Candidates (Still Open): Warsaw Brasilia, Prague, Cairo, Toledo, Soria, París (Texas), Béjar (Salamanca), Madrid, México D.F.
GEMINISDESPECHADA suggests Soria may really be the most weird city in the world. In a candidacy that has being gaining weight in the last moments, Geminis provides us nothing less than 17 reasons 17 to choose this city and gives us strong ones:
1. Because the most parts of its inhabitants are civil servants.
2. Because it exists.
3. Because they have lands, and echar soriano - 10 years ago - had 10 million pesetas in his/her bank account (taking children into account too).
4. Soria´s soccer team, Numancia, was able to obtain a draw in its combat against champion club FC Barcelona in the King´s Cup Quarter Finals, when this time was in the second level (División) of the spanish league. The second match at Soria was able to gather up to 15,000 people which is about half Soria´s population.
5. When Numancia managed to get into the spanish Premier League (the upper level) many businesses had to close down since people weren´t able to pay the bonus card to watch all season´s football matches.
6. Soria´s Main Street, 'el collado' is popularly known as 'el collao' so officialy they even changed -the inhabitants themselves - the street plates. And the park, whose official name no one remembers is called 'la desa' by everybody (dehesa).
7. Because I don´t know of anyone who has been robbed or mugged in Soria.
8. Because it used to have a street market I knew by heart, and even though, I still used to go there.
9. Because the most expensive taxi ride in the city didn´t cost more than 500 ptas (3 euros).
10. Still with taxis: because to hire a taxi at night you have to call the police (the local police, to be exact...)
11. Because here people don´t say "Adiós" ("Good Bye") as farewell, instead they use the word "Venga" ("Come On").
12. Because there ain´t neither Burger King nor Mc Donald´s…
13. Because they can a pay a fortune for (Bull´s) horns (horns are the symbol of adultery here in Spain, if someone "has horns" it means he/she has been cheated)
14. Because when it´s dam freezing (and even snowing) people here call it " a gentle breeze"
15. Because there is just a single museum.
16. Because twice a year streets get fill of teenagers dressed as tunos (university medieval singers) that are doing "bulls" ("playing truant" or "hooky")
17. Because when you watch the local TV there is always an acquaitance of you on it…
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At least I'll do the 18th
18- There are no buses in Soria, only a van that takes you from the train station. And the traffic lights are off all night.
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