From travel and leisure :
Top 10 Cities of the World
2 of them are in Thailand
This year-Last year-City-Score
1-4-Florence-87.09
2-3-Rome-86.15
3-2-Bangkok-86.11
4-1-Sydney-85.94
5-5-Chiang Mai, Thailand-85.62
6-8-Cape Town-85.39
7-n/a-Buenos Aires-85.03
8-6-New York-84.75
9-n/a-Beirut-84.38
10-10-San Francisco-84.29
Source : http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsb ... cat=cities
How things can change!
Beirut number nine!
Goodness knows how they compile these lists. This one looks a bit wacky to me. Vancouver and Vienna usually get a mention.
[i]There is a boy across the river with a bottom like a peach,
But alas I cannot swim.
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- From an early-19th-century Pashtun marching song
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Phone Beirut 987654321000000
Paris, Prague, London, Venice, York, Bath, Edinburg and Vancouver are in most peoples favourites. Sadly and delightful though they are, neither Bangkok or Chiang Mai are.
I hope that my posts will be of use.
The magazine's "methodology" used to determine the list can be found here: http://www.travelandleisure.com/worldsb ... 6/info.cfm . Haven't read it yet as I'm out the door. Take a look and see what you think.
Obviously Beirut was on there according to, er, 'earlier', criteria.
Cheers ....
Just another reason why I love living in Thailand
The list in the magazine is fine. I tend to perfer my own list that reflects places I like, for example my top 10 cities would be:
l. Pattaya
2. New York
3. Bangkok
4. Rome
6. Amsterdam
6. Rio (Copacabana)
7. Puerto Vallarta
8. Paris
9. Acapulco
10. Fort Lauderdale
My list would reflect I'm close to Mexico and live in USA.
Anyone else care to expand of favorite cities.
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1. Bangkok
2. Prague
3. Amsterdam
4. Paris
5. San Francisco
6. NYC
7. Mexico City
8. Chicago
9. Vancouver
10. Berlin
1. New York
2. San Francisco
3. Amsterdam
4. London
5. Buenos Aires
6. Rio de Janeiro
7. Barcelona
8. Capetown
9. Sydney
10. Madrid
Doubt what will be left of Beruit will be on the list next year... Maybe it will be replaced by Baghdad if they can make the road from the airport to the Green zone planted with date palms...
Actually it would be interesting to hear the top 10 cities under 100,000 people...
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