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Calcutta, India

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The Resume

    (1699- )
    Largest city in India
    Located in West Bengal
    Adjacent to Bay of Bengal
    Nickname: City of Joy
    Renamed Kolkatta in 2001

Why Calcutta, India might be annoying:

    Their subway train system consists of only one line!
    Considering there is still a great amount of poverty in the city, their nickname 'City of Joy' may be an oxymoron.
    Many of the popular tourist sites were built by the British.
    Like most other major Indian cities, it has horrendous smog.
    The traffic is congested.
    The sewage runs above ground.
    Like Bombay and Madras, the city changed its name to sound more Indian. However, no one in the outside world gives a damn.

Why Calcutta, India might not be annoying:

    Mother Teresa worked there.
    It is the first Indian city to have a subway train system.
    It is the only Indian city to have an engineered bridge.
    The Patrick Swayze movie, 'City of Joy,' was filmed there.
    It is considered the cultural center of India.
    Nobel Laureates C.V. Raman, Amartya Sen, and Rabindranath Tagore all hail from there.
    Novelist Vikram Seth and the late Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray also come from Calcutta.
    Actor Victor Banerjee ('Passage to India') is from there.
    Musician Ravi Shankar also hails from Calcutta.
    The first nude Broadway musical was 'Oh! Calcutta.'

Credit: Corrupt200


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    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 55 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 63.41% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 70 Votes: 74.29% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 104 Votes: 58.65% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 193 Votes: 65.28% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 59 Votes: 50.85% Annoying