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| toldailytopic: What is the greatest city in the world and why? - January 8th, 2011, 10:20 AM The TheologyOnline.com TOPIC OF THE DAY for January 8th, 2011 11:13 AM | toldailytopic: What is the greatest city in the world and why? |
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| January 8th, 2011, 10:33 AM I'm interested in your opinion....
What's the greatest BIG city in the world?
And....
What's the greatest small city in the world? (maybe somewhat under the radar)
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| January 8th, 2011, 11:17 AM London! Because I'm British and we're the best!  
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| January 8th, 2011, 11:18 AM The Vatican. It's full of people who love Jesus Christ.
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| January 8th, 2011, 11:44 AM Big City: NYC and Washington
Smaller City: New Orleans (I love/hate relationship with the place, but it definitely has a culture and character of its very own...and the cuisine is unmatched)
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| January 8th, 2011, 11:53 AM
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| January 8th, 2011, 11:55 AM Quote: Originally Posted by lovemeorhateme  London! Because I'm British and we're the best! | Never been to London. If an American couple were to visit for two or three days, what would you recommend they see/do?
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| January 8th, 2011, 11:58 AM big cities are ugly places where a lot of good people have to live
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| January 8th, 2011, 12:37 PM There's no place like home.  I like Denver.
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| January 8th, 2011, 12:38 PM Quote: Originally Posted by Knight small city | Hamilton, Bermuda 
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| January 8th, 2011, 12:46 PM Toronto, Ontario, obviously. I'm not a fan of cities in general, but that is a good one. Why? 1. It is safe (very low crime rate compared to any American city). 2. It has great restaurants, shopping and cultural activities of all kinds (Theatre, festivals etc.). 3. It has great public transportation (lots of underground subway so you don't freeze) 4. It has lots of green space (parks, a river and a farm in the middle) and the Toronto Island The downsides: 1. It's cold in winter (There are few American cities farther north) 2. There are a fair number of homeless 3. A significant segment of the population is very rude 4. Housing prices are insane (then again what big city doesn't have this problem?) 5. The city is so big you have to drive two hours to get outside of it and its sprawl and find actual farmland. 6. No chickens in the city.  (You can have them in NYC!) 7. Their hockey team is terrible 
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| January 8th, 2011, 12:50 PM Quote: Originally Posted by Knight The TheologyOnline.com TOPIC OF THE DAY for January 8th, 2011 11:13 AM | Portland, Oregon is the city of Oatmeal Joey Arnold |
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| January 8th, 2011, 12:54 PM Small city? I was born and raised in Forest Grove, OR. Full of trees and other homeschoolers.
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| January 8th, 2011, 12:58 PM Quote: Originally Posted by lovemeorhateme London! Because I'm British and we're the best! | I'm British too, and I have to say, I do really like London. I've lived in Paris, which is an amazingly beautiful city, but in many ways it's cold and stilted. It gains its beauty from order and uniform architecture. Whilst London is far from beautiful, it's one of the most dynamic, energetic and exciting places I've ever been. It's architecture and layout is like a patchworked quilt, where you can feel its history around you. Most of Paris dates from the 1860s, whilst London is a vibrant mix of everything. So I don't know which of the two cities I prefer. I think I'm biased towards London because that's where I'm living at the moment. As far as small cities, there are plenty I like. Any medium-sized European city which escaped the Second World War has a wonderfully intimate feel. I like Salisbury, Bath, Quedlinburg, Leipzig, Aix-en-Provence, there's too many to list really. Where I lived in Spain, Murcia, had this, but it was a little too hot for me. I missed the seasons. Two cities I didn't feel lived up to their hype were Avignon and Pisa, which apart from the Cathedral area, is a little disappointing.
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| January 8th, 2011, 01:03 PM Quote: Originally Posted by lovemeorhateme London! Because I'm British and we're the best! | I've always wanted to not live where I've lived, in Oregon. Always wanted to be British or Australian because they talk funny or cool and other countries and their cultures and foods and customs are always interesting. I've still been stuck in the United States, except when I was on a mission trip in Quebec. But London bridge is falling down indeed, they say, my fair lady.
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