Your top 3 favourite cities in the world?

[Mark in Oshawa]

Montreal
Sydney
Hong Kong

You cant pick your hometown Schmenke...you cannot be objective about your hometown. That said, Montreal would be on a lot of people's lists.


I am going to take out of the three I have been to, Honolulu, Vancouver, Boston.

My three dream cities? Sydney, London, and Copenhagen.

[Valve Bounce]

Melbourne, where they play footy,

Denver, near Vail

Vancouver, near Whistler & Blackcombe.

[Mark in Oshawa]

Melbourne and Calgary would be my bubbling under cities for each category....Calgary I have been to and love, and Melbourne so I could watch the AFL grand final someday....

[BeansBeansBeans]

Of the cities I've visited I'd say Liverpool, Edinburgh and Toronto.

[DexDexter]

I'll only rate cities I've actually been to.
1. Coeur d'Alene
2. Quebec
3. Seoul

The many other cities were I've had an opportunity to stop were just cities, with nothing really special about them.

That was my original idea.

[Valve Bounce]

I do have to admit that Sydney isn't too bad; here's a scene from Bondi Beach:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnaOkHfZ1vE

[A.F.F.]

My choice is:

Edinburgh
Paris
Los Angeles

All of them very different from each others but unbelievable fascinating cities in where I met nothing but nice people

[pino]

Sanremo
Jyvaskÿla
Hagfors

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[Camelopard]

I don't understand the fascination with Sydney unless you live on the harbour or even more unlikely on the beach. You have to put up with congested roads and an abysmal public transport system.

Due to government incompetence and corporate greed it has one of the most expensive tollways in the world in the cross city tunnel, the airport is a joke, rivaling Heathrow and LA as the most inefficient airports in the world.

Air pollution is a real concern, the lack of water will become a major issue soon as well, you do realise that they still close beaches because the sh*t that is pumped offshore returns under certain circumstances to the "world's best beaches"?, yay to swimming in other people's crap! You guys have been watching way too many Paul Hogan commercials!

It does however have good restaurants and bookshops, so I don't mind visiting there occasionally, mind you where I stay at my sisters house in Birchgrove has uninterrupted views of the harbour, so she is one of the lucky ones!

Sydney, one of my top three? I don't think so!

Which cities would I rate in my top three? That is a too hard a question as it depends on what criteria you base your choices on! Certainly not Barcelona, I did not feel safe there at all, same for most 'merican cities, I've felt safer walking around Nairobi and Lagos than most large US cities, with the possible exception of Seattle. Honolulu was a first rate dump, flotsam and jetsam territory! Miami, well put it this way, I don't think I'll ever bother crossing Florida's state lines again! (vop, you can keep it all to yourself!)

North American cities I like are San Francisco, Vancouver and Victoria, Winterpeg was way too cold!

Cities in Asia? Bangkok would be top of the list for nightlife, Singapore rates the cleanest city in the world even if it is a police state. KL is a bit hit and miss.

Again cities in India, it depends what you want, food, entertainment? then Bombay, Calcutta just for the experience.

Kathmandu? I first wanted to go there when I heard Bob Seger's song and I don't regret doing that however now it is a good place to be a rich tourist.

Kabul was fun in the late seventies until the soviets and the west f*cked it up along with a lot of Pakistan.

China and her cities now? I don't know, I was there in there in the mid eighties when things were starting to change and 'greed is good' became the mantra, so I will reserve judgment until I've been back.

London was/is a good place to make a buck and enjoy yourself, again as long as you have lot's of money.

I've had fun in Scandinavian cities like Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki, very safe, people actually respect you and are not out to rip you off to within an inch of your life.

My favourite cities in Europe would probably be Berlin, Dresden and Leipzig, vibrant full on cities where you can really have fun without risking life and limb!

My favourite other European city would be Paris, closely followed by Amsterdam, cities in Europe to forget in my opinion are Rome and Athens, out to milk a tourist for everything they have.

Top of the list of other cities I have enjoyed would be Damascus, lot's of history, laid back, exceptional food and very friendly people.

There are still lot's of cities to visit before I can make a decision, again it will come down to what you want from a place and what you hope it will give you.

Innsbruck, Berlin & Istanbul.