The greatest city in the world????

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by taylan007, Nov 23, 2005.

  1. taylan007 Madman Registered Senior Member

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    You see one of the great things about london is it has aspects of other contries incorparated into it, for example weve got little india(south hall), little Istambul(Haringey), Little Marrakesh(Ladbroke grove),Little China(Soho), Little Jamaica(Brixton/tottenham, argueably) ect.ect. Traveling from one side to the other it seems like traveling the world, even the weather seems different in those places. I confess some citys are more pleasing to visit but you have to live in London to experience its true beauty.
     
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  3. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    Huh. I thought the East Side was the fun side. Cosmopolitan, mysterious, up all night. The rest of Vancouver is so orderly, so tidy, so responsible... so Canadian.

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  5. Ophiolite Valued Senior Member

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    Fog!! What century are you living in kid?
     
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  7. Von Chav Gold chains & Stella!! Registered Senior Member

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    I'm tied between Prague, Beijing and Montreal. Hmmm Beijing it is! (Simply because I bought 10 beers for £2!)
     
  8. analbeads "loosen up" Registered Senior Member

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    Vancouver, San Francisco, or Seattle

    Marquette, MI is also a great "city"- population 30,000, located on Lake Superior, the largest body of freshwater in the world. Please visit and spend your money, but don't move here

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  9. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    If you're going to rank cities by "greatness", what are the criteria?

    Size?
    Cost of living?
    Availability of recreational activities?
    Commerce?
    Night life?
    Amount of parkland?
    Proximity to other places?
    Fame of the people who live there?

    There are many ways to slice and dice cities.
     
  10. taylan007 Madman Registered Senior Member

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    That sounds about right kind of criteria to rate them in lets rate the cities out of 10 for these factors

    For london my opinoin would be

    Size : 8/10
    Cost of living : 3/10
    Availability of recreational activities :10/10
    Commerce : 8/10
    Night life :10/10
    Amount of parkland : 5/10
    Proximity to other places : 7/10
    Fame of the people who live there :9/10
    City fame :10/10
    Famous land marks :8/10
    Weather :6/10

    If any one wants to add anything else to rank at feel free to do so
     
  11. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    Wouldn't London be 10/10 for size? It's one of the world's biggest cities.

    Anyway...

    I'll put in a ranking for Melbourne, Australia:

    Size : 7/10
    Cost of living : 8/10
    Availability of recreational activities :8/10
    Commerce : 8/10
    Night life : 9/10
    Amount of parkland : 9/10
    Proximity to other places : 6/10
    Fame of the people who live there : 5/10
    City fame : 4/10
    Famous land marks : 2/10
    Weather : 8/10
     
  12. valich Registered Senior Member

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    Weather 6/10, now 8/10. Why? London is notorious for it's rainy days and lately called by some as "pea-souper" fog. There's even a website: londonfog.com (a blank page)?

    Average annual rainfall exceeds 2000 mm.
    Todays forecast: "Cloudy spells tonight with scattered rain and wintery showers."

    Travel advisories state that "although it doesn't rain every day in London, make sure that you bring rain gear."

    So far the consensus is for Vancouver.
     
  13. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    A recent survey (2005) by the Economist Intelligence Unit lists Vancouver as the world's most desirable place to live, among 127 cities.

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    Other top-ranking Canadian cities were Toronto, Calgary and Montreal.

    Australia also fared well in the survey by the London-based group, with Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney scoring high marks along with Vienna, Austria, and Geneva and Zurich in Switzerland.

    The EIU study assessed nearly 40 indicators in five broad categories -- stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.

    "In the current global political climate, it is no surprise that the most desirable destinations are those with a lower perceived threat of terrorism," said Jon Copestake, editor of the report.

    Joining Port Moresby at the bottom of the list were Algiers, Algeria, and Dhaka, Bangladesh. Karachi, Pakistan, and Lagos, Nigeria, also ranked poorly. The EIU said 10 cities -- all in Asia, Africa or the Middle East -- had aspects of daily life that "present challenges."

    By contrast, the EIU said 63 cities fell into the top livability bracket.

    "This reflects the fact that many global business centers have a developed infrastructure and widespread availability," the report states. "Still, the overwhelming majority of cities in the top livability range are based in western Europe and North America."

    The report said Canada, "with low crime, little threat from instability or terrorism and a highly developed infrastructure," is the most livable destination in the world.

    "Although higher crime rates and a greater threat of terror puts U.S. cities below those of Canada, U.S. cities are still among the world's most livable." Cleveland and Pittsburgh had the highest American scores.

    Only three cities in eastern Europe fall into this bracket along with 13 cities from Asia, the EUI said."
     
  14. Hapsburg Hellenistic polytheist Valued Senior Member

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    Are you hindu or something? You must have been ressurected three or four times, man.
     
  15. stretched a junkie's broken promise Valued Senior Member

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    Hi Fraggle,

    Yep, Tab`s right. Pronounced "Mewzo". I could tell you played though. I was just curious. Your nik was bit of a giveaway, also you seem to know your way around music. Neil Young is one of my all time faves. "Out on the weekend" was my door into his music. Never looked back. Went on to cover some of his stuff.
     
  16. stretched a junkie's broken promise Valued Senior Member

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    Kotoko,

    If you prefer Sydney over Cape Town were gonna have to talk.
     
  17. android nothing human inside Registered Senior Member

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    Oxymoronic: great city. Cities suck.
     
  18. Xylene Valued Senior Member

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    I'd agree--mostly because of being born there.
     
  19. alain du hast mich Registered Senior Member

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    smog, 100 mc donalds, traffic, shit whether - london has it all.

    the best city i have been to, or even learnt much about secondhand, is the city of the blue mountains.
    it has going for it;
    a low population density
    immense areas of protected nature
    friendly people
    no crime to speak of
     
  20. Baron Max Registered Senior Member

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    ...LOL! I agree wholeheartedly! Give me the wide open countryside any day of the week. Cities mean lots of people, and people suck giant donkey dicks!

    Baron Max
     
  21. taylan007 Madman Registered Senior Member

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    You sure that wasnt a villiage????
    Can a city like that realy exist??? which movie did you see that in???
     
  22. taylan007 Madman Registered Senior Member

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    What makes you think the cities want you villiage boy???

    I know what you mean thought, people in cities aint too friendly. But its just on of those things you get used to, i some times find it wierd when some one is nice to me but understand why when i realise my vallet's gone missing
     
  23. taylan007 Madman Registered Senior Member

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    OK! OK!! So the weather isnt that good, i get the point. but the marks ive given are my own opinion the , if you wanna give it your own marks you welcome to do so.

    You see its the rainy days that make the hot days so special in london.

    Ohh yeah forgot to add one more thing to the criteria to be marked on

    Girls : 10/10
     

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