Money game Monopoly has found that 2.3 million British children are unable to name more than ten cities and actually know more about virtual worlds and cities in video games and TV shows.
The research carried out by Research Without Barriers – RWB and the sample comprised 2,002 UK parents of 5-12-year-olds. Whilst over half of kids have heard of Gotham (55%), Zootopia (58%) and Neverland (60%), only a quarter have heard of Shanghai (25%), Milan (28%) or Cape Town (26%).
The top five cities UK kids aged 7 – 12 had never heard of were:
