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What country, city, or town have you visited/lived in and absolutely fallen in love with the place? Why?
Toronto
For five years, I lived outside of this city and took every chance I could to go to it. The shopping, the trendiness, the unthinking acceptance of diversity, and so much more made me love it. A safe, clean city that has whatever you're looking for. Including the CN tower, which is just damn impressive. The little neighbourhoods that spill out into each other, each distinctive yet part of the greater city itself. Greekville, Chinatown, Little India. The feeling that, forget the rest of Canada, this is where it's all happening. SARSstock alone would have made me love the place. 500,000 people crowded into one place and everyone being smiley and happy. I made some friends in Toronto that I'll never forget.
(We'll ignore the fact that it's a magnet for tropical diseases)
Edinburgh
A three day trip with friends with only 1.5 days actually spent in the city but still, I wanna live here. It's beautiful. So much in fact that it takes your breath away. That and the cold. Proper winters, not the rain drenched grey I get in England! So many green spaces and rocky hills that the city feels less built up than it actually is. The wonderful eclectic mix of sushi bars and Italian coffee shops next to each other, sharing the same 19th century Scottish building. Damn fine shopping. Damn fine pubs.
Hell, I'd move up there just for café Chocolate Soup.
Toronto
For five years, I lived outside of this city and took every chance I could to go to it. The shopping, the trendiness, the unthinking acceptance of diversity, and so much more made me love it. A safe, clean city that has whatever you're looking for. Including the CN tower, which is just damn impressive. The little neighbourhoods that spill out into each other, each distinctive yet part of the greater city itself. Greekville, Chinatown, Little India. The feeling that, forget the rest of Canada, this is where it's all happening. SARSstock alone would have made me love the place. 500,000 people crowded into one place and everyone being smiley and happy. I made some friends in Toronto that I'll never forget.
(We'll ignore the fact that it's a magnet for tropical diseases)
Edinburgh
A three day trip with friends with only 1.5 days actually spent in the city but still, I wanna live here. It's beautiful. So much in fact that it takes your breath away. That and the cold. Proper winters, not the rain drenched grey I get in England! So many green spaces and rocky hills that the city feels less built up than it actually is. The wonderful eclectic mix of sushi bars and Italian coffee shops next to each other, sharing the same 19th century Scottish building. Damn fine shopping. Damn fine pubs.
Hell, I'd move up there just for café Chocolate Soup.
There was also an anual writers festival which basically turned the village into a giant party, with several times it's own population coming to listen to poetry and story readings.
Go figure.
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