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Imagine picking Paris of all cities as the only French representative and putting it at number one.
Is this a list of the most beautiful cities in the world according to the idealistic vision people have of them ?
If I had to choose a single French city for its beauty, it would be Strasbourg imo
Is this a list of the most beautiful cities in the world according to the idealistic vision people have of them ?
If I had to choose a single French city for its beauty, it would be Strasbourg imo
Flight Network surveyed over 1,000 travel agencies, writers, and bloggers about the cities they find most stunningly gorgeous and ranked the answers.
Whatever that means.
Whatever that means.
1940's through 1960's, I'd agree with you.
But NYC (even if you "disregard" the other four boroughs -Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island- and just count Manhattan like a lot of people seem to do) and the sights it offers can be very situational. At a far distance certain downtown segments look phenomenal. Up close, it's one nice sight followed by square miles of eyesores and smells. The recent rise in crime in NYC isn't helping either!
I will say this --- NYC easily, quite easily falls into the #1 spot when for me when it snows at night. It's snow covered silhouettes are amazing.
New York is a great city but New York at #2 on "Most beautiful cities" makes no sense to me... but London also doesn't make sense, at least it makes more sense than New York. Vancouver is a good example of a beautiful city where you have contrast, enormous hovering mountains surrounding a dense city center with a vibrant skyline, and then surrounded by water on all sides. It's a contrast between nature and the city. New York has no contrast. It's an inescapable urban cityscape and, sure, central park is good, but it's a planned urban park that is as natural as a skyscraper. I love visiting New York, have a great time there, but the suffocating density of New York and the inescapability of the city makes it difficult for me to consider it "beautiful."
Vancouver looks like it's out of a scifi videogame, like one of those things where you'd think it's too fantastical to be real, with enormous mountains, water on all sides, and then this insane dense urban skyline packed onto a tiny island.
Vancouver looks like it's out of a scifi videogame, like one of those things where you'd think it's too fantastical to be real, with enormous mountains, water on all sides, and then this insane dense urban skyline packed onto a tiny island.
I don't think Boston is widely hated at all. The people have a bad reputation (which is mostly bunk), but Boston seems to be well loved.
Law & Order: SVU tells me there is a dead body around every corner so I know this can't be true...
Exactly, you can pretty much pick any italian city at random and its more beautiful than NYC or san fran and Paris
Where's Boston, Philly, and/or the Big Easy? Easily three of the country's more beautiful, esp compared to NYC.
SF is a shit show (lit shit everywhere).
been to 10 cities on this list (6 in the top 10), not sure about Paris being number one but I would change Venice out if he top 5 and slide in Barcelona at its spot. (I thought Rome was much better than Venice).
just got from back Dubai, Went to Marina Walk, The one palm Jumaira, Mirical garden, La me're beach & JBR
I would recommend those places to anyone
I would recommend those places to anyone
lmao @ New york being "beautiful"
real list -
1. Boston
2. Stamford CT (WWE headquarters)
3. Providence
real list -
1. Boston
2. Stamford CT (WWE headquarters)
3. Providence
There are plenty of cities just here in Rio that I would put above New York
Anyway there is nothing in those cities that come as close to being as beautiful as Tijuca forest for example. Hell I would put most northeast capitals above any south one
Of course someone from the south would say that. Rio's problems aren't worse than those cities, they are just more well known because the biggest media is here
Anyway there is nothing in those cities that come as close to being as beautiful as Tijuca forest for example. Hell I would put most northeast capitals above any south one
It isnt, not only it has nothing as beautiful as the beaches, the Tijuca forests and other things, it is fucking polluted in a way that is impossible to live well if you have respiratory problems.
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Your stanning for New England is hilarious. Stamford is the shittiest place on earth and Providence is pretty ugly. Boston is indeed beautiful though. Standing on the Mass Ave bridge at sunset is breathtaking
Yep. All pictures of Rio being considered beautiful are of the ocean and/or the surrounding nature. If the city even shows up, it's just a small part from far away, while hiding the favelas as best as they can.
Rio's beaches are overrated and the city sucks.
Sao Paulo, culturally, is way cooler. Yeah, it's a big sprawling monstrous behometh of a city, but I found it way nicer than Rio.
Been to 12 and was born in one of those. But I don't know that I agree with the #1 on the list. Prague was way more beautiful for me than Paris was. Though to be fair I spent more time in Prague than I did in Paris.
Culture has nothing to do with beauty
SP is simply an uglier city to live: No beaches, no urban forests, no beautiful landscapes, grey skies because of the pollution etc
Copenhagen is a weird omission if Amsterdam is so high up, especially with some of the US cities being posted and not one is New Orleans.
I am writing this post from the worlds tallest hotel, and I must admit that Dubai is a beautiful city in a very modern way, hell I literally went to a pool in the Burj Khalifa today and it was surreal seeing the city around me towering up.
My overall number 1 would by far be Seoul, just an amazing city with a rich cultural backdrop and unique places to go. Dubai is a bit too modern and the old parts of Dubai is unfortunately a tourist trap hellhole, the old city is probably one of the worst places I have ever gone on a vacation.
I am writing this post from the worlds tallest hotel, and I must admit that Dubai is a beautiful city in a very modern way, hell I literally went to a pool in the Burj Khalifa today and it was surreal seeing the city around me towering up.
My overall number 1 would by far be Seoul, just an amazing city with a rich cultural backdrop and unique places to go. Dubai is a bit too modern and the old parts of Dubai is unfortunately a tourist trap hellhole, the old city is probably one of the worst places I have ever gone on a vacation.
Did they watch some postcards from 20 years ago for Istanbul or why on earth is this Frankenstein of a city on that list?
That city looks like Erdogans dumbass relatives all thought they all were achitects and just plastered shit everywhere, without regarding a single principle of city planning or hell, even basic aesthetics like aligned structures.
Istanbul is lucky they still have their historical sites, because otherwise it's a fucking joke.
That city looks like Erdogans dumbass relatives all thought they all were achitects and just plastered shit everywhere, without regarding a single principle of city planning or hell, even basic aesthetics like aligned structures.
Istanbul is lucky they still have their historical sites, because otherwise it's a fucking joke.
This too.
I'm kind of glad my city never gets on these kinds of lists. I'm more than happy with us staying out of the spotlight as much as possible.
I do wonder if they ranked them based on skyline shots or something, cause the cities I've been to on that list aren't that pretty from street level. They have some pretty spots, but overall I wouldn't call them pretty.
I'd put someplace like Chattanooga above cities like Chicago and Toronto.
I do wonder if they ranked them based on skyline shots or something, cause the cities I've been to on that list aren't that pretty from street level. They have some pretty spots, but overall I wouldn't call them pretty.
I'd put someplace like Chattanooga above cities like Chicago and Toronto.
Of the places on that list I've been lucky enough to visit (London, Lisbon, Tokyo and Edinburgh) I certainly wouldn't argue with Lisbon, Tokyo and Edinburgh being on the list (although some of the sketchier parts of Edinburgh are proper sketchy, but this is a tourist thing so whatever). I wouldn't have London on there though. Don't get me wrong it has some beautiful places but on the whole I wouldn't class it as especially beautiful.
Surprised not to see Stockholm there either. Some cracking architecture on show there.
Surprised not to see Stockholm there either. Some cracking architecture on show there.
That top 3 is really shocking to me, honestly.
Feels like most privileged metropoli, not most beautiful cities.
Feels like most privileged metropoli, not most beautiful cities.
How is Seattle not in the Top 50? Place is absolutely gorgeous (despite being home to the filthy Seachickens).
I just looked at the first Google image for Vancouver and holy shit that is fucking beautiful.
I just looked at the first Google image for Vancouver and holy shit that is fucking beautiful.
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Out of the 10 cities I've been to in that list, I'd say that parts of 9 of them probably earn them a spot on this list.
While I really enjoyed my time in Berlin and certainly wouldn't mind living there, I'd never use the word beautiful to describe it.
I never knew Québec City and Vancouver looked that amazing. Canada is now absolutely a country that I'd love to visit.
While I really enjoyed my time in Berlin and certainly wouldn't mind living there, I'd never use the word beautiful to describe it.
I never knew Québec City and Vancouver looked that amazing. Canada is now absolutely a country that I'd love to visit.
Outside of Portland ME there aren't really any other cities in New England.... But yeah, Portland is pretty beautiful by the water. Burlington VT is nice but it's tiny
Yeah, NYC is extremely impressive. But beautiful? IDK about that.
No doubt. I'm sure somewhere, at some angle, in the right light, NYC is gorgeous.
I dunno, is Hartford any beautiful? I know the state has some decent college towns.
Eeh, Tijuca is great, but I still prefer the nature and beaches from Floripa. As far as the urban area goes, as soon as you drive in Av Brasil, Rio is full of favelas and there's graffiti everywhere. I have some relatives living in Bangu, which I visit regularly.
Rio's still better than Porto Alegre (ugliest capital city from Brazil), BH and SP
I've lived in Vancouver and London for most of my life and I wouldn't rate vancouver anywhere near london tbh.
