Originally Posted By DlandJB >>Powell's Books is such an important part<< I love Powells. I just wish I could get to Portland even once when it wasn't raining. I don't love the rain as much as my better half does.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oh, how can I forget Stateline Lake Tahoe - the lake, simply fantastic, and I can gamble too! Washington DC is also awesome - and I used to like Dublin, but having worked there too much has put me off. Still on my hitlist to try - Tokyo, Osaka, and Rio. I also like Mexico City, but there is a scary undertone in most Mexican cities I have visited. I loved India, but I prefer the smaller villages to the large city.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip For those choosing Orlando as a favorite city... If the theme parks weren't there, would it even make the top 100? It sure wouldn't for me!
Originally Posted By Mr X Wow...talk about running the gammut! Can't believe Barboy mentioned TJ...I'm even more stunned that he managed to back up the pick in a reasonable way! I gotta get over to Europe and check out some of those cities, they sound great. I already know that Amsterdam will be my hands down favorite though. But next on my "list" (by virtue of being cheap, convenient, and now featuring casinos!) is definitely Seoul, Kohreea.
Originally Posted By onlyme Glad to see SF as a top 5 pick for so many. For me, it's Pacifica, my hometown, just a few miles south of SF right on the ocean. Life was wonderful growing up there 'til my parents got divorced and we moved to Fresno. UGH! They sold their house, which was a couple of blocks from the ocean, for $28,000. It's now worth over $800,000.
Originally Posted By irishfan Dont really have single favourite, but a few I would have to mention would be: Sydney, Hong Kong, New York, London, Krakow, Talinn(Estonia), Paris and Berlin.
Originally Posted By mj9401 Without a doubt my favourite city in the world is San Francisco followed closely by my hometown Sydney.
Originally Posted By avromark <<Montreal -- Also wonderful, very nice people and a very European feeling for a North American town>> You mean the small details like some cobblestone streets, and the horizontal traffic lights (The rest of Canada should really adopt these, they seem "clearer" to me <a href="http://www.anthonyprovenzano.com/images/13" target="_blank">http://www.anthonyprovenzano.c om/images/13</a>.%20August%20Ottawa%20Trip%202005/101-0134_IMG_resize.JPG (That's Quebec, not Ottawa, it's just a drive over the bridge, nowhere near the distance of getting around "the Bay" of SF. I like Toronto -> Close to me, the most ethnically diverse city in the world (By people, home to North America's largest Chinese Mall, my birthplace...) In the US, I like SF, I like DC... For Vancouver I haven't been there since I was in the single digit age bracket, and Mr. N you might as well emigrate you spend enough time in the US and spell that way too. (My family on one side is all American, which I believe is the case in your family as well?) I loved the different prefectures in Japan, I loved shopping in those computer stores that were several stories tall, I loved the simple variety of goods, I wish my Cell phone would turn on my rice cooker, allow me to bank before I got to the ATM... C'est la vie. Manila is great -> We stay in Makati, Discos aren't as plentiful anymore and I'd never trust a cab though. The next time around I may purchase a Volvo or something and do a European delivery, spend a month or two. Haven't been there since, well for a decade. Teenagers really don't pay attention to the flavour of the city
Originally Posted By alexbook San Francisco London and Boston are great, but too cold. Jerusalem is awesome, but too dangerous right now.
Originally Posted By barboy Wow Dar two of your four are in my top 10 also. Playa del Carmen in the Yukatan peninsula or Mayan Riviera beckons which is just across the channel from Cozumel (my #9) TELL ME YOU WENT TO XCARET!!! [If you didn't don't ever speak to me in this lifetime or the next ] Puerta Vallarta--- did you dine at the "Lobster House" downtown ?? Some mouth watering eats. The movie The Night of the Iguana was shot there(Richard Burton).
Originally Posted By barboy For those of you adventurous types who have not yet crossed over the San Ysidro border at night into Tj be careful and always travel with a trusted friend or family member and dress down to avoid the look of being a wealthy target; but most of all just remember the star of a "donkey show" is NOT the ass! Good luck.
Originally Posted By barboy Hey X I had a fling with an Amsterdam au pair and the stories she told about her homeland make me want to check it out. Also after Jules and Vincent's verbal exchanges in Pulp Fiction I am even more interested.
Originally Posted By thenurmis Amsterdam was pretty cool, the buildings were just way strange ( when you compare them to what we have in North America). I would have liked to spend a couple more days there, to really get the flavor. Other places I have been that I do love are; London, it was a long time ago, but the magic of the place was amazing. At the time I had just found punk rock, and the whole thing was blowing up BIG there (78). I loved all the history, the roman walls, the whole city had so much it was over whelming. LA is the bomb, I love it, never has a place been so ugly and beautyfull at the same time. On one of our last Visits Dave took us out cruzing best memories ever. Los Vegas Is like a real life cartoon, I know people call it home but that is too weird to understand. Toronto , I know as a Vancouverite I am spoz to HATE the "center of the world" but the time that I spent there was very fun ,and besides it's home to the Holy Grail Citys I would love to see, but havnt yet, NEW YORK yeah I gotta go if it kills me . Barcilona, and Madrid. any where in India Venice and Rome and a million other spots in between. And Mark I am just waiting for America to annex us.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 This is an interesting topic for someone like me, who has consciously moved to smaller and smaller cities over time, in favor of small towns or no city at all. I have visited many US cities, a few foreign cities, and I still have to say that I do not like cities at all - any of them. It pains me to have to go into a city for shopping, which is the only reason I go at all, and when I visit my mom in Orange County now and then, I like going to DL, but that's it. I can't wait to leave the southland and get back into the country.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <Edinburgh - fantastic architecture and a wonderful people. There is always live entertainment on the streets - just a great place to hang.> One of my best friends in Britain lives in Edinburgh.
Originally Posted By Mr X I'm gonna re-do mine, cause I think catagories are in order...also limited to places I've been to. Most "complete", Tokyo. Think Hollywood, New York City, and Washington D.C. all rolled into one. Most diverse, NYC. Most futuristic, Hong Kong (Tokyo comes close though). Also best skyline. Most chill, Vancouver, B.C. Most historic, tie between Kyoto and Boston. Also similar for spectacular folliage, and they are sister cities as well. Most friendly, Madison WI. Most unfriendly, Detroit MI (this is a touch unfair, I've only been through the airport several times...but the vibe there is VERY uninviting, so much so that I'd be loathe to want to see more!). Most decadant, Las Vegas (also most fun, and most likely to be angrily destroyed by God). Least favorite, Jackson MI...if I never return in this lifetime or the next it will be just fine with me! Best food, Naha, Okinawa. Coolest city ever, Los Angeles. Also tied for most scenic with Vancouver if you consider the surrouding areas for both cities. Best vacation city, chill sub-catagory, Honolulu. Best vacation city, things to do sub-catagory, Orlando. Honorable mentions with no catagory would go to Osaka, San Francisco, and Miami.
