[DenverCrow]

Mine would probably be, ranked off of shopping availability, food, cleanliness, habitability, and architecture, I'd say:

1. Phoenix (wish they had some better scrapers)
2. Denver (awesome, developing great)
3. Kansas City (BEST FOOD, cool historical stuff)
4. Miami (underrated skyline, plus, it's really gangster like, which I like)
5. San Diego (nice weather, good shopping, nice skyline)

[BnaBreaker]

It'd be very hard to rank them, but i'll pick five of my favorites, in no particular order:

1. Palermo
2. Lima
3. Cairo
4. Chongqing
5. Mexico City

[crisp444]

In no particular order:

Madrid
Paris
Rome
New York
Buenos Aires

[DenverCrow]

Forgot Mexico City, good choice.:yes:

[fangorangutang]

1. Chicago
2. San Francisco
3. Boston
4. Oakland
5. NYC

Criteria in no particular order- skyline, density, general atmosphere and vibe, open spaces, amount of historic architecture (especially in various neighborhoods), grittiness, natural assets, diversity, variety and coolness of transportation options, the classiness of downtown, cultural institutions, local music.

[Evergrey]

Miami is "gangster like"?

[crisp444]

I was wondering what he meant by that, too!

[DenverCrow]

Oh, it has a lot of Cuban gangs, and it's got a good mafioso vibe. I'm kinda weird, and I like that.:shrug:

[Hot Rod]

I like many many cities, but I will do the top 5 world cities; incidentally they are cities I'd love to live.

1) Vancouver - Asian Food, wonderful multi-culture, NY urban grit/feel/look in downtown; global city
2) Osaka - Awesome city in every regard, Vancouver's Fraternal Twin, global city, un-pretentious
3) Chicago - World City, awesome attractions. the Big City, yet approachable; New York's Fraternal Twin. Will be moving to Chi soon!!!!
4) SF - something about SF, I can't really pin it down tho, one of the triplets with the same mommy (Vancouver, Osaka, SF)
5) New York - nothing to say. THE CITY


Honourables:

Kyoto, great old city with modern changes but I like Osaka better b/c its bigger.
DC, I used to live here and had a great time despite the conservativeness of the most powerful residents
Tokyo, but I think Osaka is better!! Tokyo seemed rather pretentious 'acting', even though its got it all
Seattle/Portland, pretty much the same. Currently reside in SEATTLE.
LA was nice but way too mush sprawl and people who dont get along
Nagoya, not bad but seems like they trying to 'proove' something
OKC, getting much better than its past rep but see LA, wonderful people tho

Houston was cool, but see LA. Very International!!



Cities I still want to visit (and prob will make the list)

Kaohsiung, Taipei - GO TAIWAN!!!
Shanghai - I love Chinese girls
Singapore - the other fraternal quad twin of Vancouver/Osaka/SF, with a dad from China
Seoul, Busan - Korean girls are awesome too!!!
Hong Kong - something about the place just gives me energy and shivvers
Puket, Pattaya, Bankok - Did I mention that I LOVE asian girls??

[kool maudit]

new york
paris
montreal
los angeles
warsaw

[Muji]

in no particular order

Hong Kong
Vancouver
Osaka
Paris
Philadelphia

[Derek]

Besides San Diego:



1. Portland, OR
2. New York, NY
3. Miami, FL
4. Seattle, WA
5. Chicago, IL

[totheskies]

Other than Houston where I live....

1. San Diego
2. Toronto
3. Chicago
4. Kansas City
5. New Orleans

Thankfully I will finally be leaving North America this summer!

[DenverCrow]

Good to see love for Kansas City, the haven of delicious barbecue and cool statues.:D

[BTinSF]

1. Munich (Gemutlichtkeit, architecture, history)
2. Salzburg (same as above plus scenery)
3. New York (food, excitement, intense urban experience)
4. Tokyo (exotic, intense urban experience, cultural dysphoria)
5. New Orleans (Laissez les bons temps rouler, slightly damp decadence, Tennessee Williams experience)

Runners up: Vancouver, Chicago

[STERNyc]

1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Toronto
4. Pittsburg
5. Miami/Ft.Lauderdale

[DenverCrow]

Hmm, I should go to Vancouver, by the looks of this...

No lovers of Denver or Phoenix?:(

[raggedy13]

In no particular order...

Montreal
London
Halifax
Amsterdam
Venice

[bnk]

Chicago

London

San Francisco

Rome

Quebec City

6th? Dublin

in somewhat of an order.

Sorry NYC I have not been there yet. Also sorry Boston, Philadelphia and Washington DC. The east cost and New England I have just not made it to yet. My wife wants to go to Cape Cod and Martha’s V. soon though.

But the US, Canadian and International cities I have made that did not make the list, sorry...

LA, San Diego, Denver, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, Seattle, Denver, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Little Rock, Des Moines, Omaha, Milwaukee, Madison and most of Wisconsin, Detroit and most of Michigan including the UP, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Nashville, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Winnipeg, Panama City, Cartagena, Cancun, Venice, Florence, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Milan, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Reno, Lake Tahoe, ectal.....

About 1/3 get honorable mention. You guys can decide which metro deserves attention.

I would really like to go to AU/NZ and Hawaii some day, and of course back to EU.

[EtherealMist]

New York
Boston
Dublin
Miami
Montreal

[peanut gallery]

Omitting home, I'd go with:

Amsterdam
London
Paris
New Orleans
San Diego

[mhays]

Excluding Seattle...

Sydney
Vancouver
London
Tokyo
Athens

Also considered: Hong Kong, New York, Boston, Paris, Madrid, Portland, San Francisco...maybe Toronto, Chicago, Amsterdam...

[ABQturkey]

London
San Francisco
Berlin
Montreal
Barcelona

[holladay]

Athens
Barcelona
Amsterdam
Berlin
Stockholm

There are many cities that I'd probably like more than these but I haven't had the chance to go yet!

[pwright1]

San Francisco
Paris
New York
Los Angeles
Sydney

[bobdreamz]

since we can only choose five I will stick to the US:

1: Omaha...very underrated city...and urban
2: St. Louis
3: Memphis
4: Savannah
5: Baltimore

[pj3000]

Oh, it has a lot of Cuban gangs, and it's got a good mafioso vibe.

I think that you watch too much TV or play too much Grand Theft Auto.

[The Chemist]

Other than Calgary:

Shanghai
Dublin
London
Jeruasalem
Vancouver
Beijing

[JivecitySTL]

New York
San Francisco
Baltimore
Chicago
Philadelphia/Pittsburgh (tie, can't choose)

I'm leaving for London, Rome, Florence, Madrid and Barcelona on Saturday, so I'll let you know if my list needs to be revised when I get home. :)

[Grateful Denver]

in no order

warsaw
tel aviv
new orleans (where i live currently)
london
denver

[PhillyRising]

Besides Philadelphia which would be #1 on my list...

1. Pittsburgh
2. New York
3. Washington
4. Ft. Lauderdale/Miami
5. Las Vegas (I know it's sprawly and not an urban ideal...but it's so much fun!)

[Steely Dan]

not including sweet home chicago:

america:

boston
NYC
philly
DC
san francisco




world:

toronto
london
rome
athens
venice

[Frisco_Zig]

Paris
Toyko
NYC
Istanbul (Great city!)
Chicago

[Frisco_Zig]

Paris
Toyko
NYC
Istanbul (Great city!)
Chicago

honarable mention

LA, Osaka, Budapest, London, Bangkok

Dislike

Shanghai
Las Vegas
Beijing
Dubai

[PittPenn 03]

Pittsburgh
Chicago
NY
Philadelphia
Salzburg

[bobdreamz]

Oh, it has a lot of Cuban gangs, and it's got a good mafioso vibe. I'm kinda weird, and I like that.:shrug:

being Cuban myself that is funny.....what gangs do Cubans have?....most gangs in Miami are Jamaican or Mexican/Guatemalan.

[staff]

Copenhagen
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Paris
London
New York

Sorry, that's six - but I can't leave out NY, can I?

[JMancuso]

london
new york
tokyo
amsterdam
philly

been to paris but really didn't see much of it.

[alex1]

berlin
chicago
london
barcelona
amsterdam

runners up
nyc
paris
budapest
lisbon
boston
sanSebastian

[entheosfog]

1. New York
2. Vancouver, BC
3. San Francisco
4. Montreal
5. Boston

Haven't been to Europe in my adult life so I'm sure these choices would change after that...

[DenverCrow]

I think that you watch too much TV or play too much Grand Theft Auto.

I do neither.:shrug:

[DenverCrow]

being Cuban myself that is funny.....what gangs do Cubans have?....most gangs in Miami are Jamaican or Mexican/Guatemalan.
I spent a half year in Miami, and actually had tons of run-ins with Cuban cocaine gangs. I also, while searching for a good cigar, ran into several cigar smuggling rings from Cuba.

[ac888yow]

1) New York City
2) Athens
3) Paris
4) Chicago
5) Las Vegas

[Attrill]

In no particular order:

Chicago
SF
London
Bangkok
Tokyo

Runners up include Boston, Pittsburgh, Manchester, Berlin, Athens, and Seattle.

[RandySavage]

5. San Fran
4. Monte Carlo
3. Sydney
2. Paris
1. New York City

[EtherealMist]

I think that you watch too much TV or play too much Grand Theft Auto.

Hes probably thinking of Scarface and the whole drug cartel thing of the 80's

[DenverCrow]

Hes probably thinking of Scarface and the whole drug cartel thing of the 80's
Well, a lot of that did die down, but it still thrives in Miami. I actually have written a comprehensive report on this for my Criminal Psychology class...

[BigBird9]

1. Denver
2. San Antonio
3. Washington D.C.
4. New York
5. Kansas City

[big T]

Places I would rather live in (in my mind that's more specific than just 'favorite cities'):
1. Chicago
2. Los Angeles
3. Montreal
4. Vancouver
5. Brisbane

Close runners-up for spots 4 & 5 (in no order) are Seattle, Lyon, San Francisco, Madrid, Perth, Auckland, Denver, NYC and Oslo.
Further down my list are Sydney, Rotterdam, Portland, Melbourne, Paris, Toronto, Barcelona, Omaha, Tokyo.

Overall these are all places I liked a lot, but the thread is about picking those special few, which is not always easy.

[FREKI]

Excluding Copenhagen..

Tokyo
New York
San Francisco
London
Paris

[DenverCrow]

My runner's up would be:

New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Colorado Springs

[Grumpy]

Montréal
Paris
Berlin
Lyon
Barcelona

[pwright1]

New York
San Francisco
Baltimore
Chicago
Philadelphia/Pittsburgh (tie, can't choose)

I'm leaving for London, Rome, Florence, Madrid and Barcelona on Saturday, so I'll let you know if my list needs to be revised when I get home. :)

I think it will JivecitySTL.;)

For NA cities I like:

SF
LA
NY
Vancouver
Seattle

[JEH-NYC]

I live in NYC, so I can't per her on the list.
So, in no particular order other than Paris:

Paris (forever #1 to me)
San Francisco!!!!!!!!!!
Florence
Madrid
London

All the above aside and my affinity for Paris, if I had to live somewhere other than NY, it would probably be London or San Fran.
I have not as yet been to Montreal, but will be there in the next couple of weeks, so....!! :)

[navyweaxguy]

In no particular order...

Hong Kong
New York
San Francisco
Perth
Denver

Honorable mentions...
Singapore
Seattle
Dubai
Vancouver
Hobart

[nygirl1]

1.Chi : 86', 88', 90, 93', 98', 00', 04', 06'
2. San Francisco: 04'
3. Montreal & Toronto 06' & 97', 06'
4. Hk: 03'
5. Naples 96'

[alleystreetindustry]

miami.."gangster like"..oh my god.

-atlanta
-miami
-new york city
-washington d.c
-savannah

[Boris2k7]

I haven't travelled extensively, so this list is going to be biased to Western NA

1. San Francisco
2. Vancouver
3. Los Angeles
4. Houston

Don't really have any other major cities that I could pick for #5 ATM.

Honourable mentions go to Victoria, Salt Lake, and San Diego because I enjoyed my stays which were, however, too short to really gauge how much I liked them.

Edmonton is excluded being my birth city. Calgary because it is my home city. Seattle because I have only really passed through, twice. Same goes for Portland, though I only went through there once.

The list will almost certainly change by the end of the summer, if I make my trip to Eastern Canada. What I'm expecting is for Toronto to take up the #3 spot and Montreal the #4 spot, bumping Houston off the list.

[SHiRO]

ABC...

Amsterdam
Barcelona
Copenhagen
London
New York
Paris

That's 5 right? :D

[blade_bltz]

Tokyo
Kyoto
New York
San Francisco
Rome (only spent a few days there, sadly)

I'm not extremely well traveled - my travels are mostly limited to Japan. And...I still like my hometown Boston, but that doesn't count!

[ChrisLA]

Other than my hometown of LA my five favorite cities to visit are,

New York City
Montreal
London
Amsterdam (although the food sucks)
Chicago/San Francisco (Tie)

Honorable mentions

Boston (to short of a visit to, but could perhaps bump my 5 choice)
Carmel/Monterey CA
Seattle
Dallas
Philadelphia

[natelox]

It'd be very hard to rank them, but i'll pick five of my favorites, in no particular order:

2. Lima


Yikes! If I were to put together a list of worst cities I have ever been to, Lima would definetly be number one.

My favorites:
1. Vancouver
2. Paris: Wonderful architecture and atmosphere.
3. Tokyo: Hyper-urban experiance
4. Rio De Janeiro: Definitively the world's most beautiful city. Way too many social problems to even come close to number one.
5. La Paz: Didn't get too much time to explore it, but a very beautiful city again (in a different way) and it felt much safer than Rio or Lima. Minus points for the elevation.

[waterloowarrior]

London
Vancouver
Montreal
Paris
NYC

[Evergrey]

Magog, QC
Newport, VT
Littleton, NH
Wheeling, WV
Gallipolis, OH

[MonkeyRonin]

I've been to Italy, Spain, Canada, USA, and Costa Rica, of the places I've been to:

1. New York
2. Barcelona
3. Rome
4. Granada
5. Montreal

[e2ksj3]

San Diego
Las Vegas
Washington
Charlotte
Los Angeles

[pj3000]

I spent a half year in Miami, and actually had tons of run-ins with Cuban cocaine gangs. I also, while searching for a good cigar, ran into several cigar smuggling rings from Cuba.

I think that this is the greatest post I have ever read on this forum.:worship:

I wish I had such a vivid imagination!

[Joey D]

I think that this is the greatest post I have ever read on this forum.:worship:

I wish I had such a vivid imagination!

It's that food coloring, I tell ya.

[urban_encounter]

In no particular order....

Vancouver
New York
Munich (tied with Heidelberg)
Paris
Amsterdam

[volguus zildrohar]

Excluding Philadelphia:

1) Chicago - The only city I've been to that surprised and delighted me without being overwhelming.

2) New York - #2 because of the end of #1.

3) Cincinnati - Despite the "chili", a thoroughly charming and beautiful city all around.

4) Akron - Big yes.

5) Boston - The North End alone puts it on any of my lists.

[SHiRO]

Can't we make it a top 10 list? I feel bad about leaving so many cities out! :D

[Omaharocks]

For the U.S.:

1. Portland, OR
2. Chicago, IL
3. San Fransisco
4. Boston
5. Baltimore

Ok, well I lived in Portland for a while, but it was a few months out of my 23+ years...I've been to most major U.S. cities, but one city I haven't visited that I have a feeling could make my list is Seattle. My runners up would be Milwaukee and D.C. Btw, glad to see some votes for Omaha and K.C.

Overall (aka Europe):

1. Prague
2. Munich
3. Florence
4. Ljubjlana
5. Split, Croatia

[OhioGuy]

I'm not going to list any of the cities I've lived in even though I did like them all (Columbus, Houston, Chicago), so here's my top 5 list of favorite cities I've been to:

1)Paris
2)NYC
3)Washington, DC
4)Seattle, WA
5)Vancouver, BC

(Toronto just barely misses the list)

[DenverCrow]

I think that this is the greatest post I have ever read on this forum.:worship:

I wish I had such a vivid imagination!
Aww, glad I wet your whistle so extravagantly.:yes:

Yeah, sometimes I imagine my boogers are magical creatures, I talk to them. Sometimes they talk back. One time, they told me to burn things.

[OfCourse]

I haven't been to too many places. Aside from Austin...

Chicago
Las Vegas
New York
Boston
San Francisco

(in no particular order)

[LSyd]

Glasgow
London
New York
Austin
Paris

-

[tayser]

Salzburg AU

which state's that in?? ;)

Hong Kong
Edinburgh
Paris
London
Dubrovnik

[MiamiSpartan]

In no order:

Barcelona
Vancouver
Charleston
San Francisco
Boston
Toronto

[muppet]

what a good idea for a thread:
ok other than hometown London

1. Budapest
2. Istanbul
3. Shanghai
4. Paris
5. Hong Kong

[Avian001]

Non-US:

Vancouver
London
Tokyo
Seoul
Weisbaden

US:

Key West
Chicago
San Francisco
Palm Springs
Provincetown

[-GR2NY-]

For those of you not listing New York, does that mean you haven't been there?

[PhilippeMtl]

New York
Vancouver
Toronto
Chicago
Seattle

[elsonic]

I don't list Paris, NY or London, they're obvious choices.

Toulouse (la ville rose - perfect city)
Vancouver (a sim city wet dream)
Newport/Providence RI (no kidding)
Lomé (Togo - safest-easiest african metro?)
Zurich (some grit in perfect Switzerland)

[skylife]

Hmmm, if I had to pick 5, I'd go with:

Amsterdam
Prague
NYC
Barcelona
San Francisco

[IdahoMountainBoy]

International in no particular order:
Paris
Vancouver (even though the weather is an admonishment to its greatness)
Sydney
Hong Kong
London
...wow, those were surprising...

Within the US:
San Francisco
Boise (slight bias for my homestate)
Boulder
Boston
Chicago

....nyc is far too enclosed and busy for my liking but I understand why its on so many other people's list of favs...

[Modern Design]

In north america:
Chicago
Los Angeles
Denver
Dallas
Charlotte
international:
London
Frankfurt
Cannes
Bolzano
Milano

[sprtsluvr8]

Just for the record, I detest London...so it doesn't necessarily go without saying...

San Francisco
Amsterdam
Chicago
San Diego
Atlanta
Vancouver

[rockyi]

Chicago
Boston
Halifax
Los Angeles
Santa Fe

[South]

Apart from my hometown London: (in no order)

- Paris
- New York
- Nairobi
- Dubai
- Atlanta

[MistyMountainHop]

Other than Vancouver (in no real order):

Montreal
New York City
Quebec City
London
San Francisco

[mrherodotus]

New York
Chicago
Toronto
Savannah
Boston

[Jularc]

Besides NYC, my other top five are...

1. San Francisco
2. Chicago
3. Washington
4. Philadelphia
5. San Diego

The top five cities that I haven't visit that I really want to are...

1. Boston (I don't know why I havent :P)
2. Barcelona
3. Paris
4. London
5. Amsterdam

[Grego43]

Chicago
Athens
Cape Town
London
Hong Kong

[Cirrus]

New York
Boston
Pittsburgh
Montreal
WashingtonAnd actually there's a decent gap after those five. I've not been to the west coast, but I'd be shocked if even San Francisco displaced any of them.

European cities, OTOH, most likely would. If I ever manage to get to Europe.

[mhays]

For those of you not listing New York, does that mean you haven't been there?


I've been to New York maybe four times. A trip this winter raised it significantly on my favorites list. Still not in my top 5, but not far away.

[AaronPGH]

Sydney
Vancouver
New York
Pittsburgh
Paris
Sevilla

[CGP124]

New York
Rome
Chicago
Washington DC
Paris

[Halifax Hillbilly]

1. London
2. Montreal
3. Boston
4. Miami
5. Dublin

In no particular order...

Montreal
London
Halifax
Amsterdam
Venice

Halifax on the same list as London, Montreal, Amsterdam and Venice :tup: What did you love so much about our little city?

[Philly-Drew]

Florence
Rome
San Francisco
Chicago
Philadelphia

[YRB]

1. NY
2. Paris
3. Prague
4. SF
5. Venice

Also like:
Seattle
Portland, OR
Budapest
Washington, DC
Asheville

Mixed feelings:
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Providence
Barcelona
Athens
Berlin
Warsaw
Milan
Moscow
Toronto
Charleston
Savannah

Not impressed:
Miami
Atlanta
Orlando
Cincinnati

Not impressed at all:
Tampa
Jacksonville