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[fat_chris]

What do you think are the best cities in which to work, live and play in the following regions?

Region 1: North America (Canada, the US and the Carribean)
Region 2: Latin America (Mexico, Central America and South America)
Region 3: Europe (Western, Eastern and Russia)
Region 4: Asia (Middle East, Central Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast and Northeast)
Region 5: Pacific (Aus, NZ, Hawaii and Pacific islands)
Region 6: Africa (North, Sub-Saharan)

On my short list would be New York, Berlin and Sydney.

[denise]

How long does one have to have been in a city to be able to judge such things? Can you really get an accurate picture just passing through on holiday, or do you have to have lived/taught there? I haven't lived in enough cities to really be able to rank them, and of the cities that I have visited, I do not know them well enough to judge how good it'd be to live there.

I vote for San Francisco, in which I have never actually lived or worked (lived in Berkeley, worked in Oakland).

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[Tong Dawei]

denise,

I love the hills of Oakland/Berkeley! I think that place is my all time favorite place to live. Those Santa Anna winds though can sure be treacherous, although, I would still choose to live there while trying to ensure that if fire did rage through the area that i was as protected as possible. If i could afford it, fire insurance all hte way.

[desultude]

I love the Bay area too, but I would not want to live there. First, its way too expensive. Second, it is full of Californians!
(Of course, I like a lot of Californians, but as a whole, I find too many superficial and annoying.)

My favorite North American city is Mexico city. Every stereotype promulgated in the U.S. about Mexicans is the inverse of the truth- which is that they are hardworking, friendly, helpful to a fault, and extremely generous. Viva Mexico!

I would love to be able to live in New York City for a while, but, again, it is just too expensive- Ditto Seattle, which I love dearly.

My favorite European City is Berlin. I would love to live there. Sydney is great, but I really like Melbourne's funky alternative edge.

I like Bangkok, but I don't know about living there in the city. I guess I am too new to Asia to know which city I like best.

[denise]

Other cities that I thoroughly enjoyed while visiting and would like to someday see more of:

Honolulu
Dublin
London
Athens
Vienna
Hong Kong

Not all Californians are annoying! Some are quite mild-mannered.

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[Steiner]

I liked Vienna, too.

In N. America, I'd have to go with Burlington, Vermont.

Asia--haven't been anywhere much yet, but living in Taipei was good.

[Roger]

Africa:
- Arusha (Tanzania);
- Tamanrasset (Algeria);
- cape Town (RSA);
My dream place to visit: Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.

Asia:
- Jerusalem (Israel);
- Petra (Jordan);
- Mashad (Iran);
- Istanbul (turkey);
- baguio (Philippines);
- Ahmedabad (India);
- Pokhara (Nepal);
- Penang (Malaysia);
- Kuala Lumpur (Malayisia);
- Kioto (Japan);
- Kashgar (Xinjiang/Turkestan, China);
- Lhasa (Tibet);
- Qufu (CHina);
- Pingyao (China);
- Hanoi (Vietnam);

Asian dream places to visit: Yogyakarta, Angkor Wat; Damascus; Baghdad;

Europe:
- Barcelona (Spain);
- Paris;
- Rome;
- Berlin;
- Amsterdam;
- Tallinn (Estonia);
- Prague (Czech);
- St. Petersburg (Russia);
- Moscow;

Americas:
- vbvancouver;
- Quebec;
Places I want to see: San Francisco
Buenos Aires; Acapulco; the Falklands.

[scot47]

London is nice if you can find a park bench to sleep on. Given the figures quoted elsewhere for EFL teaching in London, that is about all you could afford there. (See posts from LEEROY.)

But then I never really fancied living and working in the Third World.

[denise]

How COULD I forget Prague?!?!? What a glaring oversight!

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[scot47]

Prague is a wonderful city but would you really choose to work there on a Czech salary ?