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Call me biased, but I think Cleveland is quite a beautiful city, with the backdrop of the lake, the many unique bridges crossing the Cuyahoga, all the trees (one of our nicknames is The Forest City), the significant and historic architecture. I don't know if it's the most beautiful in the country, but it's definitely up there, at least for me.
NYC gets pretty underrated in beauty. It's easily the best in the US in urban built environment. And on top of that it has Long Island, Jersey SHore, The Palisades, Hudson River Valley all near by for natural beauty as well as the highest acre of parkland both by raw land and percenatge than any other major city.
I feel that it gets a pretty unfair bad rep for being "dirty" which it really isn't that much anymore. This ain't the 80's anymore. It's cleaned up quite a lot now. But some people can't seem to get rid of old stereotypes.
Even though NYC has cleaned up a bit, it still dirty, in your face compact, rude and prude. At the street level NYC is ugly even with diverse architectural styles and elements, it just does not help. However from certain vantage points and vista NYC can be very beautiful. Even the cities best neighborhoods are dirty to some extent, but however some areas of the city do have plenty of character dirty or not.
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Originally Posted by Fitzrovian
Many people (especially foreigners) do not find NYC beautiful at street level. It's dirty, it's loud, it's crowded... it's too "in your face". Which is fair enough, I suppose. You certainly wouldnt call NYC (or at least most of it) cute and charming. There are some historic and picturesque neighborhoods downtown and in Brooklyn, but there is nothing quite on the level of Beacon Hill and Back Bay in Boston or Society Hill in Philadelphia (let alone European capitals).
On the other hand the city has an amazing skyline (and plenty of viewpoints to enjoy it from), tremendous variety of architectural styles and some beautiful nature in and close to the city. So it depends on your definition of beauty.
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San Francisco is the number one most beautiful city in the US. No debate.
Next are Seattle, San Diego, Boston, Denver and Los Angeles.
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