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Originally Posted by Qubert
In fairness, I'd still put Mexico City second to the "Tourist Cities" (Acapulco, Tijiuana, Cancun, Cabo) in terms of the outside world's view of Mexico.
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yeah, that's a fair point. to A LOT of americans, "mexico" is cancun/cabo (ie. lounging in a beach chair all afternoon with plates of half-eaten nachos and quesadillas on the side table and bottomless slushy margaritas in hand).
but cabo/cancun are essentially just bloated conglomerations of beach resorts, not actual proper top-tier cities like Rio.
the SP/Rio dynamic is a bit unique in that the much smaller "real" city overshadows the bigger brother.
it usually doesn't work that way when it comes to national mega-cities (russia is moscow, france is paris, japan is tokyo, argentina is BA, etc.), but your Madrid/Barcelona example is another good exception to the rule.