Best cities in the world to live in

[Bunk]

We are talking about the present not ancient history.....

Sorry, have City gone and won the Champions League without me noticing?

[RedSauce]

I can't see that at all - sure some parts are grubby and full of rubbish (depending on their chavness/new immigrant quota usually).
But many places (most places ?) aren't.
In London I've lived in NW, E, W, SW.
E was most definitely grubby and dirty, W and SW (Toast Rack, Richmond) definitely not.

The E is the grubby side of London by design. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the prevailing winds blew the smog from west to east, so the wealthier developed in the west which is why all the nicer parks, theatres, palaces etc are towards the west.

[Dallas]

The E is the grubby side of London by design. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the prevailing winds blew the smog from west to east, so the wealthier developed in the west which is why all the nicer parks, theatres, palaces etc are towards the west.

This is the same for all cities in the northern hemisphere - opposite for southern hemisphere ...

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Sorry, have City gone and won the Champions League without me noticing?

I mentioned 2 teams not 1. Both have won the premier league in recent years. When was the last time Liverpool won the top division again?

[Bunk]

I mentioned 2 teams not 1. Both have won the premier league in recent years. When was the last time Liverpool won the top division again?

Liverpool was just an example because it's still above Manchester in terms of European Cups. Winning the Premier League is hardly a fair measure because it's limited to teams and cities in England.

If winning the top division in the country is all you need then surely Glasgow is the greatest city in the world?

Hint: It's definitely not

[doodab]

I can't see that at all - sure some parts are grubby and full of rubbish (depending on their chavness/new immigrant quota usually).
But many places (most places ?) aren't.
In London I've lived in NW, E, W, SW.
E was most definitely grubby and dirty, W and SW (Toast Rack, Richmond) definitely not.

The eastern half of the metropolis is mostly a tip, as is more or less everything due south and large swathes of the north, north west and west. I'd say that was most of it. The pleasant bits are definitely in the minority.

[Freaki Li Cuatre]

Only went to Manchester once. I'd been in Spain for the previous 3 months and I just remember how wet, grey and miserable it was. Sure it's lovely on a hot summer's day.

[d000hg]

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If winning the top division in the country is all you need then surely Glasgow is the greatest city in the world?

Hint: It's definitely not [/QUOTE]It is quite nice though. Certainly better than Manchester or Liverpool.

[Bunk]

The eastern half of the metropolis is mostly a tip, as is more or less everything due south and large swathes of the north, north west and west. I'd say that was most of it. The pleasant bits are definitely in the minority.

When you say it's a tip, do you mean rubbish lying in the streets? Because I definitely don't see that. As others have mentioned, it's a pretty clean city. I remember being surprised when I lived in Berlin at the amount of graffiti all over the city. I thought it made it look far more untidy than London.

[cailin maith]

I remember being surprised when I lived in Berlin at the amount of graffiti all over the city.

I thought that about Rome - never seen so much graffiti in my life.... come to think of it, Paris was bad too - on the outskirts.