Is Colombo the poorest city in the world?

I am and Indian and have visited the city ones. For me, Colombo is a city of developed, not developing country. For people of Colombo I want to say that: 1. You live in cleanest and greenest city of south Asia. read more

And for those who think Colombo to be World's Poorest City - "If you want to see poverty and misery of people come to neighboring India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Nepal(I suggest Mumbai, Karachi or Dhaka), and there you will realize true meaning of poverty. read more

While the UN categorizes these cities as being among the poorest in the world, they are still expanding rapidly. It seems that for citizens of these nations the city life, while overcrowded and uncertain, is a better alternative to rural subsistence farming. read more

Potosí, once one of the largest and richest cities in the world, has an incredible history. It is estimated that as many as eight million Andean Indians died because of the mining of its Cerro Rico (Rich Hill). read more