What are you 'Top 5' favorite US cities and World cities?

[Midtownkid]

Just for fun!  With all these other threads full of debates I thought this could be a calmer one.  [we'll see]

USA:
1 New York
2 Kansas City
3 Seattle
4 San Francisco
5 Washington DC

World:
1 Barcelona (You must go here if you haven't)
2 Paris
3 Edinburgh
4 Seville
5 (I'm sure London would be if I ever go there)

[kcmetro]

I'll list only the ones I've been to.

1. Chicago
2. NYC
3. DC
4. Denver
5. Boston

[KCMax]

US
1. Portland
2. New York
3. Chicago
4. San Francisco
5. Austin

World:
1. London
2. Munich
3. Amsterdam
4. Dublin
5. Toronto

[Midtownkid]

Yeah nobody post cities they haven't been to...ignore my London comment...

[LenexatoKCMO]

USA
1) San Francisco
2) Kansas City
3) Chicago (only in summer)
4) Portland
5) DC (only in Spring)

World
1) London
2) Paris
3) Oxford
4) Venice (only in winter)
5) Prague

[Highlander]

It's been a long time since I travelled in the US so I will stick to Europe

Berlin
Nice
Rome
Munich
Prague

So many nice cities in Europe.  All the Scandinavian capitols are up there on my list too, particularly Copenhagen. 

[LenexatoKCMO]

Berlin

Interesting.  Its been 10+ years since I have been there but I came away thinking it was a remarkably dull place for visitors compared to the other european capitals.  Though I understand they have done much the last several years.  What would you say are its selling points? 

[chrizow]

i am the opposite of well-traveled, but here are my favorite US cities that i've been to, in no order.  (i've never been outside the US).

1.  austin
2.  chicago
3.  nyc
4.  minneapolis
5.  st. louis.

[dangerboy]

US: Chicago, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, DC.

Foreign: London, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Vancouver, Dublin

[Highlander]

Interesting.  Its been 10+ years since I have been there but I came away thinking it was a remarkably dull place for visitors compared to the other european capitals.  Though I understand they have done much the last several years.  What would you say are its selling points? 

Well, I am a bit of a germanophile and WWII/cold war history buff so that certainly peaks my interest.  I think it's a very ecclectic place.  I just enjoy seeing how the city evolved post-war and I'm fascinated at the differences between the post-war western part of the city, communist East Berlin (which is fading into obscurity) and the contemporary city that has been built up linearally along the former wall corridor and, of course, Potsdamer Platz.  Old west berlin has great entertainment/shopping around the K'Damm, a cultural district south of the Tiergarten and Charlottenburg with the Egyptian museums.  The Tiergarten itself can be a pleasant but sometimes bizarre experience...I walked into a clearing with hundreds of nude but amorous sun bathers one summer afternoon but, alas, they were all men.  

In the east, Museum Island has some truly world class museums, particularly the Pergamon and Unter den Linden has infilled with great restaurants and museums/galleries.  Fredrichstrasse is fantastic for department stores and shoppingand of course it feeds to the south into Potsdamer Platz.  Potsdamer Platz is interesting but still a bit disappointing in that it still sits by itself...nonetheless, I really enjoy the Sony Center, it's a great public forum.    

 There is also talk of rebuilding the Berlin palace which was destroyed in the war and even opening up the Hitler Bunker to the public.  The latter is something I would love to see especially after seeing the movie "Downfall".

Obviously, you won't find Paris-type architecture but the place really keeps my interest because it is so different from everywhere else.  I put a picture thread out on it about a year or so ago.      

http://forum.kcrag.com/index.php?topic=6646.0

[chrizow]

also, berlin's haute restaurant scene has received a ton of press in the last couple of years - it is now a culinary mecca.  its contemporary art scene is probably the most vibrant in continental europe along with paris.  the music scene is great as well.  it's a very hip place (not that i've been there, but i read things...)

[Maitre D]

San Francisco
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Victoria BC
San Antonio


I like Indy a lot but that's basically another KC.  


Worst:

Detroit
LA
Cleveland
Phoenix
New Orleans

[Highlander]

also, berlin's haute restaurant scene has received a ton of press in the last couple of years - it is now a culinary mecca.  its contemporary art scene is probably the most vibrant in continental europe along with paris.  the music scene is great as well.  it's a very hip place (not that i've been there, but i read things...)

I've been there 4 times.  The last was a couple of years ago.  Great restaurants with a huge ethnic variety.  It's a very cosmopolitan place.  Much of the scene that would appeal to people here, I could not really participate in because I had an 11 and 13 year old in tow but you could certainly pick up on the vibe.  What I liked was that there are several districts in the city that offered a variety of choices.  

[cknab1]

My favorite US Cities
1. Chicago
2. San Francisco
3. Seattle
4. San Diego
5. Flagstaff


Outside of the US
1. Bangkok
2. Dublin
3. Toronto
4. Siem Reap
5. Chiang Mai

But my favorite place to live for many reasons is KC.  If it wasn’t I wouldn’t be here.

[AllThingsKC]

US:

1. Chicago
2. Denver
3. Seattle
4. St. Louis
5. San Diego

World:

1. Sydney
2. London
3. Toronto
4. Jerusalem
5. Tokyo

[GRID]

This is hard, but I'll try.

US:

1. New York City
2. Denver
3. Seattle
4. Boston
5. San Francisco

Sorry, but KC would be about 10 for me, which is not bad for a medium sized city in the midwest.

World:  (never been overseas)

1. Vancouver
2. Toronto

[ShowMeKC]

US:
1. Chicago
2. Washington D.C.
3. New York City (parts of it)
4. Kansas City
5. St. Louis

World: (never been outside the US)
1. Athens
2. Brussels/Antwerp
3. Zurich
4. Rome
5. Moscow (Kremlin area)/Copenhagen/Munich/Barcelona/Thessaloniki

[KCDowntown]

1. NYC
2. Chicago
3. Washington D.C.
4. San Francisco
5. Boston

1. Paris
2. Barcelona
3. London
4. Cologne
5. Munich

[supastudio]

1. Las Vegas
2. New York City
3. Chicago
4. San Francisco
5. San Diego

1. Makati City (lived)
2. Osaka (visited)
3. Bangkok (visited)
4. Barcelona (want to visit)
5. Prague (want to visit)

[OPIchabod]

I can't believe that no one has mentioned Atlanta, Dallas or Houston!

My top five American -

1) San Francisco
2) New York
3) Washington D.C.
4) Seattle
5) Minneapolis

14) Kansas City

Bottom Feeders

Los Angeles
Dallas
Houston