Favourite city or country to visit in North, central or South America?

[theurbanfiles]

Update:
Favorite City I've Lived In: Cleveland, OH (Home)
Favorite City I've Visited: Mexico City
City I want to Visit Most: Cusco

[GoCardinals]

NYC

And I have ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST in visiting any place in South/Latin America.

[TheCityTheBridge]

Originally Posted by Nn2036

Can you share the aspect of Ecuador that you don't like? I am curious why tons of American want to retire thefe.

Low cost of living and beautiful mountains.

Originally Posted by cavsfan137

S.A.:
Country (Want to visit most): Peru
City (Want to visit most): Cusco
Favorite Country (so far): Chile
Favorite City (so far): Buenos Aires

C.A.:
Country (Want to visit most): (Can we include Caribbean? If so, Cuba, if not Nicaragua (been to 5/7, not El Salvador either)
City (Want to visit most): Tie between Antigua (Guatemala) and San Jose (Costa Rica)
Favorite Country (so far): Costa Rica (haven't seen much of any though)
Favorite City (so far): Belize City

N.A.
Canada Most Wanted City: Saint John's, NL
America Most Wanted City: New York City, NY (Been, but only for a bit. Want more thorough experience.)
Mexico Most Wanted City: Guanajuato, GTO (Central Mexico region in general with DF a close second.)
Canada Favorite City: Toronto (Vancouver's landscape, though)
America Favorite City: Cleveland is home, but probably tie between DC Metro and SF Metro
Mexico Favorite City: Merida (Have not been around a ton, but this one had historic appeal)

This is a nice approach, and I'll borrow:

South:
Country (desired): Colombia
City (desired): Rio
Favorite Country (so far): Argentina
Favorite City (so far): Buenos Aires

C.A.:
Country (desired): Nicaragua
City (desired): Granada
Favorite Country (so far): Costa Rica
Favorite City (so far): Monteverde

N.A.
City (desired): Oaxaca
Favorite City: SF

Originally Posted by GoCardinals

NYC

And I have ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST in visiting any place in South/Latin America.

And why is that? You don't like history, nature, and food?

[HappyNationI]

South:
Country (desired): Chile
City (desired):Santiago and Quito
Favorite Country (so far): Brazil
Favorite City (so far): Rio

C.A.:
Country (desired): Panamá
City (desired): Panamá

N.A.
City (desired): Chicago, Quebec, Banff
Country (desired): Canadá since I've already been to USA

[lieqiang]

Originally Posted by GoCardinals

NYC

And I have ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST in visiting any place in South/Latin America.

And we wonder where these "closed minded American" stereotypes come from...

[talcos]

Panama City.

[cebuan]

North to south, here are the better-known places I felt comfortable:

Newfoundland
North Dakota
St. Louis, Missouri
Cancun City (not beach), Mexico
Leon, Nicaragua
Panama (anywhere except Colon)
Medellin, Colombia
Merida, Venezuela (probably gone now)
Peru (many places, but I never went to Macchu, nor stayed in Lima)
Sucre and Tarija, Bolivia
Asuncion, Paraguay
Salto, Uruguay
Valpariaiso/Vina and Puerto Montt, Chile
Mendoza, Argentina
Aracaju, Brazil

[80skeys]

My favorite cities in north america are Vancouver B.C., Seattle, and San Francisco (you see a trend there).

My favorite in Mexico is Puebla.

My favorite in south america is Manizales.

[lieqiang]

My fa cities in Americas:

Large
Mexico City and New York City. Give me a month in either and I'll find something new to see/do every single day of it.

Medium
Iquitos, Peru. This place has such different vibe than most of Peru, plus easy access to Amazon river.

Small
Jardín, Colombia. When living in Medellín we took a ton of two-nighter side trips to pueblos nearby, this was by far our favorite.

[80skeys]

Originally Posted by lieqiang

Jardín, Colombia. When living in Medellín we took a ton of two-nighter side trips to pueblos nearby, this was by far our favorite.

Jardin is nice and the drive up to it is nice. Should note that it's pretty touristy, nice to visit and look at but not really typical of a regular town.