Post here and i'll tell you how close your city is the best city in the world

[icy manipulator]

are you curious? there are some surprising results! no city too big or small. If it's on the top 200, you'll get a result

[HOTWIFE]

ba da dat bo doom bada

[QueenAdrock]

Washington, DC! Wooo! We rule! :cool:

[The Notorious LOL]

I live in the best city in the world.


Minneapolis, MN

[Waus]

Ann Arbor, MI


(well...I wish I lived there.)

[icy manipulator]

Washington, DC! Wooo! We rule! :cool:
DC hey, let's see. you guys rank 103 in the world, you're beaten by Monaco, and you beat Quito. your date of birth is 1791, you must drink a fiery red Martini at trendy Degrees Bar and Lounge in Georgetown. and you Urban Myth - Washington was torched by brittish troops in the war of 1812, and although the Capitol was eventually rebuilt, the city entered a slump from which it wouldn't recover for decades. A dispirited vote to abandon the capital lost by only nine votes!

[icy manipulator]

I live in the best city in the world.


Minneapolis, MN
there's 14 US cities in the top 200, but unfortunately minneapolis aint one of them!

[icy manipulator]

Ann Arbor, MI


(well...I wish I lived there.)
same goes for you too!

[TurdBerglar]

springfield, ma.


this should be interesting

[icy manipulator]

springfield, ma.


this should be interesting
you aint important enough to be in the top 200 either! neither is my city tho :mad:

[Praying Mantis]

philadelphia, pa

[Teh]

aw ceah mon the glasgow

[Loppfessor]

I live in Shreveport LA, but I already know this place sucks.....My city though is Cleveland OH

[icy manipulator]

philadelphia, pa
surprisingly you're out of the top 200 too

ok, since it seems to be only US ppl on atm, the USA cites are

Anchorage
Austin
Chicago
Detroit
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
New York City
San Francisco
Savannah
Seattle
and finally Washington

[jabumbo]

where is this list from?


and what sort of stuff are they taking into acocunt?

[Waus]

Bullshit - I've been to Detroit.

[icy manipulator]

aw ceah mon the glasgow
Glasgow is beaten by Christchurch (BULLSHIT) but it beats Muscat placing it at no. 107. Exports include Franz Ferdinand, Billy Conolly and Irn Bru soft drink. Starring role in Trainspotting, My name is Joe and Young Adam. and after dark, hang under the Arches, the city's biggest club, which attracts visiting DJ's and aspirings turntablists.

you wanna know your urban myth too?

[icy manipulator]

where is this list from?


and what sort of stuff are they taking into acocunt?
it's from a book published by Lonely Planet called the Cities Books. i paid $80 for this mofo. there are definately alot of unique places in here, not just all the typically boomtowns of the last hundred years. but i'm bloody surprised the us got 14 cities, considering there's not much history compared to most cities in europe

[icy manipulator]

also it is a little bit bias to some of the more exotic places on earth. plus it's an australian book so sydney ranks as no. 3. even bloody perth and hobart get a mention!

[Planetary]

stafford

[korn_phr33k]

so theres no Sacramento, CA i assume

[icy manipulator]

stafford
hmm, what's closest? bath, london, manchester or york?

[icy manipulator]

so theres no Sacramento, CA i assume
nah it;s not on there, i'll do the closest one from the US cities i listed above if you want

[Loppfessor]

Damnit I demand at least one fun fact about Cleveland!

[icy manipulator]

Damnit I demand at least one fun fact about Cleveland!
hmm, it's where they shot the Drew Carey show? oh and there is also a suburb in Brisbane called Cleveland, with an interesting mixture of richies and bogans

[Teh]

Glasgow is beaten by Christchurch (BULLSHIT) but it beats Muscat placing it at no. 107. Exports include Franz Ferdinand, Billy Conolly and Irn Bru soft drink. Starring role in Trainspotting, My name is Joe and Young Adam. and after dark, hang under the Arches, the city's biggest club, which attracts visiting DJ's and aspirings turntablists.

you wanna know your urban myth too?

yeah go for it

man the amount of times i've been offered e and lsd at the arches!!
the e's pretty cool since it has mr. happy on it (who was the citys mascot not too long ago)


good times.

[The Notorious LOL]

surprisingly you're out of the top 200 too

ok, since it seems to be only US ppl on atm, the USA cites are

Anchorage
Austin
Chicago
Detroit
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
New York City
San Francisco
Savannah
Seattle
and finally Washington


uhhhhhhhhhhhhh....wtf where did this list come from?

Detriot is an absolute shitheap, and Los Angeles is a pre-apocalyptic toilet that should be blown up. Las Vegas should also be blown up.

[Loppfessor]

hmm, it's where they shot the Drew Carey show? oh and there is also a suburb in Brisbane called Cleveland, with an interesting mixture of richies and bogans


Actually they only shot the opening theme song thing there, I know this cus about 60 of those bastards came into the restaurant I worked at after they were done filming at like 1am and I had to stay late to feed them :mad: There is also a Cleveland Tennessee and a Cleveland Texas

[icy manipulator]

yeah go for it

man the amount of times i've been offered e and lsd at the arches!!
the e's pretty cool since it has mr. happy on it (who was the citys mascot not too long ago)


good times.
hmm, i didn't realise the locals were called Glaswegians. anyway, urban myth - the age-old rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh goes way back. in the late 19th century a group of glaswegian painters took on the domineering artistic establishment of Edinburgh. up to this point paintings were largely historic scenes and sentimental visions of the Highlands, but the Glasgow boys (as they became known) saw the world Differently. Painters such as Sir James Guthrie, EA Hornel, George Henry and Joseph Crawhall experimented with colour and themes of rural life, shocking Edinburgh's artistic society. Like Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the Glasgow boys achieved succes in europe, where their wrok met with admiration and artistic recognition, but they were largely snubbed in the UK

man i should've read that the whole way thru before typing it. it's gotta be the most boring one i've read so far.

ps. edinburgh kicked the shit out of you guys on the list

[Teh]

hmm, i didn't realise the locals were called Glaswegians. anyway, urban myth - the age-old rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh goes way back. in the late 19th century a group of glaswegian painters took on the domineering artistic establishment of Edinburgh. up to this point paintings were largely historic scenes and sentimental visions of the Highlands, but the Glasgow boys (as they became known) saw the world Differently. Painters such as Sir James Guthrie, EA Hornel, George Henry and Joseph Crawhall experimented with colour and themes of rural life, shocking Edinburgh's artistic society. Like Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the Glasgow boys achieved succes in europe, where their wrok met with admiration and artistic recognition, but they were largely snubbed in the UK

man i should've read that the whole way thru before typing it. it's gotta be the most boring one i've read so far.

ps. edinburgh kicked the shit out of you guys on the list

well yeah to be fair the only decent part of glasgow is the west end

edinburghs pretty cool. no shame in that! :D

[icy manipulator]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh....wtf where did this list come from?

Detriot is an absolute shitheap, and Los Angeles is a pre-apocalyptic toilet that should be blown up. Las Vegas should also be blown up.
i know shit all about US cities, but yeah there are some fucking random cities in there. Kabul is listed in there ffs

[The Notorious LOL]

trust me, most of those cities suck. Chicago and Seattle rule. Austin I have heard is cool. New Orleans is a ghost town now. Cant comment on all of em though.

[DeeJayZap]

Dublin

[Planetary]

hmm, what's closest? bath, london, manchester or york?

manchester i think

[DandyFop]

Salt Lake City. Gimme.

[QueenAdrock]

Yeah, I find it weird Philly isn't on there, but Detroit is. Detroit's supposed to be pretty run down and murderous, no?

DC REPRIZZENT :cool:

[Lemmy's Liver]

If Munich is in the top 200 I will eat my morning crap for breakfast.

[chrisd]

If Munich is in the top 200 I will eat my morning crap for breakfast.

guten affeshiiit

[HOTWIFE]

you totally skipped me

[Loppfessor]

Just curious what is the #1 City?

[Lemmy's Liver]

guten affeshiiit
SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE!!! CAN I HAVE GARLIC SAUCE??? THERE WAS NO MENTION OF GARLIC SAUCE IN ZE RULES!!!

[Lyman Zerga]

ohh vienna

[ggirlballa]

Los Angeles go!

[Bitchamachacha]

Wilkesboro, NC

Have fun, because --sweet fuck-- any city is better than where I live.

I'm not even in a city.

[monkey]

im curious. whats it say about ny?

[icy manipulator]

Dublin
dublin comes in at 28, beaten by Florence, which is fair enough, and it beats mexico city, fucking ay. Dublin's Gold Star is it's pub culture - despite the chain of gastropubs and chains, Dublin is still the best place in the world for a pint. Exports including Guiness, James Joyce, U2 and Georgian door knockers? And everyone in Dublin has a Bono story.

[icy manipulator]

manchester i think
Manchester comes in at 126, beaten by Zagreb and it beats Antigua. They're called Mancunians. The defining experience is breathing in the view of the city from little visited Godlee Observatory before heading down for some shopping heaven in the northern quarter, followed by a reviving beer in Bar Centro and a spot of live music at the Manchester Roadhouse.
Do a tour of Old Trafford and imagine wearing one of those red shirts

Question, they play at old trafford, but its not the same as the man u stadium is it?

[icy manipulator]

Salt Lake City. Gimme.
too many mormons for you guys to get into teh top 200. Is it true you can only buy 3% beer in SLC?

[zorra_chiflada]

i gather hobart isn't on the list. how about i just use melbourne instead

[icy manipulator]

If Munich is in the top 200 I will eat my morning crap for breakfast.
well you're eating crap for breakfast because munich comes in at 37. Beaten by Madrid and it beats Athens! Regularly voted by germans as the most desirible place to live, the capital of Bavaria's beguling resume includes grand architecture, world famous museums, plentiful beer halls, well dressed people and the world famous Oktoberfest. Strengths include Sausages, Breweries, Marienplatz and FC Bayern. Exports include Audi, BMW, Hitler's Mein Kampf and Werner Herzog. Oh and one in five people in munich are not of german origin

[icy manipulator]

you totally skipped me
i dont know what your city is! Salem? it's not in the list, what's closest to it out of the one i listed on the first page?

[icy manipulator]

Just curious what is the #1 City?
the city of love. the top 10 cities are no surprise

[icy manipulator]

ohh vienna
vienna comes in at 40, beaten by New Orleans and it beats Ho Chi Minh City. City Speak -
-The latest bargains at Ikea and Hofer
- Horse Nappies for the Fiaker - good idea or a bit weird?
- The latest bicycles and cycling equipment
- Anything to do with politics

Exports include Helmut Lang, Josef Haydn, The waltz and Sigmund Freud. and in vienna you must see as many museums as you can the evening of 20 september, Lange Nacht der Museen

[icy manipulator]

Los Angeles go!
LA comes in a 49, beaten by Shanghai, and it beats Lisbon. Starring Role in about a billion movies. Strengths include 300 + days of sunshine per year, excellent contempory art museums and galleries, Nuevo Latino Cuisine and kilometres of beaches. Exports include Film, Tv, Porn, Macca's, Surf and Skate Culture, NWA and California Rolls. The Gold Star - Built Enviroment - for fans of modern architecture, LA is the most innovative and diverse city in the USA

[icy manipulator]

Wilkesboro, NC

Have fun, because --sweet fuck-- any city is better than where I live.

I'm not even in a city.
hahaha, your town sounds like a cigarette brand

[icy manipulator]

im curious. whats it say about ny?
new york new york big city of dreams, comes in at number 2, beaten only by Paris, and beats our Sydnet by 1 spot. New York City is for the young, the median age of residents is only 34. 62% are white, 16% black, 15% latino and 5.5% asian. 32% of you guys are foreign born, and hundreds of languages are spoken. New Yorkers have attitude and they're not affraid to use it. They're tough, brave, jaded, over worked and intensely focused.

Strengths - Restaurant week, US open tennis tournament, rockefella centre christmas tree lighting, central park, alphabet city and narrow skyscraper canyons. In new york, drink New York state wine from the excellent wine bar Il Posto Accanto

[icy manipulator]

i gather hobart isn't on the list. how about i just use melbourne instead
i cant believe this but Hobart comes in at 91, beaten by Bled and beating Jaipur.
Hobart is australia's 2nd oldest city, and is the southern most capital. Exports include Errol Flynn, Lots of Seafood, Cascade and Princess Mary of Denmark ( ok i just added that one). After Dark preen and pose with the in crowd at fashionable watefront bistro-wine bar T-42`

Urban Myth - if you want a first hand experience of Hobarts mythical underworld, take a ghost tour of Penitentary Chapel, offered by the National Trust. Ghost tours of Hobart also offer nightly ghoul-spotting. With Hobart's convict history dont be surprised if you come face to face with some nasty dead characters. Good Luck!

[zorra_chiflada]

Urban Myth - if you want a first hand experience of Hobarts mythical underworld, take a ghost tour of Penitentary Chapel, offered by the National Trust. Ghost tours of Hobart also offer nightly ghoul-spotting. With Hobart's convict history dont be surprised if you come face to face with some nasty dead characters. Good Luck!

port arthur is more famous for the massive massacre now.

[ggirlballa]

LA comes in a 49, beaten by Shanghai, and it beats Lisbon. Starring Role in about a billion movies. Strengths include 300 + days of sunshine per year, excellent contempory art museums and galleries, Nuevo Latino Cuisine and kilometres of beaches. Exports include Film, Tv, Porn, Macca's, Surf and Skate Culture, NWA and California Rolls. The Gold Star - Built Enviroment - for fans of modern architecture, LA is the most innovative and diverse city in the USA

hell yea:cool:

[zorra_chiflada]

where are you getting this list from icy?

[icy manipulator]

where are you getting this list from icy?
it's a book called The Cities Book. It's one of those Lonely Planet books. it's pretty sweet to browse thru every so often. Brisbane or the Gold Coast aren't in it tho :mad:

[zorra_chiflada]

SUCKED IN! HOBART IS RULZ!

[icy manipulator]

YOUR TOWN IS INFESTED WITH GHOSTS!!! if you dissappear from the board one day we'll assume you were taken by the ghost of errol flynn

[tpk]

so where's stockholm at?

[TimDoolan]

Chicago

[icy manipulator]

so where's stockholm at?
Stockholm, founded in 1252 when chieftain Birger Jarl order a fort constructed on a strategically placed islet. comes in at 51, beaten by Lisbon and beating Kuala Lumpur by 1. Exports include IKEA, Abba, Ericsson, Smorgasbord, Ace of Base and Pippi Longstockings.

Defining experience - Breakfasting on lussekatt and coffee at Thelins Konditori before visiting Moderna Museet, strolling along Stromkajen and Kungstradgarden then lunching at Cafe Panorama, catching the changing of the guard at Kunglinga Slottet, refueling on fika prior to visiting the Hornspucklen galleries, dining at Ostgotakallaren, drinking at Kvarnen and checking out live music at Mondo

After dark rock the boat on warship turned restaurant/night club Lady Patricia

[Documad]

new york new york big city of dreams, comes in at number 2, beaten only by Paris, and beats our Sydney by 1 spot.
I would never put Paris before London, NYC, or Sydney.

This is some kind of bullshit affirmative action list. They're making sure that every country makes the list a few times. Mexico City! Yeah, right. :rolleyes:

[fucktopgirl]

MONTREAL is one of the greatest, no doubt about it!

[na§tee]

well yeah to be fair the only decent part of glasgow is the west end
that's because i live there. WOOT GLASGAE FTW!

(sshhh, we're western europe's murder capital but don't tell anyone! yo, compare glasgow's murder rate to your own american city! (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1331201/posts))

edinburgh is a very snobby place that is totally overrated, overrpriced and unjustifed in its rewards. although i'll

glasgow is where it's at. television was invented here. so was billy connolly. thank us.

[hellojello]

it's a book called The Cities Book. It's one of those Lonely Planet books. it's pretty sweet to browse thru every so often. Brisbane or the Gold Coast aren't in it tho :mad:
i remember reading the lonely planet guide to australia and it specifically said to stay away from my home town (well the closest town to my home) on saturday night.
yeah its that bad.
heh

[icy manipulator]

Chicago
Chicago comes in at 34, beaten by Budapest and beating Havana. Strengths include the lake, chicago blues festival, navy pier ferris wheel, chicago mercantile exchange and frank lloyd wright's prairie school-style houses. Exports include Oprah, John Belushi, Hilary Clinton Walt Disney, Hugh Hefner and Herbie Hancock. in chicago you must eat on Division St in Ukrainian Village, the hipster's dining paradise that includes several of the best brunch places in town - Smoke Daddy Rhythym and Bar-b-Que, Leo's Lunchroom or Mirai

[icy manipulator]

MONTREAL is one of the greatest, no doubt about it!
Montreal comes in a 20, beaten by Jerusalem and beating Edinburgh. And the only Canadian city higher is Vancouver. Urban Myth: It's true - Montrealers will eat anything. Every summer thousands of adventurous diners fill up on crickets, mealworms, caterpillars and locusts at the Insectorium in the Jardin Botanique. Apparantly, wax-moth larvae tastes like bacon and the fried African locust are just like potato chips with wings.

Cityspeak - Just how much did the government pay to keep the grand prix?
-I cant believe i didn't buy that plateau apartment when i could
- The megacity

Weaknesses - Celine Dion


Woohoo, 5000 posts

[paul jones]

are you curious? there are some surprising results! no city too big or small. If it's on the top 200, you'll get a result
my city calls itself a city but it hasn't even got city status ...............................................may be because it's a fucking pile of shit full of wankers

[icy manipulator]

my city calls itself a city but it hasn't even got city status ...............................................may be because it's a fucking pile of shit full of wankers
aren't you from london tho? when i was younger i use to think london was all of england. i still do in a sense, maybe that's because of the sheer vastness on australia

[befsquire]

not that i thought orlando was the best city in the world, but it should have ranked somewhere because it is a destination city. we have disney, universal, sea world, we're close to beaches, and of course the main attraction, me and the dr.

[Junker]

What about mine?

[Bob]

boston's not on there? boston's cool

not that i've seen much of it outside the law school, but i've been told it's cool

[icy manipulator]

What about mine?
once again, CURITIBA SUCKS!! hahahahaha :p

[icy manipulator]

not that i thought orlando was the best city in the world, but it should have ranked somewhere because it is a destination city. we have disney, universal, sea world, we're close to beaches, and of course the main attraction, me and the dr.
Orlando sounds very much like the Gold Coast. it has Seaworld, all the other major theme parks in australia, including the one that has the Big Brother House, the australian Champ Car round (which is on tomorow), Big Day Out (where the beasties played), largest mall in the southern hemisphere, schoolies week and the tallest building in Australia, plus lots of other shit. yet it wasn't in the list. it's just down the road from Brisbane

[icy manipulator]

boston's not on there? boston's cool

not that i've seen much of it outside the law school, but i've been told it's cool
you had the Boondock Saints, that was a sweet movie (y)

[paul jones]

aren't you from london tho? when i was younger i use to think london was all of england. i still do in a sense, maybe that's because of the sheer vastness on australia
nah,not London

[icy manipulator]

nah,not London
oh well, the london stuff is pretty funny, Imports include Roman Abramovich. i'm sure the majority poms regret that one:p

[jneen]

I would never put Paris before London, NYC, or Sydney.

This is some kind of bullshit affirmative action list. They're making sure that every country makes the list a few times. Mexico City! Yeah, right. :rolleyes:


yea, fuck paris and their rules... seattle is so much fucking better...