sustainability was lowest value.
Posted by Dave | March 10, 2012 2:56 PM
Oddly, I got London. Wealth was highest, transportation was lowest.
Posted by Soon-to-be-Dr. Alex | March 10, 2012 3:46 PM
I got Berlin. I am not sustainable.
Posted by Dave Lister | March 10, 2012 3:48 PM
Crud! I got Chicago!
Posted by Max | March 10, 2012 6:39 PM
I played a few times, got Toronto twice, but then got Houston, Shanghai, Johannesburg and Mexico City. I'm inconsistent, that's apparent.
Posted by Huck | March 10, 2012 7:11 PM
I guess I'm going to Mumbai with Nonny Mouse, but I'd rather go to London with Dr. Alex. Hey bud, got room for one or two more?
Posted by sally | March 10, 2012 7:49 PM
I ended up in Abu Dhabi. Seriously?
Posted by Talea | March 10, 2012 7:56 PM
I was apparently big on lifestyle and low on livability, putting me in Chicago. I guess saying that I wouldn't require all government vehicles to be hybrids was a bad choice.
I hate yes-or-no questions, because so often my answer starts out with "it depends..."
Posted by Michelle | March 10, 2012 8:07 PM
These questions are packed with trendy assumptions and loaded with value judgements. "A wealthy plutocrat wants to shoot a basket of underprivileged kittens with unsustainable lead bullets. Do you stop him? Well, do you?!?"
The only question that resonated with me was the one about enforcing litter laws. Anyways, I also landed on Berlin. Now I wanna watch "Der Himmel über Berlin", which isn't a bad thing at all. Thank you for that, insipid survey.
Posted by Downtown Denizen | March 10, 2012 8:28 PM
Oh, maybe this is why Berlin keeps coming up:
http://www.bmwguggenheimlab.org/where-is-the-lab
"The BMW Guggenheim Lab is in transit to Berlin, where it will be open from May 24 to July 29, 2012. An international hub of culture, politics, media, and science, Berlin promises ample opportunity for urban analysis and the generating and testing of new ideas. The BMW Guggenheim Lab Berlin will operate in Kreuzberg, a neighborhood known for its engagement with social action and public art, in an expansive lot along the River Spree."
Posted by Downtown Denizen | March 10, 2012 8:36 PM
Houston for me -- Highest priority is transportation, lowest is sustainability.
Jim Karlock must be proud of me right now.
Posted by Concordbridge | March 10, 2012 8:56 PM
Shanghai.
Posted by John Rettig | March 10, 2012 11:25 PM
Berlin. High Health, low wealth
Posted by L.O. Resident | March 11, 2012 12:57 AM
Concordbridge -
I live in Houston, we build roads and roads and roads. We don't keep them up so well, some city streets look like they just went through an artillery practice session; but we do build them. As for sustainability, yup, I'm now a proud Texan (save Austin where we round up and corral all the liberals) and I say a pox on all this recycle/sustainability nonsense. Versus stinky food recycle slop buckets.
Posted by Native Oregonian | March 11, 2012 8:11 AM
My last question was - Would you pay for a free bike service in your city?
Um, if I'm paying for it - is it really free?
Posted by Native Oregonian | March 11, 2012 8:14 AM
Hmmmm, played four times, same questions each and every time. Ended up with Shanghai. At least the hookers are plentiful I've heard.
Posted by Native Oregonian | March 11, 2012 8:18 AM
I got a reeducation camp in a remote desert location.
Posted by tim | March 11, 2012 12:32 PM
Native Oreg -- Are those roads full? If you build 'em and they are full, then it was the right thing to do.
Posted by Concordbridge | March 11, 2012 3:45 PM