What is your favourite city?

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As a well travelled guy, I often compare cities and my favourite city of all time is still Montréal in Canada. I don't live there anymore but the food scene, activities, festivals, now having a well connected airport, great transit and future HSR. Underground city for bad weather is amazing (one Winter I never stepped a foot outside) Genuinely awesome people there and no ghettos like in Toronto or other big cities. It's the only city where I see construction workers eat a beef tartare for lunch. Plus women are the hottest.

What is yours and why?

 
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I've only been out of the US once, so my answer will be a US city.

Lexington, KY. ESPECIALLY during late fall. Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.
 
Jerusalem - I like the old wall city and the 4 quarters and the history.

Constantinople is interesting.

NY is wonderful for a short time.

Savannah has a lot of great history and is still a smaller town.

I like my local town a lot. Lots of good jobs, and a lower cost of living.
 
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AJUMP23 said:
Jerusalem - I like the old wall city and the 4 corners and the history.

Constantinople is interesting.

NY is wonderful for a short time.

Savannah has a lot of great history and is still a smaller town.

I like my local town a lot. Lots of good jobs, and a lower cost of living.
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I would say live where you feel the best. Not many jobs here but my small town I love. It's like living in the 1950s with the main street boutiques, town gatherings etc.
 
Kyoto was fucking beautiful. Not just my favourite place in Japan, but anywhere I've visited on this planet.

Not a city, obviously, but the Amazon rain forest hits differently. If I didn't feel like I was about to die every ten seconds, I'd pitch a tent and live there for a few years.
 
The city i grew up in but for many reasons a place I can never go back to and live. I feel sad just thinking about it but it is what it is. Remember folks, the grass always looks greener on the other side.
 
Hong Kong. No view in the world like the one on Victroia Peak!
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Seville, Spain.

Particularly the Old Town. My wife and I had a late dinner at a random restaurant on a small, tucked away cobblestone street there one night. Sat out on the small patio. The server was trilingual and started by asking us if we spoke Spanish, English, or French. Food was delicious and a glass of wine came with every dish. The setting was so "clean" that it felt like we were on a movie set.
 
Vancouver is a nice city. Used to go there a lot of business years back. Just avoid that grubby East Hastings/Chinatown kind of area. Walked it with a buddy. Yup, it is what people say.... druggies passed out on that st.

But the rest of the city is very clean, great pubbish places to eat and you got the water right there. One restaurant we ate it you'd see the water planes coming and going. It's not a big downtown, so if you got an afternoon, you can walk the main perimeter of it and go up and down through the main sts. If you want to hit a Canucks game, the arena is right downtown too. They got these night markets with Asian food which are packed and hard to find parking. You can drive to Whistler, or take a ferry to Victoria which are great places too. If youre in Victoria, go on one of the boat tours. The local friend took us to the downtown area and that's where the tour boat was.
 
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I wish I could have the $$$ to travel. I'm 40 and never been outside of Brazil unfortunately. And if things keep going the way they are O probably never will.

Edit: sorry to vent on your thread. Social media is making me realize how big the world is and making me feel sad about it.
 
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I love Milwaukee. I think it's the perfect size, has great people, interesting places and history. I might be influenced having grown up around here, who knows.
I also loved London, but have not been in over 15 years.
Somone mentioned Lexington, KY earlier in the thread, and I really enjoyed my time there as well.
I enjoy NYC, Chicago, etc. but cities that large, I want to get the fuck out of after three or so days. Vegas I can take for three hours. LA three minutes.
I plan to visit Japan and Portugal over the next year, so I'm sure my list will change :)
 
Hmmmm, I hate the city and avoid it like the plague. I prefer smaller towns like Hidetakayama. I also like the countryside of Nagano. I have lived in the city and hated it preferring rural living. Give me trees and grass over concrete and stank.
 
Insane Metal said:
I wish I could have the $$$ to travel. I'm 40 and never been outside of Brazil unfortunately. And if things keep going the way they are O probably never will.

Edit: sorry to vent on your thread. Social media is making me realize how big the world is and making me feel sad about it.
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Brazil seems pretty huge. Have you been to other parts of Brazil? Sometimes just going to a different area in your country is pretty eye opening. Here in the US there is a wide variety of cultural ecosystems from the mountainous and green Pacific Northwest to places like the Gulf Coast, beaches and palm trees. Even Hawaii has volcanos, rain forests and beach. Check out your own backyard and may find some pretty kick ass places. :)
 
Durien said:
Brazil seems pretty huge. Have you been to other parts of Brazil? Sometimes just going to a different area in your country is pretty eye opening. Here in the US there is a wide variety of cultural ecosystems from the mountainous and green Pacific Northwest to places like the Gulf Coast, beaches and palm trees. Even Hawaii has volcanos, rain forests and beach. Check out your own backyard and may find some pretty kick ass places. :)
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I have, yes. Not many but yeah.
 
Living in it. Tokyo, you can travel across a vast forest of giant buildings, tiny streets that duck in and out of other places, sometimes youre above ground sometimes below. Neon lit streets of endless joy and quiet streets of mystery and beauty. All that and everything in convenience reach, any food at high quality, 24/7 convenience stores, supermarkets all in a 1 block distance, any store you need all in the convenience of a simple cheap clean train system.

And you can walk around at 3 am with 1000000 yen hanging round your neck and never have to worry about getting robbed or killed.
 
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Hmmmm, I hate the city and avoid it like the plague. I prefer smaller towns like Hidetakayama. I also like the countryside of Nagano. I have lived in the city and hated it preferring rural living. Give me trees and grass over concrete and stank.
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Same here. I used to love going to San Fransisco as a kid but I'd rather not go to any large city anymore.

I will say I do like Monterey California though! It's not very big but lots of stuff to see.
 
Hmmm, not really a city guy so when I travel I don't spend much time in them, but I'd say....

Kyoto - Japan
Nagasaki - Japan
Cambridge - UK
Barcelona - Spain
Valletta - Malta

However I wouldn't enjoy them half as much as I do during height of tourist season. But when they are a bit more chill these are some of the most pretty places I've been and very enjoyable to walk around.

The only major US city I've been too is Minneapolis and I wasn't a fan.

Japan has the best modern citys I've been too for infastructure and cleanliness easily.
 
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StreetsofBeige said:
Vancouver is a nice city. Used to go there a lot of business years back. Just avoid that grubby East Hastings/Chinatown kind of area. Walked it with a buddy. Yup, it is what people say.... druggies passed out on that st.
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When we were in Vancouver there was some sort of festival happening in a park in that area and we decided to walk over.

Could not believe how bad it got so quickly. Shuffling, waking dead drug addicts everywhere. Guys on street corners obviously acting as lookout for dealers. We must have taken the worst possible route there. I was genuinely a little scared.

I wanted to turn back, but felt like we'd put a mark on our backs if we did so we had to walk on purposefully like we knew the streets well.

Meanwhile we were probably exuding "hello! We're tourists!" To anyone who looked at us. When we got to the park, I asked someone how to get back to our hotel without taking that route and he said "oh yeah, that way can be a little ah... ...uh ...hmm..."

Otherwise, Vancouver was lovely, would love to go back again. Just that one bit of our time there was quite alarming.
 
I'm not much of a traveler, but when my family went through a few places in Europe, Vienna was the stop that stood out to me the most. Beautiful city, magnificent architecture and sights. Though even fifteen years ago, there were plenty of gypsies and other third-worlders amongst the crowds trying to pickpocket and scam and so forth.

Paris was far worse in that regard, though.

AJUMP23 said:
Constantinople is interesting.
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Using its proper name, respect.
 
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Mr Reasonable said:
When we were in Vancouver there was some sort of festival happening in a park in that area and we decided to walk over.

Could not believe how bad it got so quickly. Shuffling, waking dead drug addicts everywhere. Guys on street corners obviously acting as lookout for dealers. We must have taken the worst possible route there. I was genuinely a little scared.

I wanted to turn back, but felt like we'd put a mark on our backs if we did so we had to walk on purposefully like we knew the streets well.

Meanwhile we were probably exuding "hello! We're tourists!" To anyone who looked at us. When we got to the park, I asked someone how to get back to our hotel without taking that route and he said "oh yeah, that way can be a little ah... ...uh ...hmm..."

Otherwise, Vancouver was lovely, would love to go back again. Just that one bit of our time there was quite alarming.
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Ya.

Only reason why I was in that shabby East Hastings area was because my buddy took me to a strip joint there called The Orange Room or something. It's in that area and the worst rippers I'd ever been too. It was packed and hot chicks. Sounds great right? Not when it's $50/dance. wtf? So we just sat there milking beers. lol

The weird thing (I guess in a good way if you think about it) is that East Hastings drug street area is actually pretty short. Walk west a bit and it's totally fine downtown. The arena isnt far away either. That area seemed totally fine too. So it seems to be really concentrated into a small stretch.

I googled the city, and I'd ballpark that anyone visiting stay west of Abbott St.
 
ForAcademicPurposes said:
Is your majestic city in this video?

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The guy in the video loves condo towers and public transit/bikes, and hates houses and cars.

His ideal city is everyone live in 50 floor condo towers, everyone walk to work downtown, and never leave the downtown core.

He doesnt understand that the reason why cities have suburbs focused on roads and cars isnt because people have no choice as they all want to live within downtown's reach walking everywhere. It's because many of us prefer being far away from downtown, dont work downtown and dont care if it takes long to drive and park downtown because we only hang out there maybe a handful of times a year. We also want peace and quiet, yards and driveways. So it's not the end of the world if it's far away from trendy downtown patios and pro sports stadiums. Many of us prefer driving too as it's faster and its the best way to carry stuff like groceries or...... doing a Costco run! Nobody is walking or taking a bus to Costco. :)
 
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I avoid large cities as much as possible.

To Quote John Cougar Mellencamp:
Well, I was born in a small town
And I live in a small town
Probably die in a small town
Oh, those small communities
All my friends are so small town
My parents live in the same small town
My job is so small town
Provides little opportunity, hey
Educated in a small town
Taught to fear of Jesus in a small town
Used to daydream in that small town
Another boring romantic, that's me
But I've seen it all in a small town
Had myself a ball in a small town
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StreetsofBeige said:
The guy in the video loves condo towers and public transit/bikes, and hates houses and cars.

His ideal city is everyone live in 50 floor condo towers, everyone walk to work downtown, and never leave the downtown core.

He doesnt understand that the reason why cities have suburbs focused on roads and cars isnt because people have no choice as they all want to live within downtown's reach walking everywhere. It's because many of us prefer being far away from downtown, dont work downtown and dont care if it takes long to drive and park downtown because we only hang out there maybe a handful of times a year. We also want peace and quiet, yards and driveways. So it's not the end of the world if it's far away from trendy downtown patios and pro sports stadiums. Many of us prefer driving too as it's faster and its the best way to carry stuff like groceries or...... doing a Costco run! Nobody is walking or taking a bus to Costco. :)
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Lol my ideal "city" has a "walkable" score of 0 or less.
 
DKehoe said:
Not including ones I go to regularly I'd maybe say Paris and Barcelona.
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Having been there a few times, I find Paris rather cold…
Aside from the big landmarks : Notre-Dame, the major museums, the famous monuments... everything around them feels pretty grey and dull overall.
Maybe I just went at the wrong time, but honestly, there's nothing extraordinary about it.

In general, most big European capitals are quite disappointing.

Brussels, though... aside from a few really rough areas and some no-go zones, actually has some very nice spots.
It's just a shame that mass immigration is destroying so much of it.

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Bruges and Ghent, and Flemish towns in general, are beautiful, but it's best to go off-season.
Otherwise the tourists ruin the whole atmosphere.
 
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