Awesomest "Global City"

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The top 50 cities from Foreign Policy's Global Cities Index 2010: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/node/373401

So I'm not really interested in this index or its rankings, just thought this would be a good list to draw from and vote on which city you like the best.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
London	6
Paris	5
Tokyo	4
Montreal	4
Chicago	4
San Francisco	4
New York	3
Barcleona	3
Istanbul	3
Los Angeles	3
Rome	2
Copenhagen	2
Berlin	2
Toronto	1
Cairo	1
Sydney	1
Singapore	1
Mexico City	1
Hong Kong	1
Atlanta	1
Tel Aviv	1
Sao Paulo	1
Osaka	1
Brussels	1
Stockholm	1
Rio de Janeiro	1
Shanghai	1
Seoul	1
Vienna	1
Kuala Lumpur	1
Houston	0
Taipei	0
New Delhi	0
Milan	0
Mumbai	0
Dublin	0
Bangkok	0
Beijing	0
Madrid	0
Boston	0
Buenos Aires	0
Zurich	0
Moscow	0
Frankfurt	0
Dubai	0
Amsterdam	0
Geneva	0
Miami	0
Munich	0
Washington	0

― first it smells like donuts, then it smells like don't ask (askance johnson), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:33 (fourteen years ago)

I like my city best. otherwise I would live in some other city.

― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:39 (fourteen years ago)

Istanbul, for unbeatable Bosphorus awesomeness.

― Aimless, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:43 (fourteen years ago)

i've lived in the top 3 u.s. cities and i'm gonna have to go with chicago for nostalgia and for general quality of life (i even "enjoy" the weather.) S.F. i like not quite as much, a little more than NYC, and a lot more than L.A.

― omar little, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)

LA isn't on this list lol

― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:48 (fourteen years ago)

sure it is!

― omar little, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:48 (fourteen years ago)

I misread Stockholm as Stockton for a sec...

― Le mépris vient de la tête, la haine vient du cœur (Michael White), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:14 (fourteen years ago)

lol my bad

― bien-pensant vibe (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:16 (fourteen years ago)

voted paris, can't really fuck w/ the quality of life

'least favorite' might actually bring a more interesting result

― iatee, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:20 (fourteen years ago)

Cairo appears to be the only African city listed

― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:21 (fourteen years ago)

baffled at anyone who doesnt vote for new york here

― max, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:29 (fourteen years ago)

'Cause you can't be bothered to look down the list?

― Le mépris vient de la tête, la haine vient du cœur (Michael White), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)

yr favorite 'tier 1' world city

comfortable victory for london^^

― history mayne, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:32 (fourteen years ago)

ya but that was only because it didn't have to compete w/ houston

― iatee, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:33 (fourteen years ago)

or the great diverse metropolis that is munich

― history mayne, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:34 (fourteen years ago)

god who the fuck cares

― gtfopocalypse (dan m), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:55 (fourteen years ago)

dunno if there's a more overdone pointless argument in all of ilxdom

― gtfopocalypse (dan m), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:56 (fourteen years ago)

you have not been keeping up on current events my friend

― omar little, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:57 (fourteen years ago)

out of the ones I've been to my favorite is Berlin but out of the one's I've lived in I'd vote London.

baffled at anyone who doesnt vote for new york here
― max, Friday, February 4, 2011 2:29 PM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark

I love NY and miss it a lot. It's great to visit but I wouldn't want to live in the city ever again at this point in my life. It's just too much in so many ways.

― ENBB, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:19 (fourteen years ago)

err one's no apostrophe

― ENBB, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)

ones rather

ffs

― ENBB, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:20 (fourteen years ago)

the question isnt "which is the cutest lil city to live in" its which is AWESOMEST

― max, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:21 (fourteen years ago)

amsterdam has tall chicks on bikes iirc

― mookieproof, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:22 (fourteen years ago)

hmmmmmmm New York is certainly extremely awesome but I don't know.

― ENBB, Friday, 4 February 2011 20:24 (fourteen years ago)

where the hell is orlando

― i guess you are the fattest and the ugliest (Matt P), Friday, 4 February 2011 20:26 (fourteen years ago)

disney world is pretty fucking global iirc

― i guess you are the fattest and the ugliest (Matt P), Friday, 4 February 2011 20:27 (fourteen years ago)

oh wait that's "lake buena vista"

― i guess you are the fattest and the ugliest (Matt P), Friday, 4 February 2011 20:31 (fourteen years ago)

I'm voting Cairo in solidarity. Not that I've ever been there or know anything about it, mind you.

― emil.y, Saturday, 5 February 2011 06:29 (fourteen years ago)

i wish there was a city on this list i hadnt heard of, then i would vote for it, the world is just too small

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 5 February 2011 06:40 (fourteen years ago)

vote r'lyeh

― My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 5 February 2011 06:49 (fourteen years ago)

r'lyeh does not need your pathetic vote

― max, Saturday, 5 February 2011 15:17 (fourteen years ago)

barcelona

― Bernard V. O'Hare (dog latin), Saturday, 5 February 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)

Istanbul!

― kate78, Saturday, 5 February 2011 16:26 (fourteen years ago)

r'lyeh isnt one of the choices guys! i voted mexico city

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 5 February 2011 16:27 (fourteen years ago)

had a dream about living in Singapore recently, it was awesome.

― zappi, Saturday, 5 February 2011 16:30 (fourteen years ago)

Singapore has lots of that no-gum-on-the-sidewalks awesomeness!!

― Aimless, Saturday, 5 February 2011 17:53 (fourteen years ago)

so does Lake Buena Vista

― i guess you are the fattest and the ugliest (Matt P), Saturday, 5 February 2011 17:59 (fourteen years ago)

can't not rep for home city KL, even though it sucks.

― Roz, Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:07 (fourteen years ago)

Lee Kuan Yew vs Walt Disney: FITE! (a partly posthumous anal-retentive grapplefest)

― Aimless, Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:10 (fourteen years ago)

voted Osaka, because it's very nice and because noöne else will

― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:19 (fourteen years ago)

Osaka got game:

http://patrickmacias.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/03/17/pika.jpg

― Aimless, Saturday, 5 February 2011 18:24 (fourteen years ago)

Berlin obv

― groovemaaan, Saturday, 5 February 2011 19:33 (fourteen years ago)

Istanbul has FERRIES:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2874749327_f7febe93b3.jpg

― Aimless, Saturday, 5 February 2011 20:38 (fourteen years ago)

Shanghai's a remarkable city - it's a bit like a nicer version of Bladerunner.

― ShariVari, Saturday, 5 February 2011 21:35 (fourteen years ago)

I have been to 17 of these and changed planes in 3 others.

― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 5 February 2011 23:22 (fourteen years ago)

wow

― ice cr?m, Sunday, 6 February 2011 00:53 (fourteen years ago)

houston and boston are global cities? WTF?!?

― Political Unrest Stabilizes Society Yeah (Eisbaer), Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:27 (fourteen years ago)

i may be the only person who voted for Stockholm ... i really loved that city.

― Political Unrest Stabilizes Society Yeah (Eisbaer), Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:37 (fourteen years ago)

Houston as much of a global city as Stockholm, tbf

― ryan, Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:39 (fourteen years ago)

i think you're right -- maybe Houston is MORE of a global city (given its rather strategic location and all that). but it still seems odd to consider Houston a global city.

― Political Unrest Stabilizes Society Yeah (Eisbaer), Sunday, 6 February 2011 01:59 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:01 (fourteen years ago)

Don't like big cities as a general rule. Voted Brussels though.

― Pisle of dogs (seandalai), Thursday, 10 February 2011 00:38 (fourteen years ago)

Incapable of clicking anything but London in this type of poll.

― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Thursday, 10 February 2011 01:32 (fourteen years ago)

all these cities are on the globe

― ice cr?m, Thursday, 10 February 2011 02:33 (fourteen years ago)

Never been to any of these:

Sydney
Seoul
Beijing
Berlin
Shanghai
Dubai
Istanbul
Cairo
Dublin
New Delhi
Mumbai
Tel Aviv

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 10 February 2011 03:09 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Friday, 11 February 2011 00:01 (fourteen years ago)

Haha, I'm kind of glad that Chicago beat out New York!

― first it smells like donuts, then it smells like don't ask (askance johnson), Friday, 11 February 2011 00:17 (fourteen years ago)

cos it's true.

― kate78, Friday, 11 February 2011 00:20 (fourteen years ago)

LA did better than expected maybe

― iatee, Friday, 11 February 2011 00:42 (fourteen years ago)

anyone voting for Rome is pretty wtf tho

― iatee, Friday, 11 February 2011 00:42 (fourteen years ago)

they might just be really old

― ice cr?m, Friday, 11 February 2011 00:45 (fourteen years ago)

wtf were you thinking aimless

― iatee, Friday, 11 February 2011 00:47 (fourteen years ago)

Hmm, never been to Rome, but I feel pretty sure that it must be awesome?

― first it smells like donuts, then it smells like don't ask (askance johnson), Friday, 11 February 2011 00:57 (fourteen years ago)

I lived there for a little while. It really isn't.

― kate78, Friday, 11 February 2011 00:58 (fourteen years ago)

Yeah, Italy's all about the smaller cities.

― Inevitable stupid dubstep mix (chap), Friday, 11 February 2011 01:13 (fourteen years ago)

Rome is definitely high on my list of cities I was dreading going and ended up having a pretty great time. Only been once, for 8 days.

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Friday, 11 February 2011 01:13 (fourteen years ago)

Dear Melbourne: where are you?

― moley, Friday, 11 February 2011 01:19 (fourteen years ago)

Rome is no genoa.

Chicago is a global city?

― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Friday, 11 February 2011 01:23 (fourteen years ago)

wtf were you thinking aimless

In refernce to istanbul? or singapore? or osaka? my vote was for istanbul, btw. I meant it about bosphorus awesomeness and those ferries!

― Aimless, Friday, 11 February 2011 01:29 (fourteen years ago)

no it was in reference to icy's suggestion that ilx rome voters 'might just be really old'

― iatee, Friday, 11 February 2011 01:32 (fourteen years ago)

old? yes. addled? no.

― Aimless, Friday, 11 February 2011 01:35 (fourteen years ago)

I stand with Aimless and Istanbul.

― kate78, Friday, 11 February 2011 02:01 (fourteen years ago)

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