What's your favorite "big city"?

[MiddleFingerMom]

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American or otherwise.
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I think I like Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. equally because of
all the cultural and historical things to do there (most of it FREE
in D.C.).
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It WAS nice to have Chinese food for lunch in NYC's Little China and
walk across the street and have cannoli for dessert in Little Italy.
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Yours?
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[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. second for New York. love it!

and I am sure I would love Paris, I just need the chance :)

[Deep13]

2. USA: Boston. foreign: London. nt

[klm55500]

43. I agree with London as well

[lunatica]

3. Mexico City where I grew up

It's a wonderful mixture of the Pre-Colonial, Colonial and Post Colonial cultures

La Catedral built by the conquering Spanish invaders on top of the destroyed Aztec City of Tenochtitlan. It's in the Zocalo, the heart of the city. The dancers in the foreground are native descendants of the Aztecs.



El Angel de Independencia on the Avenida de la Reforma

[DBoon]

44. I was there for several months on business

Mexico City is really a great place

[sarge43]

4. London.

He who tired of London is tired of life. Samuel Johnson

[burrfoot]

14. I second that!

Pricey as hell but I frickin' love that city. :toast:

[Captain Hilts]

53. I was horrified by how much riding the Tube cost. And I had an Oyster pass. nt

[Broken_Hero]

5. Seattle, nt

[Dr Morbius]

6. Chicago.

I'll be working just north of the loop in about 3 1/2 hours. It's my kind of town.

[Dr Morbius]

41. Here's why:

apart from the cultural melange;
apart from the stunning architecture;
apart from the ready-to-work persona of the town...

the food. Chicago is an amazing place to eat. You can eat somewhere different for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and not have to repeat a single place for over three years. We have Mexican food, Indian food, Italian food, Polish food, and I know where there's an Ethiopian place. If you're hungry, come to Chicago. We'll feed ya.

[MorningGlow]

7. London.

London London London.

London.

Did I mention London?

Close second: New Orleans.

Unfortunately, I'm close to neither. :(

[Shell Beau]

24. I do love New Orleans.

So much culture there.

[PassingFair]

29. London #1....Montreal #2...Paris #3

Of course, I've never been to Rome or Moscow or LosAngeles or ...

hell, I'm not qualified to HAVE a favorite!

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Toss up between NYC and Kyoto. I love 'em both.

NYC holds the edge in that I speak the same language so get around more easily and I know it like the back of my hand, having lived there for eons. But Kyoto has the advantage of Japanese food everywhere, and beautiful temples and gentle people and gorgeous scenery and beautiful things.

They're both awesome.

If I ever become rich, I'll have homes in both places. And probably Paris, too, because come on - if you're gonna have multiple homes, it's fucking dumb not to have one in Paris. Or if not Paris, somewhere on the French coast, or a nice Chateau out in the country...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. How big?

Does it have to have international prominence, or just national prominence?

[Oceansaway]

10. Chicago...n/t

[grace0418]

dupe

delete

[grace0418]

11. New York, London, Paris, Barcelona, Tokyo, San Francisco, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland

and my hometown Chicago.

[CBR]

12. Philly. nt

[seabeyond]

13. boston and seattle so far. i enjoy SF a lot. probably would fall in love with portland.

that is my next car trip. up to oregon, washington, canada and then down thru montana

[TZ]

15. Denver

Just because the area is soooo scenic. I actually prefer the Boulder area but Denver is a pretty attractive city.
Also, even though I didn't spend much time in the city proper, my recent trip to the Phoenix area impressed me.:)

[Kali]

19. hey, what did you end up doing/seeing (as in the tourist stuff)?

Or did you post something I missed?

There is some cool stuff in and around the Phx metro area but the whole county is too full of developers and pukes. Get down to Tucson for better social-political vibes. (not that there aren't developers and pukes there too, but there is a little more balance, plus it's closer to Mexico)

[TZ]

21. I went driving around the Scottsdale-Phoenix area

Up North and East past Fountain Hills into Tonto National Forest (hate that name) and then down south and west of Phoenix to South Mountain Park. Yeah, I didn't post any pictures- I was pretty beat when I got back, but I did get a nice taste of the desert. South Mountain Park in particular was incredible. Not far from Phoenix but definitely seemed remote!

[HipChick]

16. London - its my home town - followed by Miami,DC,NYC

[Kali]

17. Tucson!

what? that's the big city to me!

JK - for American cities, I have been to I would choose San Francisco. (haven't ever been to NYC but will before I die, I swear)

World cities - Tokyo or Mexico City but as you might guess, I don't really like cities at all.

[azmouse]

23. I'll second that!

:)

Tucson has the most beautiful natural setting for a city that I've ever seen... the Catalina Mountains, the desert. Beautiful!

[Kali]

27. it's just hard to call it a big city

it has such a small town vibe - partly because the big-wigs and politics is so inbred:rofl:

[BurtWorm]

18. New York, NY

Where I live.

[Brickbat]

20. Chicago.

For different reasons, I love St. Petersburg (Russia), Moscow, Helsinki, Berlin, and London.

[av8rdave]

22. For me, it's a toss up...Vancouver, Seattle, Chicago

All great cities

[Taverner]

25. As far as cities go, nothing beats San Francisco

HOWEVER, Vancouver BC, Chicago, Austin and London make a nice run for it

[melman]

26. New York City

I live in Boston, and before this I lived in Seattle...love 'em both but NYC is the best.

[arcadian]

28. New Tommy Carcettiburg

[KamaAina]

34. I went there once

I kept getting stuck in all those traffic circles. :P

[Moondog]

30. London, Amsterdam, Paris, Prague - in that order. n/t

[Tikki]

31. LA

Tikki

[DBoon]

45. Why?

(not Tikki)

[Tikki]

47. I love the very real variations of....

the physical and cultural surroundings.


Tikki

[Flaxbee]

32. London, Moscow, Taipei

have all been recent favorites. Well, not London - haven't been there in 12 years.

In the US, I'd have to say New York, where I lived for about 18 months, and San Diego, hometown of my heart.

[Captain Hilts]

52. What'd you like about Moscow? I actually learned to like it. nt

[Flaxbee]

63. I just like the movement and energy ... and the beautiful

subway system. We have friends who live there so it was not really intimidating even from the first visit. It reminded me of NYC in a way - just busy, loud, with lots going on.

St. Petersburg is beautiful and quiet; I think I'd rather live there than Moscow, but Moscow just has this *zing* to it.

How about you? What do you like about it? :hi:

[LisaM]

33. Boston, with NYC a close second

I like them both, though I suppose NYC would be more fun to live in.

[mikeSchmuckabee]

35. St. Louis and Memphis/Paris and Glasgow

[Lucian]

36. St. Paul, MN

[Blue_In_AK]

37. San Francisco, hands down. n/t

[fishwax]

38. Chicago and San Francisco

I'd find it tough to pick between the two :)

[GoCubsGo]

67. San Francisco is my favorite city that is not Chicago.

For me, Chicago is home, and therefore, in a class all by itself. It's Chinatown doesn't hold a candle to SF's, however.

[TK421]

39. Have you been to Philly?

[nolabear]

40. New Orleans. Though to compare it to other American cities is pointless.

Second is Venice. I'm just a water culture kinda gal. I also love Seattle, but it's a very different water culture from NO and V.

[klm55500]

42. NYC

no contest

[WinkyDink]

46. US: NYC. "Otherwise": Paris.

[bikebloke]

48. Sydney

Though it's been a long time, so it might no longer click.

Buenos Aires

[sakabatou]

49. San Francisco

[dana_b]

50. London and San Francisco

San Francisco is home - London is just exciting yet familiar to me. I love New York too but it almost overwhelms me.

[Captain Hilts]

51. DC, London, Toronto, and I even learned to like 'Shit City Moscow'. nt

[owlsayswoot]

54. Oh snap, its a three way

between New Orleans, Flagstaff, and Portland

[kwassa]

55. Los Angeles

I lived there 17 years.

Great beaches, next door. Wonderful food of every nationality imaginable, dirt cheap. Perfect weather. The freedom to be who ever you want to be. Open-mindedness. Creativity. Fun.

and land that moves, trees that burn, and air that you can see.

[Paladin]

56. Paris, Followed Closely By New York City. (n/t)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

57. Amsterdam.

Best pub-crawling in the world.

[Robeson]

62. I second The Velveteen Ocelot.

[Mr. Blonde]

58. Salt Lake City

Absolutely beautiful at dusk with the mountains in the background. Can be on the best snow on earth in an hour.

Loved London and Buenos Aires when I visited, would love to go back with friends and not family.

[bigwillq]

59. NYC (nt)

[applegrove]

60. I've been to Boston and Paris and like them both. Paris is too huge for me to ever live in.

[Odin2005]

61. NEW YORK! The greatest city in the world!

Gotham, The Big Apple, The Capital of the World, The Archetype of the Great City.

[baldguy]

64. Stawt spredin da news, I'm leaving today. I wan to be a pawt of it: New Yawk, New Yawk!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlJl1LfDP4

[MajorChode]

65. Paris or Munich

No big American city really comes close, although San Francisco is not bad.

[huskerlaw]

66. Another vote for London.

Didn't want to leave, can't wait to go back.

[Doc_Technical]

68. Horace "Big City" Robinson

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19730819&id=ZbYfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jtcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1189,4061885

[smirkymonkey]

69. London, Prague, Vienna, Paris, Strausbourg, Florence, Brugge,

Salzburg, Venice, Budapest and my hometown of NYC. I would love to live in Europe for a while though. New York is a little intense if you actaully have to make a living here.

[Kerrytravelers]

70. I grew up just outside San Francisco, I live in LA. I love New York and London.

Mr. kt goes to NYC on business a few times a year. I try to join him when I can. My favorite thing is to walk through Central Park. I love it.

[Burma Jones]

71. New York

We've lived in New York and DC I like the DC Suburbs better than NYC 'Burbs but NYC better than DC.

I also really like the Bay Area.

My family lives in the DC suburbs now, but when we say "The City" as in "we're going to the City this weekend," we mean NYC.

We're planning on retiring in Brooklyn.

[geardaddy]

72. It's hard to narrow them all down to one.

But I would say for US: New York.
For Europe: Amsterdam
For Asia: Beijing before it went all modern 'n shit (back in the mid '80s)

[bif]

73. Paris, Montreal, NYC

[elehhhhna]

74. Chicago & Amsterdam

[pink-o]

75. What??? You people never heard "All roads Lead to Rome"???

A morning latte in an outdoor cafe, a crisp glass of Pinot Grigio at lunch, beautiful men and women on their Piaggio scooters, and art everywhere you look. It's dirty, it's noisy, crowded with pushy people--and there are street market's with the freshest, tastiest fruit and veg you've ever experienced.

I love everything about Italy, but Rome just resonates for me.



As for London, I lived there for 5 years, and I'm over the expense and the weather. When I lived there in the 70s, it was majorly cheap, Thatcher's reign of terror drove prices thru the roof!! But it was always soggy and freezing in the winter, getting dark at 4pm. Don't get me wrong, I still love it, but the Mediterranean just captured my heart. If money were no object, I would live on the coast in Latina and be on that train to Roma Termini at least 4 times a week.

[Initech]

76. USA: LA, rest of world: Brussels, Belgium

[AsahinaKimi]

77. San Francisco! However....

I want to visit to OSAKA!

[Lindsey]

78. The city where I live - L.A. There's just so much to do here and

it's IMO it's a really fun place. After that comes San Francisco.

[Common Sense Party]

79. Buenos Aires.