Recommend a City

[eastsidebagel]

Have you ever actually taken the subway in New York?

I've taken the subway hundreds of times and I've never seen a robbery. I've lived just outside the city nearly all my life

No, never.
All my knowledge about NYC is from movies or from second-hand stories.

 

[Drewcifer]

New York was amazing but out of control in the 1980s. Now it is one of the safest cities in the country (and Manhattan is full of boring yuppies).

 

[Supr49er]

Been to San Antonio or Philadelphia?

Philly, yes. San Antonio - no.

 

[BirraImperial]

Monschau, Germany:

A small town made of fachwerkhäuser.

Aachen, Germany:

Home of Charlemagne's Cathedral, and much history.

 

[eastsidebagel]

OMFG, I used to hang out there under this very pavilion!

 

[Rossiya]

Nope, it looks like this!

Most people go to Italy or Greece if they wanted to see a Graeco-Roman building. And when was that building built? 1970s?

 

[fugazi]

Amsterdam is great if you like museums and culture and you're not looking for too much marble

 

[Leonel]

Hong Kong. Very tourist friendly and most everyone speaks English as it used to be a British colony until 1997. Although the level of English speakers has probably deteriorated somewhat since China moved in. Lots of history packed into its 170 year history! Started as a small fishing village, occupied by the Japanese during WW2 (lots of historical battle sites), lots of Asian and European culture, beaches, local shops, scenery.

Man I miss the place so much.

 

[Theige]

That's because you go to the subway at daylight.

Actually most of the times were at night! The last train from Grand Central back to my hometown leaves at 1:53 AM, and the first to leave in the morning is 5:30 AM.

I've waited for that 5:30 AM train more times than I'd like to admit; the majority of bars stay open till 4 AM after all

 

[Annex]

As far as museums go, its hard to beat the Hermitage in St. Petersburg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermitage_Museum

Yes! They have Rembrandt!

 

[Dachs]

That's not the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian is several buildings, and the Smithsonian castle looks like the one you quoted, that Shekwan posted.

No, it is the National Gallery of Art. I should hope Cheezy would recognize it correctly (he did), since he lives around here; I certainly ought to know since I was just there on Saturday morning taking a gander at the Pompeii exhibit and some of the Rembrandt stuff. Nobody's talking about the Smithsonian as a whole.

Most people go to Italy or Greece if they wanted to see a Graeco-Roman building. And when was that building built? 1970s?

1938.

 

[El Koeno]

Hong Kong. Very tourist friendly and most everyone speaks English as it used to be a British colony until 1997. Although the level of English speakers has probably deteriorated somewhat since China moved in. Lots of history packed into its 170 year history! Started as a small fishing village, occupied by the Japanese during WW2 (lots of historical battle sites), lots of Asian and European culture, beaches, local shops, scenery.

Man I miss the place so much.

From a tourist perspective I think I prefer Beijing: it's crammed with sights and history. The great wall is something you should see with your own eyes. The summer palace is lovely. I didn't like the forbidden city that much to be honest, but I'm glad I went there (at minus 15 celcius....). Get lost in small alleyways. Get some Beijing Roast duck, or any other Chinese dish... But yeah, Hong Kong is also pretty awesome.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

That's not the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian is several buildings, and the Smithsonian castle looks like the one you quoted, that Shekwan posted.

We were talking about art museums, hence why I picked the National Gallery of Art.

I know what the Smithsonian buildings look like.

Most people go to Italy or Greece if they wanted to see a Graeco-Roman building. And when was that building built? 1970s?

Its our house style. And I could see it in an hour if I wanted to. Italy, not so much.

 

[Dachs]

We were talking about art museums, hence why I picked the National Gallery of Art.

Then it's kinda scary that that's what the original discussion was about; the fact that a bunch of Dutch students there on Saturday said that it was bigger and cooler than the Rijksmuseum.

 

[luiz]

Is Santiago like Denver in skyline except bigger and warmer?

I suppose so, yes.

 

[sysyphus]

Kyeong-ju, Korea or Macau, China

 

[GoodGame]

Philly, yes. San Antonio - no.

Well get going to San Antonio before it gets too hot and humid---about April or so is an ok time, but there's a riverwalk festival, an immense national gardens (indoors and outdoors), a seaworld, at least a couple of galleries, at least one decent museum (I recall some Roman and Egyptian archeaology in there) , Ripley's believe it or not museum, a little bit left of the Alamo, some Spanish missions, some water parks, a scenic military base with some smallish military museums, some huge hacking mansions, some great mexican food (some of it is in the cheap dives) and even a Sam's Club and Costco. Houses are pretty cheap too.

 

[Ecofarm]

Amsterdam. The Van Gogh Museum changed the way I see painting and art in general. It was as if I could feel new perspective washing over me.

 

[RedRalph]

Amsterdam. The Van Gogh Museum changed the way I see painting and art in general. It was as if I could feel new perspective washing over me.

Almost as if you had consumed large quantities of drugs, even

 

[Ecofarm]

No larger than usual