27-11-2003 03:30									#1
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What country, city, or town have you visited/lived in and absolutely fallen in love with the place? Why?

Toronto

For five years, I lived outside of this city and took every chance I could to go to it. The shopping, the trendiness, the unthinking acceptance of diversity, and so much more made me love it. A safe, clean city that has whatever you're looking for. Including the CN tower, which is just damn impressive. The little neighbourhoods that spill out into each other, each distinctive yet part of the greater city itself. Greekville, Chinatown, Little India. The feeling that, forget the rest of Canada, this is where it's all happening. SARSstock alone would have made me love the place. 500,000 people crowded into one place and everyone being smiley and happy. I made some friends in Toronto that I'll never forget.

(We'll ignore the fact that it's a magnet for tropical diseases)

Edinburgh

A three day trip with friends with only 1.5 days actually spent in the city but still, I wanna live here. It's beautiful. So much in fact that it takes your breath away. That and the cold. Proper winters, not the rain drenched grey I get in England! So many green spaces and rocky hills that the city feels less built up than it actually is. The wonderful eclectic mix of sushi bars and Italian coffee shops next to each other, sharing the same 19th century Scottish building. Damn fine shopping. Damn fine pubs.

Hell, I'd move up there just for café Chocolate Soup.

	27-11-2003 04:12									#2
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Toronto?!? I hate that city...I really hate that city. Poeple are snotty, bad tempered, really not welcoming, the city is ugly and badly managed.

I hate Toronto.

I loved Strasbourg in France, I loved swizerland all around. I also loved Cancun.

My next stop is Japan for sure. I cant wait.

Spec.

	27-11-2003 04:30									#3
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San Francisco is probably my favorite US city, so far anyway.

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The village I grew up in. Despite being only a few miles off the highway outside of guelph, it remains a small village of only a few hundred. Lots of hiking trails, hills to climb, and forests to explore, and the main street goes over an island in between two rivers. Great place to grow up as a kid. There was also an anual writers festival which basically turned the village into a giant party, with several times it's own population coming to listen to poetry and story readings.

It's been a while since I've been there, though... But I've been told that the urban sprawl has yet to reach it.

	27-11-2003 04:47									#5
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Prague

I absolutely worship Prague. Ever since I first visited it, I have been obsessed with it. Fortunately for me, I always have to stop at Prague in order to fly to visit my family.

The city is just so impossibly beautiful, and so ancient that it's hard to really think of specific reasons for why I love the city. I just felt, after the first few days I was there, that this was the place I've always wanted to be. Everyone should walk across Karlovi Most in the evening at least once in their lifetime. It's a scene of unforgetable beauty.

	27-11-2003 05:00									#6
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I'm picking Atlanta. Some parts of London and Paris are nice as well.

	27-11-2003 05:42									#7
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quote: I lost my heart in.....

... El Segundo

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Adelaide: Fantastic. enough said

Copenhagen: Wonderful Copenhagen. Probalby the nicest European capital city.

Malta: crowded and dirty, but still very charming. The whole island oozes of history.

	27-11-2003 05:56									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten quote: I lost my heart in..... ... El Segundo

What sort of sick twisted response is that?

	27-11-2003 06:45									#10
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San Francisco - where I used to live.

Shanghai - where I live now.

Two magnificent cities.

	27-11-2003 06:52									#11
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quote: San Francisco is probably my favorite US city, so far anyway.

It's a nice town to visit, but damn does it cost a lot... I want out!!!!

My Favorite town? -> San Antonio

Clean, fun, plenty of bars, Texans, and hot chicks...

Oh!

Hot Chicks, you can't beat Vancuver... Here we don't have full nudity strip clubs either, but there...ahhh

I guess I'd have to go with those two so far. My father-in-law loves Savanah, and we both seem to like the same places; Moro Bay and San Diego at that.

Though, my wife wants to move to Charolite Amile... But, hey, who wouldn't...

Good Question.

	27-11-2003 06:55									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Japher It's a nice town to visit, but damn does it cost a lot... I want out!!!! My Favorite town? -> San Antonio Clean, fun, plenty of bars, Texans, and hot chicks...

Someone in San Francisco saying San Antonio is their favorite town.

Meanwhile, someone in San Antonio(me) was about to say that San Francisco was one of his favorite towns.

Go figure.

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	27-11-2003 06:56									#13
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Whose in SA?

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I am.

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Really? I had no Idea, strange...

You gots a nice town, perhaps there is something in common with the Bay Area and SA?...

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Bayreuth is probably the most idyllic city I've ever been to and you can almost feel the history and culture in the air. Cool.

For bigger cities, I think Munich... something with wide streets and squares. Not that claustrophobical feeling you get in Florence and other southern cities.

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quote: Originally posted by Japher Really? I had no Idea, strange... You gots a nice town, perhaps there is something in common with the Bay Area and SA?...

Not really, I think it's more the "change of pace", so to speak.

Besides I'm originally from Utah, so both places are better than my hometown....



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I wish I have been to Europe more... I have only been once, and that was only for four weeks...

When I look for idealic towns, I think I look for different things than most ppl do, at least you ppl... I look for a good place to raise a family; schools, crime, price, history, museums, sport focus, activities in general, and town pride....

I think that is what StarChild meant by "Why?"

SF has great history, museums, and sports... Yet the price and crime are awful, that's why I like SF... Plus, I'd exchange Mexicans for Chinese any day, no offense, but I just love Mexican food and culture a lot more...

	27-11-2003 07:04									#19
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quote: What sort of sick twisted response is that?

It's a reference that none of you geeks are likely to get.

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El Segundo? The Second? Is that a town, or are you just being silly...

	27-11-2003 07:17									#21
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quote: El Segundo? The Second? Is that a town, or are you just being silly...

Found on the mysterious "Google"...

http://www.elsegundo.org/

	27-11-2003 07:27									#22
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siena

also, I'd really love to live in Boston, if I had a high paying job

	27-11-2003 07:39									#23
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1) Paris, France: There is nothing to say. It's a awesome city. The architecture of the old buildings is beautiful.

2) Viña del Mar, Chile: My home city. Is a beautiful city located in the coast of central Chile. Founded in the early XIX century, was born to become a residencial area of the city-port of Valparaíso but soon it grew very fast due to all the vineyards near the city (the name Viña del Mar, means Vineyard of the Sea).
Today Viña del Mar is the third biggest city in Chile, the capital of Chilean tourism, with a strong finnacial center and it is a importan cultural center of the Nation.

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	27-11-2003 07:40									#24
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i'm not well traveled, i'm afraid. still haven't found a place i "lost my heart in", but the long island beaches at 4am aren't too bad.

	27-11-2003 07:42									#25
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Somersworth, New Hampshire.

But she doesn't live there anymore.

	27-11-2003 08:42									#26
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I am not attached to any particular cities. I am only attached to a very special person

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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten quote: What sort of sick twisted response is that? It's a reference that none of you geeks are likely to get.

Look... I live in Southern California and I've been to El Segundo. Thus my response about it being sick and twisted.

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Sydney, Aus. or Las Vegas, NV.

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PITTSBURGH!

	27-11-2003 11:34									#30
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I ride New York all night long!