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.

Houten, Netherlands. No cars in the city, you can bike anywhere. The true 15 minute city

For me? Montréal.

It's incredibly walkable, tons of parks and nature and trees all throughout with a beautiful unique urban design (the brick plexes) and a unique blend of cultures.

Berlin.

Many people hate Berlin. I don't. It's got so much variety, there are neighbourhoods surrounded by lakes, neighbourhoods that are basically in the woods, beautiful neighbourhoods like Charlottenburg and very urban neighbourhoods. Want something good to eat? There'll be something amazing nearby. They have trams running through the forest. There are trains going to Amsterdam and Prague. You can get everywhere by public transport (outside town in Brandenburg too). It's surrounded by a beautiful state, where you can watch cranes migrate in huge flocks and where you can skate on natural ice in winter.

I live near Freiburg now. Everybody loves Freiburg and the Black Forest. But I miss Berlin.

Scrolled until I saw my city! Moved here from the south and haven’t regretted a single second. NYC is too stuck up because they make you dress up just to go to a mid-cocktail bar. I’ll go to a cocktail bar after work in my ripped jeans and graphic tshirt here, most of the time with my dog. It’s super chill.

Yeahs same. I moved here about ten years ago from Central Florida.

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!

Its real to the actors and agents working for/in Bielefeld.

Thats a country

its in another galaxy, thats why.

Utrecht

probably the biodiversity is high in singapore, as being a tropical region.

Berlin is a dirty shithole lol

Shhhh! We keep up that reputation deliberately so not even more people come here and worsen the housing crisis ;)

Its not a dirty shit hole, not more than any other metropole city. But it suffers from what many cities post ww2, especially german cities, supper from: ugly block architecture and car centered infrastructure

Been a long time gone, Constantinople

Which city? Mine.

Why? Because i live there.

Not without a charged zed-pee-em.

Why did Constantinople get the works?

Not anything in the US, since you know, then you'd be in the US and that's a big no-no. It's mine, obviously.

Thought you'd say Launceston... 😆

Vienna, Austria is a pretty great place.

I just hiked Ha Ling the other day. Amazing place.

Dammit... I was going to say Constantinople.

Sarnia, ON, because why would I leave if its the best place on earth.

That's nobody's business but the Turks.

?? never been?

My favorite city I've ever visited.

Cold.

It's not just to do with WW2, both east and west Berlin loved tearing down and uglifying old buildings (seriously, west Berlin paid people to tear off decorations) for some reason.

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:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnxtvSMw49M

But also hot (source: I live there).

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.

Serious question, how do you afford that much travel, or am I just that poor?

ugly block architecture

Affordable social architecture for people, not castles and churches built on slave labor.

You can build affordable and beautiful. Prove, castle in berlin vs the national museum in stockholm which do you think cost more?

I mean I love my city and kinda think its the gratest but I can recognize that is my biased feeling and I don't have nearly enough experience to say. Many seem really cool. I think one thing is many cities have all sorts of coold aspects but im not sure one is cool in every aspect.

West (not east) Berlin paid people to take the mouldings off their historic buildings. Nothing to do with affordable social architecture.

That was one of my see-before-i-die trips I made as a teenager. Based, entirely, on a profile in Nat Geo. Australia was another.

Iceland, Norwegian fjords, New Zealand mountains, and Haida Gwaii are nearest the top of my list for physical spaces. Rapa Nui would be a neat experience, but not wholly necessary. Hokkaido in Northern Japan would be a cultural experience I'd chase.

And, I'd really like to go on the ground from Djibouti to Cape Town on a circuitous voyage through as many places and nations as I can manage. Then, a flight to Libreville, Gabon and travel on the ground toward Ghana.

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.

The first bit, living in Seoul, was youth and low cost of living in Seoul. I had debt, but my Thailand, China, and Australia trips were done on the cheap.

The next bit, living in Kuwait, was making oil money, zeroing out my debts, and having no mortgage and no kids. It was pretty sweet. But, still, I lived in the desert.

The next bit, living in Guate, was still no mortgage and no debt. My eldest was around for my last two years there. But, again, low cost of living and flying was a boon.

Since returning to Canada, I have only been to cities to which I can drive. I still pretty new to having a mortgage.

That said, I'm not planning any trips until sometime after 2037. If, yknow, there's still a world then.

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.

But I love the cold and the snow :D

Gesundheit?

Ebola

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

One of the cleanest and best kept cities I've been to. I was surprised, that's for sure. I was expecting this grungy hole, but no, she's a very well kept place.

Eyy, just took a trip to NY and stayed in a brownstone in Bed-Stuy

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.