To determine the cities with the toughest commutes, we took the country's 75 largest metro areas and looked at congestion data from the Texas Transportation Institute to see how long travelers were delayed over the course of a year. picked by karenben 6 months ago tags cities America congestion transport |
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Men's Fitness's annual survey reveals the cities that embrace a healthy lifestyle and exposes the ones that, well, need more salad bars. picked by JoshSF49 6 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
Some cities are hitting the bottle hard. Find out from Men's Health magazine if yours is one of them. picked by karenben 7 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
Is your city in the list? picked by Proverb 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Some places in the world are just like heaven, some like hell; almost literally. Human activity can sometimes have devastating effects not on just the environment, but sometimes on the population too. Here’s a list of five of the most polluted cities in the world, in no specific order. picked by mareacaspica 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Presented by Forbes, this study done by Mercer Human Resource Consulting who have ranked 215 cities worldwide based on levels of air pollution, waste management, water potability, hospital services, medical supplies and the presence of infectious disease. 3 comments edit related share worldAnd the winner is... picked by wildminou 7 months ago |
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Reader's Digest left 30 new cell phones in public places in 32 cities around the globe. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Hong Kong had the worst performance with only 13 of the 30 phones returned. The best performance in the unscientific test was turned in by residents of Ljubljana, Slovania who gave back 29 of the 30 phones. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Mercer study ranks cities by the quality of life they offer expatriate executives and their families across the world. picked by karenben 7 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
Lost Cities were real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost. Most lost cities are found, and have been studied extensively by scientists. Here's our list of the 10 most amazing lost cities in the world. picked by maxriter 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Research by the organization Birthdays Without Pressure found parents in such major cities, including Washington and San Diego, succumb the most easily to increasing pressure to throw excessive parties for their children's birthdays picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Well, the collection wasn't really lost but any fan of archeology will appreciate this site. Lots of photo essays on various ancient cities known and unknown. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Beautiful pictures from many ancient cities around the world. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share world |
The Optical Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) camera on board Rosetta observed Earth during its swing-by last night. Islands of artificial lights created by human habitation are sparsely distributed over the part of the globe seen in the picture. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
An architect has come up with an innovative answer to rising sea levels - a city that floats around the world. 20 comments edit related share scienceThe self-contained 'Lilypad' city will be home to around 50,000 'climate refugees' from the worst hit areas - including London. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago |
Wonderfull pics of a metro station all over the world. Those are incredible designs. picked by mindfvck 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share arts |
An article from the Guardian. It's a little hysterical in sections, but worth a look. picked by Fascha 1 year ago 23 comments edit related share plime.com |
Roadside America is a caramel-coated-nutbag-full of odd and hilarious travel destinations -- over 8,000 places -- ready for exploration. 4 comments edit related share plime.comReally cool site, loads of interesting stuff. Nearly makes me want to be American, nearly. picked by doggylives 4 months ago |
Take a journey into the past with this immense gallery of amazing urban photographs from a time forgotten. picked by FreeMind 9 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Ancient Mayan astronomers aligned their soaring temples with the stars and now modern archeologists have found the ruins of hidden cities in the Guatemalan jungle by peering down from space. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
Mercer Consulting's annual roundup of the global cities with the best quality of life is here, and Zurich once again comes out on top. The best place in the U.S.? Honolulu at No. 28. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
A bloodstained corridor along the East Coast are seeing a surge in killings. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |