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I second San Diego. It is by far the winner for the most laid back big city on the west coast of the U.S. By that extend, the West Coast is considered more laid back than the east coast to begin with, so I will take that connection to the next level and say that would make San Diego that most laid back big city in the nation.
Would people consider Honolulu laid back? If so, like San Diego, more or less?
I'd say London. Charming, old fashioned city, nothing like fast paced New York. You can go to London and feel like you're in a little quaint old village and the people are positively charming.
You crazy?!? London is absolutely one of the fastest-paced, most intense & crowded cities in the world and arguably the most in the Western world.
There are many slow-paced major cities:
- all of the US West Coast cities especially San Diego. Honolulu too
- all of the US Southern cities (slow-paced & sultry but not necessarily `laid-back` in work ethic)
- Barcelona
- all of the Latin American & Mediterranean cities in that they have some form of `siesta`time
- Kuala Lumpur & Bangkok (crowded but slow-paced)
- all of the Australian big cities
I'd say London. Charming, old fashioned city, nothing like fast paced New York. You can go to London and feel like you're in a little quaint old village and the people are positively charming.
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Originally Posted by paull805
I agree with London actually, yeah busy as most cities of it's size. But turn a corner or go to certain areas and it is positively laid back.
OK I agree with this but surely you can turn a corner in NYC and feel your in a small town?
OK I agree with this but surely you can turn a corner in NYC and feel your in a small town?
No, pretty much everywhere in NYC feels like a big city. Maybe one could argue Staten Island, but to me it feels like Jersey City on an island. I guess if you go really off the beaten path and go somewhere like City Island or Broad Channel it feels like a small fishing town.
I'd say London. Charming, old fashioned city, nothing like fast paced New York. You can go to London and feel like you're in a little quaint old village and the people are positively charming.
I know this was written 5 years ago and there isn't a point in replying but
London does not feel like a quaint old village
I spent most of my teenage years in the UK, London is not slow paced
and i wouldn't call the people charming
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