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The World's Best City [According to the U.N.]
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Posted on 10/05/2005 11:21:59 AM PDT by loreldan
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To: decimon
Now ewe are being baaaad.
To: p. henry
LOL
So the weather is much like Seattle, or does it have more or less rain?
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posted on
10/05/2005 12:50:32 PM PDT
by
NathanR
(Mexico: So far from God; So close to the USA.)
To: martin_fierro; Constitution Day
She's debating whether or not to heat the oil in the frypan before she throws it at you.
83
posted on
10/05/2005 12:50:56 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Wanna be on my CE ping list? Say the word!)
To: loreldan
Then why not let the UN move there?
84
posted on
10/05/2005 12:52:20 PM PDT
by
airborne
(My hero - my nephew! Sean is home! Thank you God!)
To: RockyMtnMan
Pfft, it's just harder to breathe that way. Besides, we yanks have much harder granite poking out through the ice than you have under your 20-40' of packed powder.
85
posted on
10/05/2005 12:53:14 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Wanna be on my CE ping list? Say the word!)
To: loreldan
But where is this heaven on earth, where can you have a great standard of living and healthcare? That's true. You're only an hour and a half drive from the US border if you get sick.
86
posted on
10/05/2005 1:02:31 PM PDT
by
jbloedow
To: jbloedow
87
posted on
10/05/2005 1:05:08 PM PDT
by
loreldan
(Lincoln, Reagan, & G. W. Bush - the cure for Democrat lunacy.)
To: loreldan
I think Edinburgh, in your neck of the woods, should have been considered. And one of the highest violent crime rates, from what I hear, at least in Europe.
Not to mention some of the most miserable weather I've ever experienced. It's the only place I've been where the trees are permanently bent over because of constant wind!
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posted on
10/05/2005 1:09:25 PM PDT
by
jbloedow
To: NathanR
89
posted on
10/05/2005 1:11:53 PM PDT
by
p. henry
To: loreldan
The 10 best cities to live in are:
Vancouver, Canada
Melbourne, Australia
Vienna, Austria
Geneva, Switzerland
Perth, Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Sydney, Australia
Zurich, Switzerland
Toronto, Canada
Calgary, Canada
Do you think maybe, just maybe, this list was put together by a couple of Aussies and a Canuck who like skiing and smoking pot?
Seriously, Vancouver is a great city, makes Seattle (where I live) look like a turd-pile. But we chose Seattle over Vancouver because of job opportunities and taxes, and because real-estate is even more nuts in 'couver than here. Oh, and because we like liberty and democracy. Not sure if the list took that into account.
Calgary is fantastic, should be higher. Toronto used to be top-ten material, but shouldn't be anywhere near the top ten anymore. It's going downhill fast.
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posted on
10/05/2005 1:16:07 PM PDT
by
jbloedow
To: loreldan
Thank goodness my city wasn't mentioned or all you monkeys (and those evolved from them) would be moving here spoiling the cat's paradise!
91
posted on
10/05/2005 1:20:17 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: loreldan
A local radio show here in Pittsburgh was talking about it this morning, more on the list can be found
HERE but still not a complete list...searching....
92
posted on
10/05/2005 1:28:23 PM PDT
by
infidel29
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
To: loreldan
Sorry, that's last year's list now that I look closer. Still searching anyways.
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posted on
10/05/2005 1:29:59 PM PDT
by
infidel29
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
To: infidel29
94
posted on
10/05/2005 1:43:49 PM PDT
by
loreldan
(Lincoln, Reagan, & G. W. Bush - the cure for Democrat lunacy.)
To: loreldan
When people ask me what there is to see in Seattle, I say, "Vancouver."
To: loreldan
I've been in Vancouver a few times, always in the spring or summer, and thought it was a nice place to visit, except that the lanes on some of the major highways are too narrow. There's an excellent museum on the UBC campus with lots of totem poles and other material on the "First Nations" of the area.
I don't see Detroit on the ten best list.
To: loreldan
I've been in two of the cities on the Best 10 list. No way would I live in them. And that goes for the rest of the cities on the list.
If the U.N. likes Vancouver, B.C. so much let it move there. I volunteer to help with the packing.
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posted on
10/05/2005 2:19:13 PM PDT
by
billnaz
(What part of "shall not be infringed" don't you understand?)
To: Lorraine
They have the best topless bars,thats for sure. Better than Portland, OR?
To: loreldan
Lived in Vancouver and have no desire to go back. Yes it is a beautiful place and has lots going for it - weather is nice for much of the year, Stanley Park, it's on the ocean and has the mountains. It also has the 'east side' with tons of drugs and prostitutes, approximately 1000 'gro-ops' in the lower mainland, very high taxes, real estate prices out of sight, horrible traffic problems, local city councils that are in the pocket of developers worse than most places and so. All in all, it wouldn't' rank in the upper 50 percentile in my books. Sorry that I can't list my favourite - don't have one because I hate traffic and love living in the country too much.
To: NathanR
Vancouver is like Seattle weatherwise except that Vancouver usually gets one or two snowstorms even at sea level.
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posted on
10/05/2005 7:12:56 PM PDT
by
rasblue
(Vive le libre Alberta!)
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