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what's your favourite city? I think it might have to be Rome for me, just for the amount of beautiful buildings, and history stuck in a very small space.

― jellybean (jellybean), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Barcelonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Montreal

― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:26 (twenty-two years ago)

NYC or Amsterdam.

― Nick H (Nick H), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm...I do like the area I live in, but in terms of visiting...man, I can't choose! Too many great spots I've been to.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

glasgow.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Winnipeg

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Tie: NYC/Glasgow

― mike a, Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Naples or Rome. Depending on how lost I feel like getting: very, or VERY.

― Hurlothrumbo (hurlothrumbo), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Glasgow - apparently Schipol Airport has been granted city status, wouldn't say it's my favourite tho.

― Rumpy Pumpkin (rumpypumpkin), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Reno

― andy, Tuesday, 17 February 2004 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

don't have A favorite, i have several:

NYC. Philadelphia. London. Stockholm. Paris.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

New Orleans, then San Francisco.

― luna (luna.c), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Glasgow

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Prague

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, I forgot Inverness is a city now. So Inverness. Not that it has much going for it, but it's home < / twee>

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I really hope to visit Inverness someday as it's where my Scottish relatives are (if there are any left). NIMMOS REPRESENT!!!

― Bryan (Bryan), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

paris.

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

hard S.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Inverness, as I've said before, is very spiff and I will always have good memories of it. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Glasgow, but only cause Aberystwyth isn't a city yet.

― Cathy (Cathy), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

It's a tie btw Austin and Dallas. As for a city to visit, San Fran.

I shall also chime in by saying Inverness is quite lovely.

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

i didn't know ppl loved glasgow so.

hard S.

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

NYC's got my heart.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

terranna.
if my french wasn't shite it'd be montreal.

― dyson (dyson), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

What on earth is so good about Inverness?

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

montreal.

― cybele (cybele), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

The ride up to inverness from glasgow was lovely. train winding through heather-laden mountains. there were lots of good places to hike in Inverness itself and we saw Dolphins. and nearby is loch and the castle ruins on its banks. next to whitby best trip I made within the british isles.

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, I don't live there anymore, therefore increasing its greatness a bit.

(it's lovely N., you should go)

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

i haven't come across a city i like as much as new orleans, but then again, i haven't yet been out of the country, so i realize that one day i'll turn my back on america and move to london or prague or something.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I have been! Sam's recommendation seems to revolve around what's outside it (which I would agree with). I mean it's OK, but nothing special. Maybe living there is nice - that's the problem with this question, for me. I can't really compare places I've been as a tourist with places I've lived in.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

(that was a reply to Ailsa)

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

my grammar is horrendous. who in the hell let me be an english teacher?

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I haven't been outside the states, but it's New Orleans by far. Going back this weekend for my fourth time in a year and a half.

(haha x-post with felonius drunk)

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Subjectively, Inverness is my favourite city because it's my hometown and I love it for that reason alone. Objectively, I don't really have anything to recommend about it except its proximity to other nice places.

Which is why Glasgow is my real answer. Or maybe Barcelona, but I haven't been there enough to have a real opinion of it yet. I have a feeling I could get to love it though.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll go against every grain ever and say Detroit.

― David Allen (David Allen), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:18 (twenty-two years ago)

L f*ckin' A.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

inverness was a nicer city than what i'd been led to believe. the urqhuart castle/loch ness area really is very pretty. the train ride from edinburgh to inverness was stunning!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

paris and london.

― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I didn't like Inverness much (except for the train ride up), but I love having had the experience.

(hi Ailsa - you gave me some valuable Scotland advice way back when)

Other favorite cities: Philadelphia, Seattle.

― mike a, Tuesday, 17 February 2004 20:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Not "favorite" but another city I like quite a lot is Atlanta. I'm down with the ATL.

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 20:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Atlanta is where I saw the car next to me get jacked. In broad daylight, on a freeway offramp in a safe-looking part of town.

― mike a, Tuesday, 17 February 2004 20:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I mean, Inverness was fine, but after a few hours I was anxious to return to Glasgow.

― mike a, Tuesday, 17 February 2004 20:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Atlanta is where I saw the car next to me get jacked. In broad daylight, on a freeway offramp in a safe-looking part of town.

eh, big deal carjackings and muggings happen in broad daylight all the time in the EDT.

Scariest things I've seen: a burned up car that was still smoking in a desolate part of Detroit (wait. .that's all of Detroit) and a guy who had just been stabbed stumbling off the F Train in Times Square at 4 in the morning.

― Viva La Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 20:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Hong Kong..lots to see and worth spending more than the usual 2 to 3 days there..

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 21:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Mike, jeez, I remember that, that was indeed way back when. I'm quite impressed that Inverness is scoring so high on everyone's favourite city factor here, even if no-one has anything good to say about the city itself, just the surrounding areas and the journey there and back. It has only been a city for just over three years, and it still feels weird referring to it as such.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

What was Inverness before it was a city?

― mike a, Tuesday, 17 February 2004 21:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Correct answer = a town.

Take your pick of flippant answers.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

NYC just great (but Cambridge is a beaut)

― james (james), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

still Paris

― Orbit (Orbit), Tuesday, 17 February 2004 21:52 (twenty-two years ago)

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For living in: NYC
For just visiting: New Orleans

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

new york, copenhagen, glasgow, amsterdam, london.

― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Chicago rules so hard I will never live there for fear of ruining perfect memories with harsh reality

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh I forgot Chicago, that's good too

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm surprised to find glasgow's stock so high.

glasgow.

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

London, London, London. With all my heart.
Berlin's pretty amazing too.

― syntaxfree (syntaxfree), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Cities I've had the most fun in: Los Angeles, Oakland, Chennai, Sacramento, NYC, Prague, Mumbai, Rotterdam, Cairo, Bangkok, St. Louis, Tokyo, and Bangalore.

I've had fun in these places but I think they're terrible anyway: San Jose, London, Brussels, Jakarta. Cincinatti is the worst city I've been to.

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

i liked Chicago.

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Kris, have you been to the Northwest yet?

― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Cincinatti is the worst city I've been to.

A-FUCKING-MEN!

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been to Seattle and Vancouver. I don't remember much of Seattle. Vancouver is pretty cool.

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh yeah, I forgot about Chicago. Chicago is fantastic! Philly too.

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

i think that chicago is back on top of my list.
toronto is a close second.

i dont know why i am posting this.

― todd swiss (eliti), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

All you need to know about Cincy -- the local "delicacy" seems to be Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee with a fluorescent cheese sprinkled on top.

― Kris (aqueduct), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:42 (twenty-one years ago)

My five favorite cities:
NYC, Tokyo, Berlin, Detroit, Beirut.

― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Crap, I forgot Chicago too. It totally rules.

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

RJG's from East Kilbride.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

NYC
Barcelona
Detroit
Los Angeles
Chicago

― sexyDancer, Tuesday, 11 May 2004 19:08 (twenty-one years ago)

my girlfriend is from east kilbride.

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)

all the schools in east kilbride are the same design: they got them in a 5 for the price 4 offer.

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 20:55 (twenty-one years ago)

tracer is from knoxville.

I am not from east kilbride: consult the tourist guides.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 22:34 (twenty-one years ago)

In order...

Vancouver
Manchester
Seattle
Florence
Munich
Amsterdam
NYC
Marseilles
Rome
Dublin
London
San Francisco

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 03:39 (twenty-one years ago)

In no particular order...
Glasgow
Budapest
Chicago
Paris
Florence
Florala, Alabama
and Milwaukee.
I've never been to Portland, but I'm going there next week and I suspect it might make my list.

― kirsten (kirsten), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 03:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i've never been to milwaukee -- for some reason, i've had an inexplicable urge to see that place since i was little. maybe too much laverne and shirley?

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 03:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume David A. likes drugs a lot, I mean Marseilles... wow.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Probably too much Laverne and Shirley. It is fun, though.
x-post

― kirsten (kirsten), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha, Marseilles is just crazeee. The main drag is called the "Can of Beer" or something (alright, La Canebiére, if memory serves).

(Not that I don't like drugs.)

(Plus, after I looked at my cities, I did notice a certain oddness and lack of any common demoninator. I mean, my next choices would've been Victoria, BC and Glasgow, wtf?)

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Viagra and Irn Bru?

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:17 (twenty-one years ago)

If I love beer and rain and good music and fun, will I love Portland?

― kirsten (kirsten), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.gccincy.com/GCCVB/GCCVB2/images/124%20Cincinnati%20Style%20Chili.jpg

um, what the FUCK? ps I'd probably eat that if I were reaaaaalllllly drunk

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:18 (twenty-one years ago)

gygax!,

That's not very fair. Marseille is a very cool town. "The most northern Arab town" as the racists would have it - it's got some of the best French rap and the food is lovely. Good, gritty people too.
Bof, qu'est ce que les ricains pourrait y comprendre de toute facon. ;^)

― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Looks better than:

http://www.xavinho.online.fr/travels/america/montreal/poutine.jpg

(yet maybe doesn't taste better?)

xpost, and also Marseilles is the least pretentious of those Côte D'Azur, French Riviera type places, so...

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry for large image. Especially large poutine image.

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:30 (twenty-one years ago)

what the hell is that?

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, it's French Canadian, and it consists of gravy, cheese and french fries, amazingly. For a while here (near Vancouver), even McDonalds carried it, in deference to our French brothers and sisters.

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:34 (twenty-one years ago)

But then they did drop it. Sadly.

― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 04:35 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, that's cheese. Supersize it, then

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:02 (twenty-one years ago)

that i know: new york, berlin, helsinki, sf, manchester

that i want to know: lisbon, marseille, chicago, montreal, stockholm, santiago, tokyo, chisinau

― gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

stockholm, yeah!

― cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:22 (twenty-one years ago)

unfortunately I read the last word of Gareth's post as "christgau"

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:34 (twenty-one years ago)

I've always found it's Glaswegians that have the problem with Edinburgers and not the other way round. I can remember chatting with a fellow in a Glasgow club and getting on fine till i told him where i was from at which point he started hurling abuse at me. Although this could be cos the said club was Victoria's.

― leigh (leigh), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:41 (twenty-one years ago)

haha, it could have been cos that, yeah.

― RJG (RJG), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

...of course, now it's STUDIO....

― Robbie Lumsden (Wallace Stevens HQ), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Poutine tastes a hell of a lot better than Cincinatti "chili"!

Stockholm I'm totally ambivalent about. I'm pretty ambivalent about most western european cities actually...not that Lisboa, say, has much in common with Stockholm or Copenhagen. Berlin's pretty neat. I also forgot Llubjana and Trieste, which are both really cool places. I really, really wanna go to Tashkent. And Bahia or Sao Paolo or Rio de Janeiro (these should happen soon).

― Kris (aqueduct), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Cities I've been to: NYC, Portland, Lisbon, Melbourne, Tucson

Cities I want to go to: Buenos Aires, Kalinigrad, Halifax, Lyon, San Sebastian

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

(Not much order after London)

London
NYC
Miami
Edinburgh
Geneva
Washington
Marseille

Paris is OK, really want to hit up Tokyo and also Barcelona, Florence and half of Europe. Orlando's alright. Accra has also much improved in recnt times, though Kumasi's lost a lot of appeal.

― Barima (Barima), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Molvania, anyone?

― syntaxfree (syntaxfree), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Hurdlesford

― the finefox, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 19:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Morley, the really good version of that uses ketchup instead of tomato sauce!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:36 (twenty-one years ago)

marseilles was the ONLY european city that reminded me of the bad parts of american cities -- which isn't a compliment. the nicest part was like port newark.

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 13 May 2004 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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