1. New York
2. San Francisco
3. Chicago
4. Santa Fe
5. Quebec City
6. Charleston
7. Vancouver
8. Montreal
9. Victoria, BC
10.Seattle

Looks like Canada has a lot of rocking cities.

7/18/2007 1:31:48 PM

ah yes, charleston

7/18/2007 1:33:06 PM

America Jr.

7/18/2007 1:33:35 PM

where is Poetrickster to complain about why Myrtle Beach isn't #1

7/18/2007 1:33:45 PM

that guy types with his elbows. I'm sure he's trying desperately, and eventually he'll hammer out the right combination of keys to post in this thread.

7/18/2007 1:36:18 PM

^ lol

7/18/2007 1:40:44 PM

I wonder if the editor is Canadian

7/18/2007 1:41:47 PM

canada's cool

7/18/2007 1:42:52 PM

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"where is Poetrickster to complain about why Myrtle Beach isn't #1 "

haha, word up

7/18/2007 1:46:42 PM

No, I'll never get on a message board and complain about how the travel industry ranks cities.


OMF HOW IS NYC #1????????? ITS TEWIBULL IT HAX PEEPOLE THERE. EVERYTHING NATORIL ABOUT IT IS GONE...WERST CITI EVA

7/18/2007 3:31:01 PM

^uh oh.
^NYC is great. But mostly when the all the New Yorkers who go to Myrtle beach are at Myrtle beach...not in nyc.

In my opinion:
City:defined by its people and what they create.
Beach:not defined by it's people.

Poetrickster GO!

Seriously though, i've been to all those cities except for Victoria and Seattle and it's an okay list. I might put Quebec City above Santa Fe though.

[Edited on July 18, 2007 at 3:41 PM. Reason : .]

7/18/2007 3:36:06 PM

Seattle is one of my favorites for sailing, fishing, paddling, hiking, mountain climbing, biking, and the fun urban stuff, too.

7/18/2007 3:44:19 PM

at least fucking myrtle beach didn't make it to #1 on this list also

7/18/2007 7:41:06 PM

Not a rabid fan of Montreal (I'm here right now). The roadways are the most god-awful design ever and the weather is pretty bad for the most part (July and August being the exception). As for the people, if you're not French, it's hit-or-miss how you're treated. Certainly not a bad city, but definitely some factors that keep it out of my top 10.

7/18/2007 9:27:22 PM

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"NYC is great. But mostly when the all the New Yorkers who go to Myrtle beach are at Myrtle beach...not in nyc. "

Nobody here in NYC goes to Myrtle Beach. And here in the summer I'd say 90% of the people that go to the beach go to the NJ Shore or The Hamptons. And in the winter time its Miami.

Why would a NY'er spend $350 to fly to SC when they can fly to Miami or SoCal, lol.

And most New Yorkers are very nice people, its just if you get in their way or do something stupid when they're commuting that you better look out

[Edited on July 18, 2007 at 10:51 PM. Reason : k]

7/18/2007 10:51:17 PM

^Oh i know. You missed the joke. Poetrickster argued that many New Yorkers drive down to go to Myrtle Beach in the Myrtle Beach is 1# thread. In actuality quite a few people drive down to Myrtle beach from NYC. For golf, etc. If you ever go there plenty of the license plates are from the northeast. I was joking because i'm not too fond of Myrtle beach and when i go to NYC I was sarcastically saying those people should just go down to Myrtle beach, thus eliminating the fake vacationers from the population.

Oh and i think most people from NYC drive. It's really cheap and they can carry thier golf clubs with them. Yes i know i find it amazing too, and i've been to NYC countless times, played at Carnegie call, etc etc. So i've seen the amazing phenomena too. You're right, why would clearly educated people drive to Myrtle Beach, SC when they can hit up Miami or Southern Cal. I'll be in San Francisco in early august. Laughing at all the New Yorkers in SC.

7/19/2007 8:20:17 AM

They are alot better for people our age but I can say Miami and southern cal aren't great places to take your kids on a family vacation.

7/19/2007 8:39:02 AM

^Of course they are. Myrtle Beach is? Myrtle beach is the last place i'd take kids if i had them. There's so much cool shit to do in California. I remember going to the San Diego zoo when i was little and loving it along with all the surrounding attractions. There's much more in any city of Cali for kids to do than Myrtle Beach. I remember going to Myrtle beach as a kid with friends families and being bored out of my mind. This is not even an argument. What is there for kids to do at Myrtle beach besides hotel swimming pools, arcades, and the beach? Sure you could name a few more things. Don't even get me started on the long long list of shit kids can do in Southern California.

7/19/2007 9:02:56 AM

Canada has so many great cities.

i love canada.

7/19/2007 9:15:43 AM

^^oh sorry, RIGHT over my head there, lol.

7/19/2007 10:48:34 PM

Of course cali and florida are the best places to vacation. 4 plane tickets for 250 each is 1k. Flying across the country is pretty tough. 2 tanks of gas is 100 bux. letting kids loose in a big city like miami la or san diego is dangerous with all the drugs prostitutes and gangs and stuff.

Myrtle's worse as an overall city but as a beach theres no better beach for the whole family.

7/20/2007 1:38:18 AM

^ fucking giving it up dude. Myrtle beach sucks

7/20/2007 3:37:58 AM

^Yeah, if i had kids i'd rather "let them loose" in parts of San Fran or San Diego than Myrtle Beach. Myrtle beach is the exact opposite impression i want my kids to have of the world, if i had kids.

7/20/2007 9:20:14 AM

Chicago represent

7/20/2007 12:23:13 PM

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"Beach:not defined by it's people. "

sure they are. beaches are originally made by nature, but they're shaped by the people that build there.

7/21/2007 1:46:32 PM

^well my point, as well as many others was you don't "build" there. Buildings should have little, if no effect on the beach. Thus I said beaches should not be defined by it's people... or you get a catastrophe such as Myrtle Beach.

7/21/2007 2:15:50 PM

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"letting kids loose in a big city like miami la or san diego is dangerous with all the drugs prostitutes and gangs and stuff. "

Only if the kids are fucking stupid and sheltered. This isn't 1980 anymore where the downtown area of big cities are cesspools with prostitution and drug pushers.

[Edited on July 21, 2007 at 2:42 PM. Reason : x]

7/21/2007 2:41:43 PM

^Yeah you usually only hear that type of comment from people who haven't been to any big cities lately. It's completely different than it was a few decades ago. Simply go to New York, or San Diego or Chicago, they weren't what they were decades ago, and even then it wasn't as bad as people make it out to be.

7/21/2007 2:47:04 PM

I ♥ Chicago

But I'm a little biased

7/21/2007 2:53:38 PM

1) Chicago
1a) Vancouver

the rest

7/21/2007 6:55:06 PM

I have to admit, Quebec city is a pretty neat place to do touristy things

[Edited on July 22, 2007 at 12:26 AM. Reason : y]

7/22/2007 12:25:59 AM

who the fuck made this list?

seattle is way better than charleston.

i mean, charleston is nice and all... but come on

7/22/2007 2:28:32 AM

90% of canada lives in the top 10 cities... cool

7/22/2007 3:05:10 AM

victoria is tight too

brittish columbia is pretty much where i need to move

7/22/2007 3:52:09 AM

I'm going to Vancouver for work in September just before school starts for 3 days.. can't wait.

I read that Vancouver has the highest density of bars/restaurants than any city in the world outside of Manhattan.

7/23/2007 4:22:24 PM

^^^^you wouldnt be biased about seattle by chance would you

7/23/2007 4:24:28 PM

well, maybe a little bit.

but still.

seattle way beats charleston for cool shit to do.

7/23/2007 5:52:57 PM

yeah i love charleston but to compare it to seattle is just stupid

charleston wins the distinction of being one of the very few southern cities worth visiting (note i said visiting...charlotte and raleigh are just dandy but there is no reason to visit them)

7/23/2007 7:57:51 PM

was there reasons for the choices? like what did they base the choices on? i've been to a few of the cities on the list and know enough about the rest, but i'm not really seeing the common theme.

7/23/2007 8:50:31 PM

Brooklyn is #1

7/23/2007 9:06:21 PM

^mos def.

7/23/2007 9:43:21 PM

BUSTA

7/23/2007 9:58:11 PM

have you really lived there?

7/23/2007 10:34:02 PM

who?

7/23/2007 10:38:46 PM

Quote :

"Brooklyn is #1"

poseur

7/24/2007 9:14:48 AM

It's lyrics to a song. Queens is alright too. Last time i was up there a tree fell on my friend's grandmother's mini. Could hardly see the mini afterwards.

7/24/2007 9:24:21 AM

^^ blah blah blah

have you even been to Brooklyn?

Williamsburg and Greenpoint dont count

7/24/2007 7:12:11 PM

^Lower Manhattan FTW. Moving into Greenwich Village next week, hell yeah.

Quote :

"I read that Vancouver has the highest density of bars/restaurants than any city in the world outside of Manhattan."

Bryan, I thought that distinction belonged to Hoboken?

7/24/2007 9:31:33 PM

lower Manhattan sucks compared to midtown-uptown is where its at.

7/25/2007 2:06:21 AM

^^ Im more of a fan of the LES as far as lower manhattan goes but congrats

^ are you serious? Midtown is horrible and the UES is a frat wasteland

UWS is cool but out of my price range for the most part.

7/25/2007 8:20:16 AM