[Da Bilge Troll]

"both densely populated cosmopolitan capitals of their respective countries"

Common Core geography.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: “both densely populated cosmopolitan capitals of their respective countries”

She forgot to add the word FINANCIAL before the word “capitals”.

Or she might have been thinking of 1785 to 1790 when NYC briefly served as the capital of the USA.

[jjotto]

cosmopolitan: “familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures”