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Old 03-10-2017, 10:48 AM
 
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College Station, TX is awesome.

Geographically, it's close to DFW, Austin-San Antonio and Houston. It's basically in the center of the triangle.

Natural disasters like earthquake and tornado do not exist at all.

Safe neighborhoods, vibrant community, great food, ample parking, clean air, the list goes on and on.
Is it a joke?

It is one of the ugliest town in the middle of nowhere Texas. The terrain is flat and ugly. The weather is horrible with heat, storm, etc.
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Old 03-10-2017, 06:35 PM
 
Location: Seoul
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- The nice areas have literally turned into Saudi Arabia
- You won't be greeted with "Sir" here.
Somehow I doubt that many Saudis are making London their home. And greeting people with "sir" is what makes an area posh, really? 🤔🤔🤔
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Old 03-10-2017, 06:55 PM
 
Location: Seoul
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Rome, Nice, Toulouse, Porto, Lisbon, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Athens, Palermo or Napoli. Big cities with amazing cuisines and relatively safe by world standards. Mild mediterranean climate that is comfortable for most of the year. Lots of history. Very walkable and urban. Great architecture. I dont know what more you could want

Other contenders that just missed out

Buenos Aires/Montevideo: A bit too expensive and the crime is higher than you would like

Los Angeles: Not walkable and too many ghettos

San Diego: Not walkable

Miami: Too many ghettos, unbearably humid

Sydney/Perth/Adelaide/Brisbane/Melbourne: Too suburban, no history, too disconnected with the rest of the world. Australian cuisine is questionable

Singapore/Hong Kong: Atrocious climate, too expensive, too competitive

Paris/Milan/NYC/Torino/Montreal/Toronto/London: The climate
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Old 03-11-2017, 09:08 AM
 
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There are no sharia-ruled neighbourhoods in London! Or anywhere else in the UK for that matter! This isn't the first time I've heard this, lord knows why.
All the fake news circling around that has become so popular.
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Old 03-11-2017, 09:19 AM
 
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Rome, Nice, Toulouse, Porto, Lisbon, Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Athens, Palermo or Napoli. Big cities with amazing cuisines and relatively safe by world standards. Mild mediterranean climate that is comfortable for most of the year. Lots of history. Very walkable and urban. Great architecture. I dont know what more you could want

Other contenders that just missed out

Buenos Aires/Montevideo: A bit too expensive and the crime is higher than you would like

Los Angeles: Not walkable and too many ghettos

San Diego: Not walkable


Miami: Too many ghettos, unbearably humid

Sydney/Perth/Adelaide/Brisbane/Melbourne: Too suburban, no history, too disconnected with the rest of the world. Australian cuisine is questionable

Singapore/Hong Kong: Atrocious climate, too expensive, too competitive

Paris/Milan/NYC/Torino/Montreal/Toronto/London: The climate
I have to vouch for my city, San Diego. Weather is amazing and the city is very safe. Central San Diego is walkable. It's multi-cultural, you can find any type of cuisine here. The beach is 20 minutes away, the mountains are 20 minutes away, the dessert is like 30 minutes to an hour away.

The only downfall, it's expensive to live here.
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Old 03-11-2017, 10:33 AM
 
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London? Most people can't even afford to own property there and it's way too congested.

Barcelona for me.
London ticks all the right boxes for "perfect city", save for weather and affordability. The latter simply represents supply and demand.

Cosmopolitan.
Rule of law.
First class legal and accountancy heritage.
Business environment.
Cultural powerhouse.
Retailer representation.
First class infrastructure and transit.
Dynamic and vibrant.
Beautiful to look at in the warmer seasons.
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Old 03-11-2017, 11:57 AM
 
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Osaka, Japan; Eeilat, Herzliya, Israel.

Honourable mention: without some groups of people - Dubai.
And if you can find solution for random toothpain or shopping - Vlas, Bulgaria wintertime.
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Old 03-12-2017, 08:16 PM
 
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San Jose: great weather, population, diversity, Silicon Valley, downtown, transportation, lots of attractions, good neighborhoods, sport facilities, beautiful and modern airport and good quality of life.
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Old 03-13-2017, 05:44 AM
 
Location: Near Luxembourg
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I live in Paris so outside of Paris and If I was rich, definitely Roma or Barcelona: rich, clean (not Swiss like but still clean), safe, amazing food, amazing history, amazing weather, everything to be an exceptional place to live in.
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Old 03-13-2017, 05:04 PM
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Location: Ontario
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Vancouver, BC

I was just watching a documentary last night shot in Vancouver, it reinfoced for me
just however beautiful the setting is.
Everywhere an awesome view.

Also very multicultural too.
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