[dx034]

What's the most isolated city then?

Was always curious to go to Perth. Maybe once we get the direct Perth-London flights next year. Though 18 hours on the plane isn't much fun..

[Ardren]

Apparently Honolulu being 3,673km from its nearest city.

Perth is only 2,139km from its closest city Adelaide.

Source: http://www.westcoastassist.com.au/Perth_the_second_most_isol...

[wingerlang]

How and why do they pick Adelaide? There are some (small) cities around Perth.

[ithkuil]

I guess it should have been "nearest (capital) city"

[Nursie]

Depends on your definition of "city". Is Geraldton or Bunbury a city? Not by European standards, though maybe by the US definition.

To a Brit, those are towns, probably even small towns.

[thothamon]

In the US, we are loose about the term "city." The "city" I live in has a population of I 76,000. The neighboring town, Fort Collins, has a population of 164,000. But in 1990, my town, Loveland, only had 40,000 residents and I still would have called it a city.

The term "big city" is more specific. That's a major city, probably with skyscrapers. Population is probably close to a million or more.

The term "metropolis" is even more specific. That's a really big city, one of the top 20 in the US, to give a rough sense. Chicago, New York, Los Angeles are metropolises. Denver? It's a big city, but I don't know about metropolis.

[Nursie]

Geraldton, to the north of Perth, is about 40k, the biggest settlement in WA outside of Perth seems to be about 60k...

The next town along from where I grew up in the UK is about 80k and is in no way a city...