If you answer with New York, you’re a basic bitch.
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New York, obviously, and fuck you
This is the most authentic answer
Bed-Stuy
Eyy, just took a trip to NY and stayed in a brownstone in Bed-Stuy
I’ll ask you kindly to reconsider those remarks
Back off, Boston
HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK
Yeah, yeah. Ya got your hockey and your Harvard. And some nice bridges and schools and hospitals.
Just be glad you’re not Philly. Lol
Said like a typical rat yorker who has never been anywhere else. You know, places that are not full of rats and roaches, piss soaked train cars, endless honking and streets full of garbage.
Spoken like someone who’s never been to New York, and who’s only conceptualization of the city is from some crappy 70s movie
You gave yourself away
Worked there for years.
Try going to another city and comparing. Maybe be brave enough to try one outside of the USA.
I have lived in several different cities in my life, including outside of the United States.
Of course you would blame someone else rather than just admit you were wrong.
Am I talking to Trump? Lol.
And you’re blocked.
Atlantis. It’s so exclusive that nobody knows how to find it.
Came here to say this :)
its in another galaxy, thats why.
I haven’t traveled the world enough to give a definitive answer. I had a blast in Edinburgh, and Luxembourg City is a wonderful place to visit. Most large Canadian cities are delightful. I doubt any of the cities I have visited would be the ‘greatest’ on the planet, however.
I 100% doubt any city in the USA could qualify. They are far more alike than they are different.
As for New Yorkers frequently & loudly yelling their city is the greatest, I’m convinced it’s some kind of pathology similar to Stockholm Syndrome. This comedian explains it better than I can:
Ecologically speaking, it must me Singapore.
If you don’t mind being executed for smoking weed.
I’m intrigued, please clarify what you mean by ecologically speaking?
Im refering to the city’s garden/forest project. I dont think there is another large city anywhere alse quite like it. There are some good youtube vids if you want to see.
probably the biodiversity is high in singapore, as being a tropical region.
Canmore, Alberta. You’re minutes from all the places that make up 90% of the Earth porn pictures on the internet, nestled right in the Rocky Mountains. Nobody is ever going to nuke, invade, occupy or otherwise come anywhere near Canmore during a war. Even if they did you could just escape into the vast Canadian wilderness which surrounds it. Lots of good food, shops, recreation and a generally great place to live and raise a family. Cheaper than Banff too!
Nobody said it had to be a major city.
Houten, Netherlands. No cars in the city, you can bike anywhere. The true 15 minute city
I haven’t traveled nearly enough, but I’d say it’s either Amsterdam, Netherlands, or Barcelona, Spain.
Amsterdam for the freedom and beauty. Barcelona because it’s beautiful and on the beach.
It’s not even a great beach, kinda rocky for my taste, but it’s just such a beautiful city.
TL;DR: Seoul, Korea. I loved living there.
I’ve not seen many cities on Earth. But, in making my choices, I’ll share what Im considering.
Caveat: I’ve never been to any place on the African continent. This is an admitted blind spot. I’ve also been to only three European cities.
Not New York, Toronto, San Fransisco, Ottawa, Portland, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., Miami, Québec, Atlanta, or Halifax (sorry Nova Scotia, we love you!)
Not London (UK). Not Frankfurt. Not Sydney (Aus). Not Beijing. Not Kathmandu. Not KL, KK, Bangkok, or Singapore. Not Dubai. Not Colombo, Male, Kuwait, Doha, or Muscat (sorry Oman, we love you!)
No La Habana, ni Santiago de Chile, Cali, Arequipa, Cusco, y no á ciudad de Guatemala (disculpame mis hermanos de Guate!)
I think that the greatest cities on Earth have DEEP histories, offer diversity, and have been at the crossroads of the human condition.
Of the cities I’ve spent at least a week in (in no particular order):
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La ciudad de México, México. (Pyramids, gardens, art, and food)
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Istanbul, Türkiye (Hagia Sofia, Bosphorus, history)
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Seoul, Korea (functionality, history, food, mountains, music)
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Cartagena, Colombia (music, seaside, fortress, art)
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Beirut, Lebanon [at least, when (2012) and how (with well-connected locals) I was there. Certainly, it’s faced repeated harms in the past 7 years.]
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Berlin, Germany (architecture, functionality, history, walking tour, art, festivals)
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Montréal, Québec (one Canadian city needed to be on)
Ones I’ve not been to, but might list if I had:
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Tehran, Iran (history)
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Barcelona, Spain (Al-Analous)
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Mumbai, India
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Hong Kong
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Tokyo, Japan
Serious question, how do you afford that much travel, or am I just that poor?
I like Seoul, but I liked Tokyo just a bit more. I recommend it if you get a chance. But like any city that big, your mileage may vary based on what you actually do and see.
I didn’t live in Tokyo, but I did live near it for a little while. It was beautiful, but I’m a bit glad I wasn’t in the city all the time. Just too much going on for my tempo.
I think that the greatest cities on Earth have DEEP histories, offer diversity, and have been at the crossroads of the human condition.
Not sure how you can say all that, exclude London and then put Montreal on there… place is less then 400 years old!
Montreal was a late addition.
It’s not that old, I’d agree. But, of Canadian cities that I could see as among the greatest in the world, it’s Canada’s nearest option.
Québec is older, over 400 years. But, Montreal is more of a world city.
Calgary is solid too, other than the fact that it’s in Alberta.
Vancouver is beautiful but in my experience it generally smells like garbage.
Good buddy of mine spent 5 years in Calgary and has only good things to saw. The Tarsands really pushed things in that province out of joint.
I’d like to spend some time in Van. I was in Victoria for a few days and Nanaimo for a few more. But Van and Tofino were bridges too far on that trip.
Portland was the West Coast city that was outstanding to me. Victoria was cute. Seattle was excessive.
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From my experience trying to move there in the past decade, it would have been Denver
The “Green Rush” brought an interesting vibe of a small city growing bigger, but then the pandemic busted up that momentum and your’s truly got priced out of an already overpriced studio
I remember walking around 16th Street after the lockdown was lifted and realized that the magic wasn’t coming back. The absolute state of the homeless population certainly wasn’t helping
Clearly it’s Best. That’s why they named it that.
Clearly it’s Best. That’s why they named it that.
That’s not what the OP asked. “Greatest” in what capacity, I dunno.
“Best” and “greatest” are synonyms. Also I couldn’t find any city named “Greatest.” 🤷♂️
Which city? Mine.
Why? Because i live there.
Belgrade Serbia. It’s the perfect size, not crowded but always busy, big enough that it has everything you could want small enough you can get anywhere in under an hour on free public transportation. The food is great and cheap and there’s plenty of places open all night. Lots of green space and a couple huge parks. I live as a nomad but if i had to pick a city to settle in Beograd is the easy choice.
I really don’t like cities, but the cities I have disliked the least (in order) are: Singapore, Istanbul, Rome, Paris, Tokyo, Quebec City, Granada Spain, New York, Montreal, Cartagena, Cuenca Ecuador, Washington D.C.(although it was many years ago I was there), Ottawa.
Seattle WA is pretty cool.
Amsterdam. We went as tourists once like anyone does with an AirBnB near the center and it was a really good time.
Then we went there again for 2,5 weeks and the center just wasn’t affordable, so we got a cheaper place out in the suburbs. And it was so much better than we had hoped! Beautiful parks all around, but even the regular housing areas are super green, quiet, and beautiful. It’s incredible how good cities can be if they’re not crammed like crazy and built for cars rather than people. Even as a driver it’s nice because there is so little traffic.
