I think there was a previous version of this quiz where there was a pretty silly argument about whether or not Santiago was really named for a saint or not. And the quiz title was slightly different. IMO those arguing against Santiago's inclusion were making pretty bad arguments but if I remember correctly QM decided to concede the point and removed Santiago from the quiz. Now it is back on but in brackets and given as a freebie, with a change to the title of the quiz, I guess in efforts to avoid the same argument. But, now a new issue has been raised since Sana'a, while not named for any saint obviously, does start with "san"... that didn't come up before.
If I recall correctly they were saying that the city was named after another city named Santiago or something along those lines and so therefore it wasn't named after the saint. But, of course, that's silly... like I said...
If we we're all using common sense, most comment sections on this site would be empty.. Sad but true, though entertaining at times :) (though extremely tiresome at other times)
Too bad it's not large enough to qualify because I would have liked to see the "Comments" debate as to whether Sandusky (Ohio) would be a legit answer.
Apparently comes from polish, meaning from the orchard. It an several variations of it is a last name. Sadowski being one of them. Garth is a name with a similar meaning.
San Francisco doesnt have a population of 7 million. San Jose is bigger yet listed with a lower population. The quiz either has to use city proper populations or metro populations but you cant use the CSA population that is a combination of both SJ and SF and only attribute it to SF.
This quiz like most that are featured on Jet Punk uses the populations of the very reputable web site, citypopulation.de specifically this list: http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html. Sorry you don't like it but it's the gold standard for urban population centers on Jet Punk.
It gets confusing when talking about urban, metro, or city proper populations, and I don't even know what an "agglomeration" is - but that link doesn't work. I understand what Cali is saying about San Francisco. San Jose is both older and larger than San Francisco. According to Wikipedia the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.6 million. If you count the 12-county combined statistical area (CSA) which also includes San Jose, the population is 8.7 million. I looked on the citypopulation.de website and it gives the population of San Francisco as 880,887 and San Jose as 1,025,350. However, the projected population of San Jose, Costa Rica for 2017 is listed as 1,621,400 so I'm guessing that is the San Jose listed in this quiz, and not the one in California which must already be grouped in with San Francisco.
The quiz says urban population, not metro. San Francisco and San Jose are listed as two different metro areas but in reality are one continuous urban area
I spent a good 30 seconds typing in things like Juan, Diego, and Paulo and was getting really frustrated. Can you please allow answers without the San/St/etc?
If it makes you feel better, I am actually Russian and completely forgot about St Petersburg, I was trying to think of South American cities I might have missed.
Saint Paul, MN? I can see why it might not be included as Minneapolis is the larger city in the urban area, but the Twin Cities urban area has about 2.6 million people. Considering that the urban area is often referred to as Minneapolis–Saint Paul, I think it should be accepted as an answer.
Somewhat less convincing of an argument is the inclusion of San Bernardino, CA as well. It is the second largest city in the Inland Empire, often called the Riverside–San Bernardino urban area, home to 1.9 million people.
Also: St. Petersburg, FL – Second largest city in the Tampa Bay metro area (3.1 mil, can't find urban area pop. data)
st paul de vence (france)
More to the point, plain Bogota is the common name of the city and thus what is generally used by Jetpunk.
Somewhat less convincing of an argument is the inclusion of San Bernardino, CA as well. It is the second largest city in the Inland Empire, often called the Riverside–San Bernardino urban area, home to 1.9 million people.
Also: St. Petersburg, FL – Second largest city in the Tampa Bay metro area (3.1 mil, can't find urban area pop. data)