S/O Places you’ve visited with an amazing vibe/energy

[Anonymous]

Montreal: people are chill, food is absolutely excellent (and they eschew the Michelin guide, so meals were far less pretentious/expensive), great public transportation, beautiful parks. Just a great livable vibe. Every block seemed to have a hidden gem restaurant.

Lima: lively with absolutely lovely people, excellent food, stunning beaches, music, gorgeous surroundings

Mexico City: busy but fun, excellent food absolutely everywhere, stunning history and art

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Anonymous wrote:Oslo - people are happy...

I love threads like this. Oslo is interesting to see. I’ve always heard people were unwelcoming to foreigners and did not engage with them.

[Anonymous]

Mackinac Island overnights

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New Orleans (queue all the people who say it’s dirty/dumpy/dangerous)

I will always love that place for always finding humor and a reason to celebrate in everything.

[Anonymous]

Oslo
Breckenridge
Galway
Granada
Copenhagen

[Anonymous]

Waldorf

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Uruguay surprised me. Everybody we met, from hotel workers, to car rental agents, to the supermarket checkout people, were exceedingly friendly and helpful and interested in engaging in real conversation.

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Anonymous wrote:New Orleans (queue all the people who say it’s dirty/dumpy/dangerous)

I will always love that place for always finding humor and a reason to celebrate in everything.

I will always love NO too but I must admit having been for Spring Break a few years ago, Fr Qtr kinda not as awesome as it used to be from my recollection PP back in the day though...

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Anonymous wrote:I like the concept of this thread but I think people have too different concepts of what is a good vibe so it’s hard to take anything away from it. Maybe if people explained more what the vibe was? Or maybe that would ruin the vibe of the thread.

Thank you for steering the thread in a useful direction.

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Anonymous wrote:New Orleans (queue all the people who say it’s dirty/dumpy/dangerous)

I will always love that place for always finding humor and a reason to celebrate in everything.

For some people - and I’m one of them - New Orleans just gets into your soul. It’s a truly special place and, despite all the city’s problems, the best place I’ve ever lived.

My husband, on the other hand, can’t stand New Orleans 🤷‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Cartagena, Colombia; Stonetown, Zanzibar; Salina Island, Sicily; and Alacati, Turkey.

[Anonymous]

Well for a happy energy + interesting culture -style vibe, I'd say:
Bamberg, Germany (and other smaller Bavarian cities)
Melbourne
Vienna (in the summer)

For more high-octane energy, I agree with NYC & Tokyo - and would add Berlin.

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Anonymous wrote:HK
QC
There's good energy that means it's a place that has natural good vibes and then literally energy where you need people. Above for me is latter. Former includes Jackson Hole, Banff (though years ago) and Normandy (also years ago). Innsbruck in the 1990s. I can recall in 1990 being in Notre Dame and feeling literally different inside - the holiness. I'm not religious in that I'm not a Church goer or brought up in a religious setting but it was a tangible palpable feeling of energy that came from what I think were people praying and their faith. Was really strong for me and pretty cool to feel. Never felt it returning in the 2000s again.

Energy is real - but you should specify what kind of energy you seek OP.

Banff for me a few years ago felt like a whole lot of Chinese tourists and overpriced food. once you got more than a mile out on a hiking trail, things improved.

I'll throw another vote to Lisbon. We went to Porto a year later, but it wasn't as good.

[Anonymous]

Tofino, out on the far coast of Vancouver Island in Canada.

It's small. There are lodges and some rental places, but it has a very remote vibe. The crashing waves are omnipresent, day and night. During storm season, it is even more thunderous. You can lose yourself in the primalness of it.

Tidal pools, orca, giant trees. Wildness.

[Anonymous]

Western China. Specifically Yunnan and Sichuan. Not at all like coastal China.