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Haifa and Angeles City are not the 2nd city in their country.
I view Jerusalem as its own thing, a hybrid territory both in Israel and Palestine. The city is subdivided into quarters and has areas of its territory (both city and suburbs) that are in both Israel and Palestine (the West Bank).
Anyhow, I was talking about them in the context of their metropolitan areas as it is.
Both Israel and Palestine also claim Jerusalem to be the capital of their states, officially unrecognized so by the United Nations, for both countries. If you view Jerusalem as solely an Israeli city, that's fine, that in all likelihood would bump Haifa down to third in Israel. If you view it as a disputed territory between two states, then it will exist as an aberration and not the norm of the region.
What place (metropolitan area) aside from Manila is larger than Angeles City in the Philippines? I was under the impression that practically every large city in the Philippines with more than a million people was apart of Metro Manila? Leaving Angeles as the next largest metropolitan area in the Philippines.
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What place (metropolitan area) aside from Manila is larger than Angeles City in the Philippines? I was under the impression that practically every large city in the Philippines with more than a million people was apart of Metro Manila? Leaving Angeles as the next largest metropolitan area in the Philippines.
Brisbane and Auckland are both in the middle of no where so I wouldn't consider them. That said if I was forced to I would pick Auckland in a heart beat. I hear it's a very nice city and I have NEVER heard anybody say anything good about Brisbane.
Tel Aviv and Haifa would be out of the question due to the political/religious/social turmoil.
For me it would come down to Valencia or Nice. I think I would probably enjoy Valencia more but being Canadian I speak some French so I would pick Nice.
Brisbane and Auckland are both in the middle of no where so I wouldn't consider them. That said if I was forced to I would pick Auckland in a heart beat. I hear it's a very nice city and I have NEVER heard anybody say anything good about Brisbane.
Brisbane certainly does have its good points, and its close to the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast as a bonus. I've no idea why its such a troll magnet...... I suspect most of the naysayers have never actually been there.
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Brisbane and Auckland are both in the middle of no where so I wouldn't consider them. That said if I was forced to I would pick Auckland in a heart beat. I hear it's a very nice city and I have NEVER heard anybody say anything good about Brisbane.
Tel Aviv and Haifa would be out of the question due to the political/religious/social turmoil.
For me it would come down to Valencia or Nice. I think I would probably enjoy Valencia more but being Canadian I speak some French so I would pick Nice.
Australia is technically less isolated than Western North America and has close enough not too far away proximity to enough places. Southeast Asia(Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam), Oceania Islands (Fiji, New Caledonia), and New Zealand. Brisbane is certainly not in the middle of nowhere near Gold Coast, Sydney, and Melbourne. Not a Perth.
Israel straight up seems too dangerous lately, and too corrupted with hostile neighbors.
Valencia is more spontaneous, and unknown compared with the tourist star area of Nice France maybe getting too much attention occasionally. I bet Valencia's nightlife is better, yet there is mutual understanding why Nice France might get chosen before Valencia.
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Brisbane certainly does have its good points, and its close to the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast as a bonus. I've no idea why its such a troll magnet...... I suspect most of the naysayers have never actually been there.
Wow, you are right. Brisbane is a really attractive city in some ways. Tons of underrated features on the city, and more urban than expected. A tropical metropolis aura, and Brisbane offers tons of top end urban amenities, even if not Melbourne or Sydney. Gold Coast to Cairns is in immediate close proximity of Brisbane, and probably my 3rd favorite city in Australia. Lots of character, not overly sterile at all.
The same situation occurs with Milan Italy. I never understand why anyone would ever insult Milan when this city is incredibly underrated, and lovely, even occasionally utopian. Must be jealous Southern Italians wanting the wealth of allure on Milan, people just not visiting, or honestly to acknowledge this city is one of the best, and most remarkable in Europe.
Not sure if the guy talking about Brisbane is serious? I mean you hear about Brisbane and how it's so great so if anything it might be slightly overrated from a weather standpoint and in other areas, I think Cape Town would be superior to Brisbane in terms of climate for warm weather at least. I don't see many Brisbane naysayers, it's actually the opposite.
Anyways, if I had to choose between the choices then I'd take Auckland. I think it has the one the best settings for a city with all the islands and rolling hills as well mountains in the general vicinity and not to forget the water color around all those topographical features. It could be sunnier but at least it isn't that nasty lowland tropical heat that is hard to escape from... Nice and Valencia are great but I'd probably take Auckland over them.
I'd take Auckland's location over Rio, I know go ahead and kill me for that. I figured all the positive press for Auckland would bring out lots of people hating on it.
Valencia just because Spain is my favorite country in the world. It would be my 4th choice to live in Spain though after 1) Madrid, 2) Malaga, 3) Barcelona. But I would take anywhere in Spain to live over any other city on earth. I love everything Spanish so it's not even worth it to type everything out.
Tel Aviv would be next. I visited summer 2014 and even with the whole hiding from rockets thing, I still loved the city. It has such a vibe to it that I've never experienced outside of Spain. Extremely friendly people. And probably the best beach I've ever been to.
Brisbane because it's Australia.
Nice is this low because I don't like the French language at all and am quite adverse to learning it. It's basically next in line since I speak Spanish, Italian, and understand a good amount of Portuguese. But I'm just very biased against France and French and don't really care what people think about my opinion lol. But I still like it over the other options.
Haifa would be next. Not as fun as Tel Aviv but with all the danger.
Auckland would have to be last just because it's way too isolated for me. At least Brisbane is actually in Australia and closer to other Australian things. NZ seems like a very isolated place to me.
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I suspect most of the naysayers have never actually been there.
Not a Perth.
Tons of underrated features on the city, and more urban than expected. A tropical metropolis aura, and Brisbane offers tons of top end urban amenities, even if not Melbourne or Sydney. Gold Coast to Cairns is in immediate close proximity of Brisbane, and probably my 3rd favorite city in Australia. Lots of character, not overly sterile at all.
when this city is incredibly underrated, and lovely, even occasionally utopian. Must be jealous Southern Italians wanting the wealth of allure on Milan
, people just not visiting, or honestly to acknowledge this city is one of the best, and most remarkable in Europe.
