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Can you name the richest cities by personal earnings? Enter a city in the box below Correctly named cities will show up below Answers do not have to be guessed in order This game contributed by Henners7 on 09/23/2009 Source: A UBS Survey You have 5 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 2811 TV Shows (U.S.) 2293 Broadway Opening Lines 2270 You Do Know Jack 1008 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 915 Same Last Name 833 And more...
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	ESK:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:17 GMT	6 points
	Great quiz! Perhaps I'll move to one of these to ride the economy out? Geneva or bust! Also, quiz will not accept "Tokyo".

	yoteshot:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:17 GMT	1 point
	Wrote Tokyo but didn't get it... damn, only missed that one.

	funyun2:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:17 GMT	5 points
	What the hell is "Tokyo, Japan,tokyo"? Because I think that's what made me get an answer wrong.

	Niques:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:19 GMT	4 points
	Tokyo's broken. And I forgot the Netherlands existed. Whoops.

	American:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:23 GMT	-3 points
	Tokyo was my only guess and it didnt work. I'm upset

	jzev:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:25 GMT	40 points
	I thought Dubai would be there considering they have enough money to build their own islands

	Bedevere:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:28 GMT	-3 points
	Won't accept Tokyo.

	justagirl:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:32 GMT	3 points
	I wonder what 3.4% of the population typed in order to get credit for Tokyo...

	micah:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:37 GMT	11 points
	A source with actual numbers, rather than just ranks, would improve this quiz greatly.

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	segacs:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:38 GMT	47 points
	I like the concept, but the source is flawed, since only 73 "selected" cities were included in the survey. That means that a lot of really rich cities don't show up because they weren't measured. For instance, where's Monte Carlo? Also, the "basket of goods" used to measure wealth was "based on Western European consumer preferences". I like this quiz for fun but I have to seriously question the research.

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	Emperor_Ziggy:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:40 GMT	3 points
	And it's immediately fixed after I post my comment. Problem solved.

	burnsy:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:43 GMT	11 points
	I'm more surprised that Miami is on than I am that Dubai isn't. And since I did the European capitals quiz about 20 minutes ago, I should have known that Luxembourg is also a city. D'oh!

	goatgirl:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:45 GMT	-3 points
	bitchin quiz

	Geo_Crazy:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 08:52 GMT	9 points
	What? No San Francisco/San Jose, but Miami? Thought Seattle, Vancouver, Boston or DC would make it. Forgot about Scanadavia and the 3 Low Country cities. Interesting that France and the UK are out, as well as Canada, and no shocking cities in less wealthy countries such as Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Moscow, Milan, or St Petersburg.

	Gordo:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 09:22 GMT	6 points
	Bad source. Without knowing which cities are on the list (Miami, Chicago) and which richer cities are not on the list (SF Bay Area, Boston) it's impossible to tell.

	gopaladins:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 09:24 GMT	6 points
	so, what's the logic behind people's guesses on this quiz?? just name a bunch of cities you think rich people live in?

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	iceman1731:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 10:34 GMT	-2 points
	Could have used more time, I got Amsterdam in just at the buzzer

	beatrixkiddo:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 10:53 GMT	2 points
	was kind of expecting vatican city, monte carlo and some italian cities to be there. other than that - no surprises - big euro cities and a handful of others big players from around the world

	bigalsirkp:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 11:33 GMT	6 points
	This quiz needs to specify what it means. I was at first under the impression it was total personal earnings for a city and hence cities with larger populations would surely feature. Now I suspect it is average personal earnings. Surely this explains why Dublin features and London does not...

	doanie:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 12:01 GMT	4 points
	copenhagen? their wages, if that is the measure here, are not so high. their benefits are generous to a fault. if this survey counts in those benefits, probably so. to rate denmark against countries that have a different balance of wages to benefits is apples and oranges.

	Psycho:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 12:50 GMT	-4 points
	No Geneve but Geneva? No Zürich but Zurich? No München but Munich? No Wien but Vienna? I hate English.

	Steesh:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 14:10 GMT	7 points
	@Geo crazy - You would consider Singapore a less wealthy country? It has one of the highest GDP's in the world and is 'richer' than the UK. Still, i'm quite shocked that London doesn't feature, especially considering it's consistently ranking in the top 3 most expensive cities to live in the world.

	Distiller:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 14:28 GMT	2 points
	Whould be better if it shown the figures.

	Henners7:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 14:31 GMT	4 points
	@steesh182: London is 21st. Dubai is 36th.... Yeah, it is average personal earnings; allowing places which are employee friendly, such as Geneva, Switzerland can be ranked higher. I do agree that it should say it's average earnings, sorry about that; i can't edit it now either.

	1447:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 14:51 GMT	2 points
	This time I actually guessed Malabo, just to prevent that nasty surprise when I clicked 'Give up'. Weirdly enough, it wasn't on the list.

	bostoncane:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 17:12 GMT	2 points
	bummer... I was focusing on east and middle east ... shoulda spent more time working on europe.

	chikka2:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 17:15 GMT	5 points
	I took the "better to live overseas" seriously...and forgot New York, Chicago and LA. Yikes.

	johnlk:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	9 points
	This isn't the richest 20 cities in the world. This is the richest cities out of 73 cities surveyed.

	kingstony:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 19:03 GMT	6 points
	where are all the arab cities? I would've thought they would make an appearance or two

	newenglander:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT	2 points
	i was surprised washington dc wasnt there.

	capncokenojoke:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 20:21 GMT	1 point
	did anyone else try their home town and then get disappointed when you figured out your city isn't even close to making the list?

	Djibouti:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 20:33 GMT	2 points
	I'm continuously amazed that Macau never makes any of these quizzes. I guess the problem lies in distinguishing what Macau actually is (i.e. country, city, autonomous region?). I guess someone should make a "Special Administration Regions With the Most Casinos" quiz.

	Speedbird007:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 20:34 GMT	-2 points
	the city of london?

	canyr12:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 20:57 GMT	-2 points
	I was surprised about the absence of any of the oil producing countries.

	lulubelles:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 22:33 GMT	2 points
	@speedbird, I would be interested to see what would happen to London if they took all 3 parts separately, as I think 'the city' (as we call it) is probably being dragged down by the other 2. It would only be for curiosity reasons as for quiz purposes it is always taken as a singular city.

	Scott:	Sep 26th, 2009 at 23:01 GMT	1 point
	just missed Luxembourg

	Monoclinic:	Sep 27th, 2009 at 00:25 GMT	2 points
	@lulubelles Does anyone actually live in "the city"? I think London is dragged down because of the sharp drop in sterling this year! However I'd like to add that I think it's slightly flawed. I live in Belgium and yes my wages are higher than they'd be in the UK but my tax bill is also higher ao it all evens out. As for Copenhagen being number 1, I do believe Denmark has an even higher rate of taxation than Belgium. Remember, you can earn a million pounds p.a. but if you have a 99% tax bill you will only see £10,000 of that!