<![CDATA[Thinking about the "sister city" thing following a radio piece, and about how it seems pretty meaningless in many cases.]]>Thinking about the "sister city" thing following a radio piece, and about how it seems pretty meaningless in many cases.

I had no idea where Ottawa's sister city is. It never seems to be mentioned nor celebrated here. Turns out we have two – Beijing and Catania.

Presumably it's supposed to foster trade and tourism relationships, but I suspect beyond an initial announcement, it usually fades into obscurity.

Does your city celebrate and build on a sister city relationship?

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]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ottaross/statuses/116810941408163208https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ottaross/statuses/116810941408163208Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:18:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thinking about the "sister city" thing following a radio piece, and about how it seems pretty meaningless in many cases. on Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:43:06 GMT]]>@ottaross I don't think they could be home for lunch.

this is Italy

the trade and tourism delegations can wake up at a comfortable time in the morning, meet for lunch¹, and then all move together to the other village for dinner² :D

¹ midday meal
² evening meal

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-396a-3ccd-fa69-1a2672862746https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-396a-3ccd-fa69-1a2672862746Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:43:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thinking about the "sister city" thing following a radio piece, and about how it seems pretty meaningless in many cases. on Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:57:31 GMT]]>@valhalla ha! Nearby sisters. That would be funny. The trade and tourism delegations could meet and be home for lunch.

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ottaross/statuses/116806847810750591https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ottaross/statuses/116806847810750591Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:57:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Thinking about the "sister city" thing following a radio piece, and about how it seems pretty meaningless in many cases. on Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:42:38 GMT]]>@ottaross here (northern Italy) they are pretty common and often written on the signs at the entrance of municipalities

afaik most of the times it's just a few delegates from each place going to visit the other place for a meal every year or so

and we have also a funny case of two sister villages that are a 50 km drive from each other, in the same province (Schignano and Cermenate), which. just. why???

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