I’ve never thought about what a sister city is supposed to mean. Walking through O’Hare airport in Chicago, seeing little murals and flags celebrating Amman, Jordan and other international cities which figuratively hold hands with Chicago. I always thought it was a tourism effort or feel-good fluff. Apparently it’s more of a PR and diplomacy effort than I realized. As you know, I feel like international travel and connection provides invaluable perspective personally. Same principal should apply on a muni level too, right? I like the idea; need to look more into the execution. Check out sister cities international.
LA is sister to Taipei, Taiwan (among others)
Austin tiene Saltillo, Mexico (con otras)
Las Vegas got hitched to Angeles City, Philipines (maybe not a good way for me to talk about your sis)
Do you know your sister city?
Got me thinking: Blog bros – where is our international weblog community partner?
Perhaps here is a good place to start?
May 30, 2007 at 2:23 pm
I think Sister Cities International is a good organization. They would probably love to help with the Blog Bros project.
BTW, I know all 27 of ours (from repeated trips to ORD):
Accra, Ghana
Amman, Jordan
Athens, Greece
Belgrade, Serbia
Birmingham, England
Busan, Republic of Korea
Casablanca, Morocco
Delhi, India
Durban, South Africa
Galway, Ireland
Gothenburg, Sweden
Hamburg, Germany
Kyiv, Ukraine
Lahore, Pakistan
Lucerne, Switzerland
Mexico City, Mexico
Milan, Italy
Moscow, Russia
Osaka, Japan
Paris, France
Petach Tikva, Israel
Prague, Czech Republic
Shanghai & Shenyang, China
Toronto, Canada
Vilnius, Lithuania
Warsaw, Poland
August 3, 2007 at 12:50 am
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