Favourite cities...

UvaGirl · 02-23-2005, 02:56 PM

What are your favourite cities in the world & why? In no particular order here are mine:

London: Great galleries and museums, cool city. Better in summer though.

New York: So much to see and do. Great shopping. And I love Central Park.

San Francisco: Beautiful. Great harbour location. A very aesthetic city.

Melbourne: Very European. Great restaurants (and close to NZ!)

Venice: Hard to imagine until you’ve been there. It totally lived up to my expectations. I can’t wait to go back.

Dublin: Compact and easy to get around. Friendly people. Great bars!

New Orleans: Like being in a foreign country. Great food and fantastic atmosphere. Love it.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-23-2005, 03:09 PM

Florence: The most amazing sense of history anywhere, the most beautiful architecture and art in the world, and a lively city even today. I could spend a lifetime there

Madrid: Peaceful, relaxing, beautiful, metropolitan. It's stunning during Christmastime

Seattle: Big city attraction, small city attitude. Plus it's beautiful, and I love the weather

Paris: It's just beautiful, there's little better than having a meal at a sidewalk cafe.

New York: The sites, the sounds, the culture, and the food!

London: The theater alone is enough of a draw.

San Francisco: Like Seattle, it's got all the plusses of a metropolitan city, but the people have a small town attitude.

That's more or less in order of preference, with the top few being more of a solid order than the last few. Of the places I've been, Florence wins, hands down.

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New Orleans: Like being in a foreign country. Great food and fantastic atmosphere. Love it

pssst, you WERE in a foreign country, unless you're talking about New Orleans, NZ

UvaGirl · 02-23-2005, 03:17 PM

Yeah, the little-known, oft-visited New Orleans, NZ

What I meant albeit not very coherently, was that it feels so different from the rest of the States. Actually, I'm sure there are plenty of other places in the US where that's also true, I just haven't travelled enough.

LOL

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 02-23-2005, 03:15 PM

In no particular order, some favorite cities I've been to or lived in:

Montreal: Beautiful. Clean. Amazing art and architecture history. Cool people.

New Orleans: Strange, almost like a dream. Pretty. Dirty. Creepy. Lovely. Sex, sex, sex. The food! The friendly people. Great mix of people. Dangerous. Comfortable. Loved the homes and apartments. The trolleys to the Garden District. The artistry and smallness of the place. You can walk all over the city, but you might just get stabbed if you walk down the wrong street.

Philadelphia: Haunted, in a way. So old yet so contemporary. AMAZING MUSEUMS!!!! Mutter. Mercer. The Philadelphia Museum of Art (great Duchamp collection). Lovely old streets. Graveyards. Old prisons. And it's all there together, smashed up against each other. Life. Death. Wealth. Poverty. It is truly a great and sad and beautiful and hopeful and tragic and strange American city. I'd love to live there someday, for a time. Great pubs, too! This might be my favorite American city.

New York. Seems to need no explanation. I fell in love with the concrete jungle but it broke my heart. And now it's that relationship that haunts me when I dream. And I always want to revisit it, but I doubt I'd ever want to fall in love with it again. I'm too weak a person for NYC, I think. When I thrived there, I really thrived. But when I was down, I'd never been so down before. Those tall buildings just rob me of happy inducing sunshine. Then again, free museums, and the museums that aren’t free? Still fantastic. Great dive bars (Blue & Gold!). The Lower East Side. The ballet. So much to do there.

Los Angeles: Home sweet home.

Gemini Cricket · 02-23-2005, 03:57 PM

London

Paris

New York

Boston

DC

San Francisco

I have a special place in my heart for London and Paris after having so much fun there. I have a feeling I will ultimately end up in one of these two places in the future. I enjoy NY, DC, Boston and SF because there's so much to do there and this girl loves her big cities.

mhrc4 · 02-23-2005, 04:21 PM

first off, UvaGirl and GD, i hate you both for all the places you have been

Anyhow, heres my list....in no order

Paris - the sense of history and architecture, and one of the most confusing yet somewhat efficient public transportation systems

Napa Valley - I love the wineries and vineyards of the area, as well as the architecture that the land allows, simply beautiful

Monterrey - Mostly the bay area and cannery row, but it is small ans quaint, with some beautiful Beaches and highways nearby

thats about it, i havent travelled extensively yet, but NY, Italy, and Australia are next!

scaeagles · 03-03-2005, 09:33 PM

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Napa Valley - I love the wineries and vineyards of the area, as well as the architecture that the land allows, simply beautiful

I grew up in the Napa Valley - Napa High School grad, class of 1986. An absolutely perfect place to grow up. The grape vines in October when changing are breath taking when you drive through the Valley. Would love taking bike rides from Napa to Yountville or even St. Helena.

I'm more of a small town guy than a city guy. Went to school in Flagstaff, AZ. While I despise cold, the snow over the largest Pine forest in the world is amazing, as are the San Francisco peaks both when snow capped and when the Aspen trees are changing in the fall.

sleepyjeff · 03-03-2005, 09:52 PM

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I'm more of a small town guy than a city guy. Went to school in Flagstaff, AZ. While I despise cold, the snow over the largest Pine forest in the world is amazing, as are the San Francisco peaks both when snow capped and when the Aspen trees are changing in the fall.

Never been to Northern Arizona, but it sounds great.

Gemini Cricket · 02-23-2005, 04:25 PM

I forgot Edinburgh. Beautiful.

mousepod · 02-23-2005, 04:58 PM

New York - Lived in the 'burbs til I was 16 - then lived deep in the heart of NYC until 1996. I am going back.

Florence - I have to agree with the Firenze fans here. What a great city. (a little Jesse trivia: when I fronted a punk band in the '80s, I wandered into a record label office in Florence with my demo tape - the suckers actually released our album).

London - It's got a familiar vibe. A nice place to hang. Plus Heather likes the chocolate.

Tokyo - I've only been to Japan a couple of times - but WOW!

02-23-2005, 02:56 PM	#1
UvaGirl Somewhere beyond the sea Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 396	Favourite cities... What are your favourite cities in the world & why? In no particular order here are mine: London: Great galleries and museums, cool city. Better in summer though. New York: So much to see and do. Great shopping. And I love Central Park. San Francisco: Beautiful. Great harbour location. A very aesthetic city. Melbourne: Very European. Great restaurants (and close to NZ!) Venice: Hard to imagine until you’ve been there. It totally lived up to my expectations. I can’t wait to go back. Dublin: Compact and easy to get around. Friendly people. Great bars! New Orleans: Like being in a foreign country. Great food and fantastic atmosphere. Love it. __________________ Cause I'm a train wreck Waiting to happen Waiting for someone to come pick me up off the tracks
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UvaGirl Somewhere beyond the sea Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 396	Yeah, the little-known, oft-visited New Orleans, NZ What I meant albeit not very coherently, was that it feels so different from the rest of the States. Actually, I'm sure there are plenty of other places in the US where that's also true, I just haven't travelled enough. LOL __________________ Cause I'm a train wreck Waiting to happen Waiting for someone to come pick me up off the tracks
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Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	In no particular order, some favorite cities I've been to or lived in: Montreal: Beautiful. Clean. Amazing art and architecture history. Cool people. New Orleans: Strange, almost like a dream. Pretty. Dirty. Creepy. Lovely. Sex, sex, sex. The food! The friendly people. Great mix of people. Dangerous. Comfortable. Loved the homes and apartments. The trolleys to the Garden District. The artistry and smallness of the place. You can walk all over the city, but you might just get stabbed if you walk down the wrong street. Philadelphia: Haunted, in a way. So old yet so contemporary. AMAZING MUSEUMS!!!! Mutter. Mercer. The Philadelphia Museum of Art (great Duchamp collection). Lovely old streets. Graveyards. Old prisons. And it's all there together, smashed up against each other. Life. Death. Wealth. Poverty. It is truly a great and sad and beautiful and hopeful and tragic and strange American city. I'd love to live there someday, for a time. Great pubs, too! This might be my favorite American city. New York. Seems to need no explanation. I fell in love with the concrete jungle but it broke my heart. And now it's that relationship that haunts me when I dream. And I always want to revisit it, but I doubt I'd ever want to fall in love with it again. I'm too weak a person for NYC, I think. When I thrived there, I really thrived. But when I was down, I'd never been so down before. Those tall buildings just rob me of happy inducing sunshine. Then again, free museums, and the museums that aren’t free? Still fantastic. Great dive bars (Blue & Gold!). The Lower East Side. The ballet. So much to do there. Los Angeles: Home sweet home.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	London Paris New York Boston DC San Francisco I have a special place in my heart for London and Paris after having so much fun there. I have a feeling I will ultimately end up in one of these two places in the future. I enjoy NY, DC, Boston and SF because there's so much to do there and this girl loves her big cities.
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mhrc4 Call me Justin Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: sOCal Posts: 376	first off, UvaGirl and GD, i hate you both for all the places you have been Anyhow, heres my list....in no order Paris - the sense of history and architecture, and one of the most confusing yet somewhat efficient public transportation systems Napa Valley - I love the wineries and vineyards of the area, as well as the architecture that the land allows, simply beautiful Monterrey - Mostly the bay area and cannery row, but it is small ans quaint, with some beautiful Beaches and highways nearby thats about it, i havent travelled extensively yet, but NY, Italy, and Australia are next! __________________ [Disneyland - Walt Disney World - Disneyland Paris] 3 down, 2 to go
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I forgot Edinburgh. Beautiful.
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	New York - Lived in the 'burbs til I was 16 - then lived deep in the heart of NYC until 1996. I am going back. Florence - I have to agree with the Firenze fans here. What a great city. (a little Jesse trivia: when I fronted a punk band in the '80s, I wandered into a record label office in Florence with my demo tape - the suckers actually released our album). London - It's got a familiar vibe. A nice place to hang. Plus Heather likes the chocolate. Tokyo - I've only been to Japan a couple of times - but WOW! __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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