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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've lived in 11 cities in 8 countries and DC is by far the nicest of them. I was just thinking that while strolling around Dupont and Adams Morgan with my kids earlier today. Vancouver and London were also nice but too rainy. Paris was insane. Toronto is fantastically international but too cold, etc. DC wins hands down.

There are stunning places I visited a lot and loved like Dakar and Rio but the traffic is too crazy.[/quote]

I've lived all over the place and I have to agree.  DC really is world class in so many ways. I never appreciated it until I really had lived in so many other places and that's when I realized I needed to come back... [/quote]

How so? Seriously, it has certain charms, but is incredibly provincial by world standards. That’s not only my opinion, but what I hear constantly from international visitors to the city. They are often surprised to find that the capital of the United States is so quaint, to put it politely. [/quote]

I'm the 11 cities PP. Sure, the restaurants here are nothing special, the music and theater scenes are slow and boring compared to London and New York but in terms of qualify and pace of life, green space, concentration of interesting people, and local, community based culture, it's hard to beat. Anyway, the thread is about personal preference. DC happens to be my favorite. It may not be yours.

To the PP who argued with my rain comment, it may be true that DC gets more rainfall, but London and Vancouver have more days when you need an umbrella. Brussels is the same. I actually call that annoying misty rain "Brusseling" because that's where I first regularly experienced it. (Belgium has incredible food, surprisingly enough.)[/quote]

Why would it be surprising that Belgium has incredible food? Of course it does![/quote]

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