Metropho.rs, ‘Tokyo is the New York of Japan’ & Other Location Metaphors From Twitter

Metropho.rs is a website that maps locations based on metaphors used by Twitter users. For example, “America is the Sparta of the modern world,” “Russia is the Utah of Asia,” and “Oakland is the Philadelphia of California, only cleaner.” Head over to Metropho.rs to see more of the funny — and occasionally nonsensical — location metaphors.

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