Comments on: Who’s Your ‘Monopoly’ City?

By: La Lara Yahti

La Lara Yahti — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:12:56 +0000

I wrote about this too (and referred to this blog post and comments). The thing is quite similar to the Eurovision song contest – Some things are simply more important to the people in Eastern Europe than in the West…

By: Bert Sperling

Bert Sperling — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:40:18 +0000

I forgot Kyiv (Kiev) in the Ukraine.
That makes four out of 22 cities in Eastern Europe.
Seems statistically improbable to me.
Am I missing something?
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By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:14:56 +0000

As CNN noted this morning, this contest was not terribly hyped in the U.S. – perhaps the reason that only NYC made the list.

By: Bert Sperling

Bert Sperling — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:36:21 +0000

From the press release – “During a six-week period in early 2008, MONOPOLY fans from around the world voted for the global cities that they would like to see represented on the first-ever World edition game board. More than 5.6 million votes were cast for 70 world-class cities, which determined 20 of the 22 cities featured in the game”
Hmmmm, I wonder if someone was gaming the system (particularly ironic given that’s it’s all about a game.)
Eastern Europe has a notorious reputation as a center of organized cyber-crime, and is known to be the source of deployment and control for many thousands of zombie computers around the globe.
Anyone have a better explantion for the inclusion of places like Riga, Gdynia, and Belgrade, at the expense of much larger and more iconic cities?
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By: Mike L

Mike L — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:52:50 +0000

Don’t the makers of Monopoly want to sell to the huge market in India? Delhi, where are you?
And Gdynia! I had to Google to discover it is in Poland (and I’ve been to Poland 6 times). Warsaw, where are you?
Expect a speed revision of this “International” edition of Monopoly.

By: Bert Sperling

Bert Sperling — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:05:22 +0000

Cool that Montreal received the most votes.
But it would be nice if the high-rent properties matched up somwhat with the real world – like Tokyo and London.
Riga?
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By: Elizabeth M

Elizabeth M — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:23:14 +0000

What? No Amsterdam?