Best City

amos hames

amos hames

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What is the best City you have ever visited either in this country or overseas.Mine
would be London of course(not very bias there) and proberly San Francisco or New York :)
 
That is a difficult question for someone who travels a lot. London is like a second home to me although I was not born there. But something about London that attracts me. Besides that I love most of the places we have been to and always went a second time and third.
 
Sunderland. ;D
Home is where the heart is and my heart is in Sunderland.
Sells the best Black Bullets in the world and the best Stotty bread.
Its also where the funnist people in the world live.
 
I also Like.
Leeds
Prauge
Amsterdam
Boston(mass)
San Diego
Paris

The City that i didnt go much on was Sydney.Although i did like Brisbane. :)
 
I have only been to Edinburgh,Newcastle,Sunderland,York,Manchester and London so I don't think I'm qualified to really comment :)
 
George said:
I have only been to Edinburgh,Newcastle,Sunderland,York,Manchester and London so I don't think I'm qualified to really comment :)
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No thats great George all great citys.Not been to newcastle but often thought i would like to.What are the best parts of the city.My brother did the Great North run a few years back and loved the city
 
I found Edinburgh, to be clean and there are some lovely buildings but it was ruined by the the awful parking charges and the unfathomable oneway system.
 
amos hames said:
George said:
I have only been to Edinburgh,Newcastle,Sunderland,York,Manchester and London so I don't think I'm qualified to really comment :)
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No thats great George all great citys.Not been to newcastle but often thought i would like to.What are the best parts of the city.My brother did the Great North run a few years back and loved the city
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The airport and train station :)
The Great North Run passes a few hundred yards from my house.
 
George said:
I have only been to Edinburgh,Newcastle,Sunderland,York,Manchester and London so I don't think I'm qualified to really comment :)
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I too have not travelled widely: have not got a passport so all my experience is in the UK. Never been to Sunderland but all the others George mentions plus Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield. Oh I forgot Oxford which is a city too - spent some time there studying.

I liked Oxford as I always went there by train so was able to frequent the pubs and spent many an hour sat in the corner of the pub, The eagle and the Child, where one of my favourite authors sat and discussed literature from 1930s until his death in 1963 - C S Lewis.

Most of my visits to cities related to study or work. I generally only set foot in the railway stations of cities these days.
 
Susan said:
I found Edinburgh, to be clean and there are some lovely buildings but it was ruined by the the awful parking charges and the unfathomable oneway system.
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Interesting. I wonder when you were there. I live just across the river from Edinburgh and would not dream of driving in. We have a very good bus service to Edinburgh and a reasonable train service. And the bus service in Edinburgh itself is superb!

But your reference to the one-way system intrigues me. For as long as I can remember now, Edinburgh has been blighted by the building of a tramway system the extent of which has been modified significantly since inception and which now will be limited to an airport to city centre service. And before that the Edinburgh District Council administration was significantly anti the motor car so did not do a great deal to enhance traffic flow.

Edinburgh is alright but I do prefer Glasgow, a more lively and vibrant city. And have I seen any mention of Dublin? Magnificent.
 
The German cities I have visited always seem clean and organised,Paris was nice but often hectic,San Francisco was good fun, enjoyed my visits to Arizona and Nevada along with some parts of California,China was an eye opener but very polluted,as far as the UK goes I spent may years working in London and it lost any appeal it should have,Bath was nice last time I went,York is OK but can be hectic,Oxford was always a challenge with the road layout, in my old job I visited many many UK towns and Cities but never had chance to explore many, it was often a case of get in,do the job and move onto the next place
 
Mostly " visited " cities by passing through them on the way to somewhere else. I .E. we went under the Tyne through the Tunnel on the way to Scotland.Southampton on the way to the I O W .Norwich on a diversion to the coast, Durham on the way to Beamish etc etc. Oxford is one we deliberately went to and would gladly go again.I agree about York and also Leeds, fine for an hour or two but no longer.Would like to revisit Edinburgh and Glasgow but thats the problem with having to rely on local coach companies, no guarantees. ::)
 
Big Unc said:
Susan said:
I found Edinburgh, to be clean and there are some lovely buildings but it was ruined by the the awful parking charges and the unfathomable oneway system.
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Interesting. I wonder when you were there. I live just across the river from Edinburgh and would not dream of driving in. We have a very good bus service to Edinburgh and a reasonable train service. And the bus service in Edinburgh itself is superb!

But your reference to the one-way system intrigues me. For as long as I can remember now, Edinburgh has been blighted by the building of a tramway system the extent of which has been modified significantly since inception and which now will be limited to an airport to city centre service. And before that the Edinburgh District Council administration was significantly anti the motor car so did not do a great deal to enhance traffic flow.

Edinburgh is alright but I do prefer Glasgow, a more lively and vibrant city. And have I seen any mention of Dublin? Magnificent.
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We were there a couple of years ago, don't get me wrong we thought it was lovely, we went into a beautiful church and saw some lovely buildings. However when we tried to leave we took a wrong turn at rush hour and ended up going round in circles for ages.
 
We are very lucky to have the beautiful city of Canterbury here in kent.Anyone who comes to the area should check it out. :)
 
amos hames said:
We are very lucky to have the beautiful city of Canterbury here in kent.Anyone who comes to the area should check it out. :)
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I am a great lover of cathedrals. Recently visited Durham which was a long overdue tick in the box for me. Always admired it from East Coast Main Line.

Have visited Canterbury Cathedral but cannot really remember it - it was around 60 years ago - we were living in Folkestone at the time. Would very much like to visit again - also Salisbury and Lincoln. Like Liverpool - two cathedrals

Much of our holidaying lately has been cruising. Gives you the opportunity to take in many places. Rome and Florence come to mind, of course, and Venice. Beautiful walled cities of Dubrovnik and Rhodes. Did very much enjoy Santorini.
 
Susan said:
Sunderland. ;D
Home is where the heart is and my heart is in Sunderland.
Sells the best Black Bullets in the world and the best Stotty bread.
Its also where the funnist people in the world live.
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Sunderland is one of the newer Cities as I remember. The ones that don't have a Cathedral.
My aunt was in Sunderland on a very wet day recently. She is nearly 90 and a heavy smoker. She was passing a pub with a covered in smoker's place when a man popped out and invited her in. He and his friends lit her 'tab' and found her a cup of tea. Then sent her on her way with a 'mind how you go now pet'. She loved it.
 
Ess said:
Sunderland is one of the newer Cities as I remember. The ones that don't have a Cathedral.
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"Sunderland was created a municipal borough of County Durham in 1835. Under the Local Government Act 1888, it was given the status of a county borough, independence from county council control. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county borough was abolished and its area combined with that of other districts to form the Metropolitan Borough of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. The metropolitan borough was granted city status after winning a competition in 1992 to celebrate the Queen's 40th year on the throne."

Motto

Sunderland has the motto of Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo loosely translated it means Never Despair, Trust In God"

In a sense this implies that the City of Sunderland extends over a larger area tha simply Sunderland itself (a bit like Greater London).

Definition of a City: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom
 
Has to be Leeds. Fabulous City, Great Market, Interesting Museums, A Nice Cinema and a whole lot of Modern Stuff. Plus my sister lives there.
 
I have only been to the London airports but have a British travel book and the city, York, sounds like it should be nice.

On the American side, I read praises in this thread and previous ones about San Fransisco and Las Vegas. I agree. Also, parts of Chicago (downtown and northern parts) are quite nice. For those that like small cities, Reno (in the same state as Las Vegas- Nevada) is nice. It is like a sleepy, smaller version of Vegas and surrounded by some nice countryside. When I visited it, it seemed like a version of Las Vegas that stopped progressing in the 1980's. To me, those types of non-prestigious places can have a lot of charm.
 
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