In which of the 20 largest cities you'd agree to live? Multi-answer poll.

[MosesPresley]

San Francisco, San Diego, New Orleans: French Quarter, Shanghai, Hong Kong, NYC, Rome, Paris, London, Barcelona

[Zero]

wherever there is beautiful ladies.... ill try to be there.
(i know i am shameless womanizer if someone didnt realize it already.... )

[Dis]

Ok my response is based on the ability to make a decent living. I.E. having sufficient wages to live in Tokyo.

[Lord Merciless]

New York because of its economy and entertainment,
Paris because of its culture and entertainment,
Shanghai because of its economy and culture.

I would never ever live in Beijing, a city filled with incompetent bureaucrats, and a place where you can never see the blue sky.

[Dis]

I did not vote for New York.

I did vote for Tokyo. But that would be more of a temporary thing. I couldn't see living there for the rest of my life.

I voted for Paris, but I don't know why.

I also voted for Rio De Janeiro for the women . I voted Cairo too because they seem to be one of the more liberal muslim cities (although they did recently have a crack down on gay clubs or something like that )

[Dinner]

San Diego, London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Singapore, New York, Prague, and Vienna all made my list.

[Alinestra Covelia]

I would never ever live in Beijing, a city filled with incompetent bureaucrats, and a place where you can never see the blue sky.

From this statement, it is indeed clear that you have evidently "never ever lived" in Beijing.

If you had, you would know that atmospheric conditions make nearly every day a clear one.

As for the "incompetent bureaucrats" (all 11.3 million, to "fill" the city) are you saying that you'd really prefer Paris? Or London? Hey, both are socialist countries with administrations that all too often feel they're above the law.

I've seen two types of first-time foreigners in Beijing. There are some who can hardly believe their eyes and who jump right in and have fun in the rough and tumble of the place. There are others who come and who refuse to give up their preconceptions, grudgingly grumbling about everything for a semester and then going home to nurse their sour grapes (not a euphemism for haemorrhoids, I promise).

Each time I go back, the city has new things to show me. I don't think another city exists on earth with such a mix of history and modernity, where the pace of change really is breakneck.

Just think - 15 years ago, Western-made baby clothes were considered a fitting gift for a cadre party member. Nowadays, everybody has a cell phone and the broadband internet connections are more advanced than what you'd get in most of America. (More on a par with South Korea's ADSL service, though not universal.)

Plus, potstickers.

You haven't lived if you've never eaten a potsticker. And Beijing's the best city to go to for losing your potsticking virginity.

[Wernazuma III]

NY, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Paris

East Asian cities are too different for me, I wouldn't feel comfortable among those Orientals (don't get me wrong, I have a North Korean/Japanese commuter and like her, but I think living there as Europpean must be a bit like being freak in the freak show. Mentality is too different for my taste.
Brazilian cities and Los Angeles have too little flair for me, I know that especially for Rio most people will see that differently. They're kind of no-culture areas for me (no, I don't regard Hollywood being a center of quality culture)
Pakistan and Nigeria are some of the most dagerous spots I can think of, esp. Lagos is nothing but a huge crime I've been told by a priest and teacher who had to live there for a few years.

Cairo, Delhi and Kalkutta are interesting, yet they too are dangerous, Cairo maybe less, don't know. To live there - impossible. Nothing but a huge chaos.

[KrazyHorse]

Re: In which of the 20 largest cities you'd agree to live?

Originally posted by Sonic
Well, in which of those cities (20 largest (by population) in the world) you'd agree to live if someone offered you to do so? Please check ones you'd like to live and don't check ones you wouldn't like to live.

New York, Tokyo, Paris

[Lancer]

Buenos Airies! WooHoo!

I thought I'd be the only one to pick this city. I'd guess it must be pretty nice, plus even w/ the limited resourses we have Dolores and I could live well there.(I think...)

Manila should be on the list, but I wouldn't pick it.

[Dr. Nick]

Buenos Aires is great. But you need to act local above all.

[Al'Kimiya]

None of the listed cities, and I can think of millions of reasons why.

[Wraith]

Tokyo or Osaka would be nice, simply because I'd like to spend a couple years in Japan at some point. The problem, of course, is paying for it. Those aren't cheap places to live (nor, I suspect, will any of the others be).

That said, there are tons of places I'd rather live than any of the places on the list.

Wraith
Strange attractors - getting there is half the fun

[Spiffor]

Wow, I didn't expect so many people to vote for Paris. I feel flattered
(If you actually go to Paris, ask a local you know first where to go. There are tons of crap for tourists, which make a bad name of the city )

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
All of those with reasonably democratic values, ie. all except the ones in china.

Including Lagos? Gotta check your brain.