https://www.getaway.co.za/destinations/world/is-rio-de-janeiro-more-beautiful-than-cape-town
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldPhotosInRealLife/comments/11we8ql/rio_de_janeiro_brazil_1930_and_now
https://www.mywanderlust.pl/not-so-great-rio
https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Cape-Town/Rio-de-Janeiro
https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/partnerships/insight/4-similarities-between-rio-and-cape-town
https://www.timeout.com/news/its-official-time-out-has-crowned-the-worlds-best-city-in-2025-011525
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town
"Portside is a 139-metre-tall (456 ft) building in Cape Town, South Africa. Completed in 2014, it is the city's tallest building[3] and, at the time of completion, was Cape Town's first significant skyscraper developed in the central business district (CBD) in 15 years." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portside_Tower 32 floors.
https://www.timeout.com/cape-town
https://versus.com/en/cape-town-vs-rio-de-janeiro
https://www.rome2rio.com/s/Cape-Town/Rio-de-Janeiro
Rio+de+Janeiro is a much larger city than CT and just as scenic.
https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/partnerships/insight/4-similarities-between-rio-and-cape-town
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Hawaiian_Center At a height of 429 feet (131 m) with 30 floors, is the tallest office tower in the state. However, several other Hawaiian buildings have more floors, but aren't taller in height, except for The_Central_Ala_Moana tower.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Honolulu
Honolulu vs Barcelona vs Rio de Janeiro... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Y_bun9STk
https://www.city-data.com/forum/world/1833866-rio-de-janeiro-vs-miami-vs-2.html
Cape+Town is much bigger than Honolulu and Rio+de+Janeiro is more vast than either of them.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/12/31/vancouver-2025-new-years-eve-no-events/
Fortunately, most real cities around the world don't take such a watered down approach.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-new-years-eve-fireworks-cancelled-2025
Somehow, many other cities around the world have a better formula for NY Eve celebrations.
Thus, many other cities are actually able to have awesome NY's events.
"It's no secret that, compared to other world-class cities, Vancouver is rather boring, and it's on New Year's Eve that this reality comes crashing down on those who turned a blind eye to the lack of fun for the past 364 days.
As residents of Sydney, Taipei, Cape+Town, London, Rio+de+Janeiro, New York, and even Seattle ring in the new year with elaborate, family-friendly parties, Vancouverites are left yet again wondering what to do.
While there may not be any public events downtown, those hoping to end 2024 on a high note can cross the Burrard Inlet to the north shore, where festivities — and fireworks — are planned atop two of the three ski hills." https://www.westernstandard.news/news/looking-for-something-fun-to-do-in-vancouver-on-new-years-eve-head-for-the-hills/60816?utm_source=website&utm_medium=related-stories