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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, was just talking about this with my neighbor. My choice would be either Ghent or Lille. Lille is really convenient for travel around Europe and is beautiful and very lively. Ghent is a bit more out of the way but it's a very short train to Brussels and from there you can train/plane to so many places very cheaply. Both have a lower cost of living than any of the major cities in Europe but still plenty of amenities and a high quality of life. Ghent in particular is just lovely, with canals and lovely architecture, and it's also very easy to do outdoorsy things outside the city thanks to excellent public transportation infrastructure and a very strong bike culture. You could easily live there without a car and never miss it. Lille is bigger, I think, and probably has more to do plus more diverse cuisine. I really like both places. I'm unsure if you could get by with just French and English in Ghent (it's in the Flemish part of Belgium) so that would be my main reticence about it. Lille of course you would be fine with just French, and to be honest I bet you could move there with just English and pick up enough French to get by pretty quickly, assuming you weren't working somewhere that required fluency.

I think about this all the time.[/quote]

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