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Adelaide is the best place to live.

Apart from that then Paris was awesome.

I HATED London, thought it was a dump, Manchester was also crap too, I only went there to watch Man Utd at Old Trafford.

Cardiff is also beautiful as it reminded me of Adelaide, except for the Castle plonked in the middle of the city.
 
1. Melbourne
2. Beijing
3. Moscow
4. St. Petersberg
5. Shanghai

Worst: Guangzhou

Very limited as I have only been to China, Russia, New Zealand and obviously Australia. Want to go to Canada, scandanavia, Russia again, India, Japan and China again.
 
1. Dublin
2. Amsterdam
3. Prague

* Tokyo would make the list if I spent more time there. I only had a few days but it is mindblowing nonetheless.

Worst:

1. Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Frankfurt
 

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g.g. said:
Could people give reasons why they like those cities please? Explain why those cities you mention as favorites were/are so good?
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OK reasons are as follows

1. Dublin - the people
2. Amsterdam - the art
3. Prague - the history

* If Tokyo made the list, the reason would be the food.

Worst:

1. Delhi - the pollution
2. Mumbai - the corruption
3. Frankfurt - the boredom
 
Ok reasons, reasons...

- Melbourne, cause i was born, raised and still live here. Of course the home of AFL (yet i wonder if i grew up in Sydney would i be a Rugby fan?.. scary thought!! :eek: ), love how the city is so centeralised and accessible, the people, and also close to beaches and the country areas.

- Chicago, just spent a great week there and had a fantastic time. Great nightlife, pubs, clubs, and Navy peir AWESOME! Also great people (ie. hot guys!) and very helpful to lost tourists (ie. me! :D )

- London, best musems and art galleries (Tate modern and the War Museum were my favourites), the tube ROCKS (yeah its old, but it gets ya anywhere, and if you happen to get stuck, you can use a differnt line/s to get ya where you wanna go).. people kinda suck.. are generally not good looking (no offence) and not very helpful.
 
The Underground is the only good thing about London, its a fantastic set up.


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g.g. said:
And, what were the reasons some of you have given for LA being a horrible place?
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1. It's a dirty decrepit city. The downtown area is deadset embarrassing. You walk through it and you feel like you're about to get mugged. The buildings are in the most part falling to pieces. Hollywood is a joke. With the exception of about 100m of Hollywood Blvd, it's a slum.
2. Public Transport is shocking. Hard as hell to get around, getting to Anaheim from the city is like trying to catch a plane to Timbuktu. They have a train line, but trains leave on average about every hour, and it's not on the hour or anything like that, the timetable goes something like 8:43, 9:31, 10:57....you get the idea. And you have to buy a ticket well in advance. The metro system is pathetic for a city of that size. The whole city pretty much relies on people having a car. Fine if you've got one, not so fine if you're a tourist.
3. The food is terrible, even compared to other American cities. The options are basically grease, lard or butter.

Personally, I wouldn't go back there to transfer planes (because the airport sucks - it really really does), let alone enter the city again. It's kind of strange, because just down the road there's a kick arse city in San Diego which i'd gladly visit again. And from all reports San Francisco is great as well. But LA is like a third world country.
 
Rob said:
1. It's a dirty decrepit city. The downtown area is deadset embarrassing. You walk through it and you feel like you're about to get mugged. The buildings are in the most part falling to pieces. Hollywood is a joke. With the exception of about 100m of Hollywood Blvd, it's a slum.
2. Public Transport is shocking. Hard as hell to get around, getting to Anaheim from the city is like trying to catch a plane to Timbuktu. They have a train line, but trains leave on average about every hour, and it's not on the hour or anything like that, the timetable goes something like 8:43, 9:31, 10:57....you get the idea. And you have to buy a ticket well in advance. The metro system is pathetic for a city of that size. The whole city pretty much relies on people having a car. Fine if you've got one, not so fine if you're a tourist.
3. The food is terrible, even compared to other American cities. The options are basically grease, lard or butter.

Personally, I wouldn't go back there to transfer planes (because the airport sucks - it really really does), let alone enter the city again. It's kind of strange, because just down the road there's a kick arse city in San Diego which i'd gladly visit again. And from all reports San Francisco is great as well. But LA is like a third world country.
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Exactly what I found. Biggest hole on the planet. Took me five hours to get from Santa Monica into Downtown and back. I stayed in the city for about 10 mins as it was so disgusting and piled high with litter everywhere. Non existant public transport, no heart. Horrible place. I even saw a gun pulled on a cyclist in a moment of road rage.

Venice Beach and Santa Monica were the only bits that were OK.And maybe Universal Studios.

By far the most disappointing US city. I love San Francisco (the people, cosmopolitan), New York (the vibe, shopping. museums) Chicago (food, music and architecture) Boston (history). Not surprisingly, and unlike LA they all have great public transport too.
 
g.g. said:
Could people give reasons why they like those cities please? Explain why those cities you mention as favorites were/are so good?

And, what were the reasons some of you have given for LA being a horrible place?
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Ok, Melbourne is an awesome place, MCG, Richmond, cricket it's just a great city.

Beijing - tiananmen square, Mao Zhe-Dong's mausoleum, changcheng wall (great wall) has alot of great things.

Moscow - St. Basel, just a facinating place to be in. Ice Hockey is great.

St. Petersberg - not as good as the others, very cold. The Lenin stuff was interesting and as a person that has been always interested about the 1917 rev. it was a great city.

Shanghai - really modern, some of the buildings are great. People are interesting and willing to help you perfect your chinese.



Guangzhou - stinky s***hole with 30,000,000 people in a postage stamp. Plus the people are rude and swear at you. Well fang zai ni, wan ban dan. (That really p***es them off :D)
 
Thanking those for leaving reasons why, please continue the trend.

A question to those who are all loving cold, snowy European cities....apart from the history, architecture, what about the general life there day-to-day in a fun way? Are they all melting pots of night life, things to do, etc. I have never been to such cold snowy cities and wonder what kind of lifestyles it generates, and how they match up to typically Australian or US-WestCoast sun-drenched beachy lifestyles.

Ever a replacement for life on the sunny coasts? Enough excitement and adventure? Or would it be too hard and "boring" to adjust to on a permanent basis?
 
1. New York - the city has a vibe that no other city can replicate. The people are honest, helpful and proud. 5 days was not nearly enough....

2. Denver - love the frigid weather, very well planned out city (just like my home Adelaide). Great sports city, Broncos fans are amazing (and loud) and its the home of my beloved Avalanche.

3. Edinburgh - the buildings and history are amazing. Wouldn't recommend going there for Hogmannay (New Years) - too many drunk 18-21 idiots and they had Culture Club as their feature act?!? :(
 

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g.g. said:
Thanking those for leaving reasons why, please continue the trend.

A question to those who are all loving cold, snowy European cities....apart from the history, architecture, what about the general life there day-to-day in a fun way? Are they all melting pots of night life, things to do, etc. I have never been to such cold snowy cities and wonder what kind of lifestyles it generates, and how they match up to typically Australian or US-WestCoast sun-drenched beachy lifestyles.

Ever a replacement for life on the sunny coasts? Enough excitement and adventure? Or would it be too hard and "boring" to adjust to on a permanent basis?
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Perth is drenched in sunlight, yet i'd pick St. Petersberg over Perth any day.

There is plenty to do in St. Petersberg, you just need to look and ask.

I'm not much of a beach person, so the lack of sun doesn't bother me (snow is very fun) but what does bother me is the cold. Go in summer, very reccomended :D. They are different lives, more indoor, but hey if you like that kind of thing.
 
Shell said:
Ok reasons, reasons...

- Melbourne, cause i was born, raised and still live here. Of course the home of AFL (yet i wonder if i grew up in Sydney would i be a Rugby fan?.. scary thought!! :eek: ), love how the city is so centeralised and accessible, the people, and also close to beaches and the country areas.
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Not necessarily. I grew up in Sydney and I hate rugby with a passion. Of course, you'd probably be a Swans fan.:eek:

Again not necessarily but. I like the Swans but Essendon have always been my team.
 
Seriously, anyone who says Melbourne, Perth or Adelaide needs to get out more. If I am to get the drift of the question (hey I maybe totally off) but I would have thought the question revolved around cities with vibrancy, beauty, culture, history, a vibe, an edge - not simply a good place to live.
 
limiting to 3 is really hard............

Best

1. New York New York - so good they named it twice, the people, the vibe, the food, the coffee, loved it.

2. Minneapolis - the people, the music, the music, the music, the vibe, the music, the snow, the lakes, the music

3. London - I was born and grew up there, love it still each time I go back, but could never live there again. The true Londoners are what makes London so special. The vibe, the buzz, the history etc etc etc.

Worst.........

1. Los Angeles - people get their drivers license out of a home brand chip packet (cornflakes would be too upmarket for their style of driving). The people are rude, obnoxious and so totally up themselves it's beyond funny. Everything bar Disneyland and Universal was a massive disappointment. Although seeing the Capitol records building was a little bit of a thrill.

2. Sydney - the people, rude, obnoxious and up themselves.

3. Paris - full of french people, would extend beyond the city with this one, having been to many places in France it is a shame but the people spoil it. Would never go there again unless someone paid me an awful lot of money to do so.
 
Plenty of equal favourites after my top 3, but to stay on topic:

1. Edinburgh- Great people, the best pubs and spectacular outlook.
2. Vienna- Warm people, great food, architecture, ambience.
3. Anchorage- Great people, frontier feel about it, non-pretentious.:)
 

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1. Vancouver - now thats a city that captures your heart the moment you fly in with the city in the foreground and the snow capped mountains behind. No-one I have ever spoken to has said a bad word about the place. Canadians are fantastic people, just like us Aussies!

2. New York - what can one say - the city just doesn't sleep. It has a continual vibe. Have had the opportunity to travel there 4 times and I can't get enough of the place. Great place to walk around or catch public transport. Yankee Stadium - now thats a great excursion on game day.

3. London - just like New York. History and just so easy to get round on the Underground.

Notables - San Francisco, Paris, Vienna and Boston.

As everyone has said, LA is just the pits. Just land there and move on to where ever you have to go.
 
The three cities i have lived in

1. Melbourne (born here and love everything about it)
2. Prague (pretty city, become too much of a tourist town like a disneyland since i lived there though)
3. Warsaw (the history, and now its becoming a great modern city)

All wonderful
 
Too many favourites to name, it was hard enough chosing 3 for Europe alone.

Naples would have to be the worst I have been to.
 
I actually didn't mind LA... although it might be due to the fact I explored the city via organised tours, and was quite young at the time. Universal City is great and was worth the trip alone almost!

London is good, Rome is good, NY is good, Paris is nice but the people sure as hell aren't. New Zealand is much like Australia, but we're in a different league. Also the Kiwi accent is bloody annoying. Kuala Lumpur I didn't like, likewise Singapore.
 
Considering I've never been out of Oz:

1. Gold Coast
1. Perth
3. Brisbane

Perth and Gold Coast are even for me, love the lifestyle in Qld, and the chicks in Perth.....:cool: (well, not just the chicks). Adelaide is by comparison a sh1thole. Darwin isnt much better. Canberra is a nice place, but dont think I could spend any significant amount of time there.

Top 3 cities I'd like to go to:

1. Paris
2. Montreal
3. Melbourne
 

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