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Not sure how I missed this comment, something like over 2 years ago till now. But thanks for your response, as that really makes me want to go to Vancouver(BC) even more! And yep that Mount Royal would only be a small hill in Vancouver, lol.
What makes Montreal stand out is that the mountain (or big hill) is in the middle of the city, which is built on an island. It’s really neat how the city was built around it, and the huge church at the top, in addition to the illuminated cross, all add to it. Beaver Park on the mountain itself is a gorgeous escape from the hustle and bustle activity right below, and the vantage points from the lookouts are amazing. The mountain itself may not be much, but how it’s used certainly is quite impressive.
Try not to laugh too hard. But, a case could be made for...Rochester, NY. Well maybe not top 10, but more scenic than it commonly understood.
It has the advantage of being the most eastern great lakes city. So you get the big water setting of a Great Lakes city with more topographic variety than you find in the flatter cities. The city has a large gorge with waterfalls, sand beaches and rolling hills within the city (and immediate suburbs). Here is a video that focuses solely on the city proper. It showcases the rivers, gorge and waterfalls, the lakefront and the greenery/hills. Its relatively compact city of 36 sq miles.
For the sake of this list I'm gonna drop the population requirement to 300K. This list also takes into consideration the beauty of kind people and cultural beauty.
Try not to laugh too hard. But, a case could be made for...Rochester, NY. Well maybe not top 10, but more scenic than it commonly understood.
It has the advantage of being the most eastern great lakes city. So you get the big water setting of a Great Lakes city with more topographic variety than you find in the flatter cities. The city has a large gorge with waterfalls, sand beaches and rolling hills within the city (and immediate suburbs). Here is a video that focuses solely on the city proper. It showcases the rivers, gorge and waterfalls, the lakefront and the greenery/hills. Its relatively compact city of 36 sq miles.
Rochester NY has one of the saddest downtowns in the country... however.. the area is beautiful, especially alongside Lake Ontario.
Yeah .the DT is terrible. No doubt about that. The most optimistic case is that it still has some gems in the downtown. If the city could ever get it's act together it has some nice bones with which to infill around.
The city is actually too small to really qualify for the OPs criteria. But, I feel like after the west coast cities and maybe Pittsburgh these threads seem to breakdown. I thought Rochester was one city fairly scenic city that flys a little under the radar.
Yeah .the DT is terrible. No doubt about that. The most optimistic case is that it still has some gems in the downtown. If the city could ever get it's act together it has some nice bones with which to infill around.
The city is actually too small to really qualify for the OPs criteria. But, I feel like after the west coast cities and maybe Pittsburgh these threads seem to breakdown. I thought Rochester was one city fairly scenic city that flys a little under the radar.
Since you want to visit Seattle too. You should first come to Seattle than once you are done head north and check out the skagit valley tulip festival (usually some time in April it begins and ends early May) where people come from all over the world: https://tulipfestival.org/
It's 70 miles south of Vancouver so not a long drive to get there afterwards. Bellingham is also a cool little city to check out as well. It's just south of the border. IIRC, it took us an hour to get from the tulip festival to Bellingham
Didn't realize Mt. Vernon, WA, did have a tulip festival. That's really interesting to learn! And yes, I'd love to check out that whole Seattle to Vancouver (BC) region, someday. Including the smaller towns on or near the Puget Sound (i.e. Anacortes, Port Townsend, etc), the San Juan Islands, Victoria (BC), etc.
And of course on a side note, would like to see North Cascades National Park and also Olympic National Park. I'm sure there are other WA state parks and/or BC provincial parks that may be nice to visit, as well. Along with Vancouver (BC) city parks.
Is Vancouver not an American city? Could've fooled me.
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