If you could live in any international city you wanted....

[La_Serpiente]

Poll question: If you could live in any international city you wanted....

which would you live in?

[trotsky]

1. Other

Prague, Czech Republic.

[rogerashton]

2. But why isn't Venice on the list?

Or Florence, for that matter? Barcelona?

[La_Serpiente]

8. I only had ten choices

[On the Road]

13. Barcelona -- That Would be My Choice

although I voted for Rome

[bratcatinok]

3. I chose New York

as my primary residence but if I had the money, I'd have a home in each of the cities you named. If I couldn't have a home in each then I'd want a home in NYC, London and Cairo.

[funkyflathead]

4. Granada Spain

Very liberal and progressive city. Situatied right below the Sierra Nevada Mtns. Good restaurants. Great architecture.

[BurtWorm]

25. Me too!

I love Granada. Seville is another great Andalusian city. But there's something old-souled about Granada that appeals to me.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. Wellington, NZ.

It's like a village with skyscrapers.

[dpbrown]

34. I liked Wellington

And it's not far from sea kayaking on the south island.

Dan Brown
Saint Paul, Minnesota

[Garage Queen]

6. Other

Salzburg, Austria. Such a beautiful city.

And, believe it or not, the hills are alive with the sound of music ...

[SiobhanClancy]

7. Dublin or Amsterdam...n/t

[meegbear]

9. Montreal

Toronto is too "Americanized" for me (though one can argue that about Montreal).

[bif]

39. I second that choice

What a great city!

[XNASA]

42. Oui. I'd love to live in Montreal.

We're thinking of spending our 20th Anniverary there, next year.

[Kellanved]

10. what ? Berlin isn't an option?

Well; it's NYC for me in either case.

[since72]

11. Venice Italy

Should be on the list. It is one of the most beautiful and unique (inhabited)places on the planet. Historical, full of great art and architecture, home of Vivaldi, great food, interesting people and to top it off not a car or motorcycle to be seen or heard. For someone like myself who has lived in So Calif. all my life, it is heaven.

[newyawker99]

29. Hi since72!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[leftofthedial]

12. Berlin, Lisbon or Prague

I'd guess.

[Spazito]

14. Barcelona or Venice, both awesome places!

*

[xchrom]

15. i voted london

because it's amazingly young and ethnically mixed.
but i adore europe in general -- and i'd be very conflicted if i had the means to choose.
i want to see eastern europe before i really make up my mind.
but it's fun to fantasize.

[supernova]

16. Several - but on top is Vienna

Been to Berlin, Vienna, and Prague. Loved them all for different reasons. Vienna and Prague are very sentimental to me.

London and Paris would be good choices too.

I could be happy in any of those cities. Out of them all, I'd choose Vienna. It's lovely and I feel at home there.

[Tracer]

17. Madrid

A fine, cosmopolitan city.

[lapislzi]

18. Other

My heart has long belonged to Cape Town. Beautiful small city, reasonably progressive population.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

19. I'd rather die in New York

than live anywhere else

[Melsky]

20. Toronto

My husband has a job interview there on Wednesday! We spent our honeymoon there and it's always been one of my favorite cities.

[Beaker]

21. Honolulu, Cairns, or Perth

nt

[liberalhistorian]

22. Considering that I love Canada and

plan to move the kid and myself there next year if things don't go our way (if we don't get rid of the Diebold Machines, aka "You vote, we'll decide", I fear that it will be all too easy for Shrub to maintain power no matter what the people want), I chose Toronto. Beautiful city, great culture, wonderful people, etc., etc. I've already begun the preliminary planning stages (anyone wanna teach me French so I can score even higher on their Skilled Worker Immigration test)?

[hlthe2b]

23. I have lived a while in Cairo...

While incredibly chaotic, crowded, polluted, and generally crazy, it was absolutely exhilerating.

(Do NOT go, if you have never visited the third world and want everything to be like the Holiday Inn across town).

[Quahog]

24. Singapore

It's worth enduring the somewhat intrusive laws (no spitting on the sidewalk, censorship of entertainment) to live in a city with a high standard of living and a diverse and challenging cultural mix. Chinese, Hindu and Maylay cultures are all represented in neighborhoods that are so ethnically "pure" (sorry) that it's very much like traveling to the countries of origin. Then there's the Nonya Baba culture, which is a mixture of Chinese and Maylay and fascinating in its own right. You could spend a lifetime studying language here, or Asian art/music/history, or cuisine. When you get culturally overloaded, there's a sizeable community of English-speaking white folks wherein you may hide out for a while.

In the interest of keeping a respectful, non-sexist forum environment, I will refrain from sinking into a discussion of Singaporean women.

[Andy_Stephenson]

26. Frankfurt or

Munich

[DrFunkenstein]

27. Sao Paulo?

Sao Paulo has nothing on Rio de Janeiro (which would be my vote).

[Lydia Leftcoast]

28. Tokyo

Ugly but safe, and friendly if you can live in one of the "urban village" neighborhoods and become a regular at various businesses. Probably the best public transit in the world and all the modern conveniences, but little unexpected pockets of tradition that are all the more delightful because you don't expect them. Staid, uptight traditions coexist with off-kilter wackiness.

A couple of hours on the train can take you to remote villages surrounded by rice paddies or historic cities. China, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong are only a couple of hours away by air.

It has truly become an international city, not only the center of everything for Japan but also a magnet for upwardly mobile Asians and adventurous Westerners. The event listings on any given night might show kabuki, the latest American blockbuster, a French film festival, an American or British rock group, a Chinese circus, an Indonesian gamelan ensemble, a European symphony orchestra, an African worldbeat band, and a neighborhood festival that has been celebrated for four hundred years.

The population is overwhelmingly Japanese, but there are three daily English-language newspapers and English-language TV available by satellite.

Life in Tokyo is not cheap, but a lot of the horror stories you've heard are based on misunderstandings (e.g. the $150 cab ride is NOT the only way to ride the 40 miles from Narita Airport to downtown Tokyo--there's also the $17 train) or on the war stories of business travelers who automatically choose the option that looks the most like America.

Add to this the fact that I can speak the language and could most likely find a job there, and I'd move there wililngly.

[magnolia]

36. After....

...seeing the movie "Lost in Translation" (excellent, BTW) I feel like I've been to Tokyo! I love the contrast between the high-tech city and the breathtakingly beautiful country.

[Kamika]

30. Las Vegas

Or LA :D

[RC]

31. Other

Honolulu. So much to see & do within an hour or so of flying.

[Catholic Sensation]

32. Budapest

by far my favorite mainland European city. I love London too, but Budapest has less of an American influence in my eyes.

[iverglas]

33. for the Toronto fans

A sort of walking tour of the history of one of Toronto's best-known neighbourhoods, Cabbagetown:

http://www.rbebout.com/queen/mtc/2pparl.htm

Lots of pictures and analysis of the community and how it developed, with its previous generations of Anglo working class (the cabbage), misguided urban renewal, and current yuppie and low-income/immigrant population.

And of course the "trendy" gay community. ;)

Toronto is a "city of neighbourhoods", and that's one of the main keys to its success as a city.
http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/toronto_facts/maps.htm
http://www.geocities.com/p_taggett/districts.html
http://www.crwork.com/jd/shared/torontohoods.htm


Oh, and don't forget that your people did burn it down, back when it was called York, and got your White House burned down in return.

[dpbrown]

35. Prague

What a city with history. Wow.

[jeter]

37. Damnit, I meant to vote for Rome but clicked Tokyo

Me so stupid....

[RandomKoolzip]

38. Edmonton, Canada.

Because I love snow, The Canadian health care system, and relative isolation from right-wing Americans, while still speaking English.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

41. Seriously? Deadmonton? Have you ever actually been there?

The Sprawl around the Mall. Yeah, I'm biased. Not that Calgary's much better.

[RandomKoolzip]

46. If there were actual English-speaking cities in the arctic circle...

I'd live there. I want to live as far north as possible and still be able to eat fresh produce and buy CD's.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

47. Whitehorse, Yukon is quite large (25k or so) and nicer than Edmonton.

[greatauntoftriplets]

40. Dublin.

[Maeve]

44. I like Galway better

But I'd take Dublin...Cork is getting a make-over for 2005, so that would do, too!

[SiobhanClancy]

51. Galway is grand..

I prefer Dublin because I know lots of people there. But old Cork has its charms ,too:)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

43. Paris, NYC, Rome, San Fran, London or Boston

I live in one of them already, but I would LOVE to live in Paris again.

[brainshrub]

45. Where's Asheville, North Carolina?

:shrug:

[mdmc]

48. Amsterdam !!!

peace pipe city :dem:

[nickgutierrez]

52. Yep.

This would be my choice, and I don't even smoke the peace pipe :D.

[Character Assassin]

49. Oslo, Berlin, Edinburgh, Perth, Luzern.

Lived in some of these, only visited others, but they're superb for one reason or another.

[thebeaglehaslanded]

50. San Francisco, anyone? Though I've lived there, it's still my #2 to Paris.

[Undemcided]

53. Tokyo

Mmmmmmmmm .... Sushi!