Crashnyploshnit Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I loved Athens - amazing atmosphere to the place I thought! Hard to explain - felt like I was in a proper city! Off to Moscow & St. Petersburg next year... looking forward to it. Melbourne would be pretty close to my favourite city, in fairness... if I was 21 again, I'd probably live there. I love live sports and it's basically the sporting capital of the world. The lack of beaches is the major issue for me though. Minor issues with the unreliable summer and cold winters.I lived in Moscow for close on 4 years. Great for tourists but not for working and living there. I see Calgary where I now live) came 5th equal with Adelaide as the best places to live. One thing the survey didn't cover was house prices which I suspect would have bumped the Canadian cities down in ratings. Link to comment
Crashnyploshnit Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Montreal gets minus marks for all the frenchies that live there.Just back from three weeks in Montreal visiting Calgary Don. Have to say they locals there are worse than those in Paris. Very unfriendly towards non French speakers. Link to comment
Bluto10 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Paris is a stinking shithole full of Africans and expensive booze.Fuck knows why dumb bitches think its some romantic getaway.During the RWC in 07 I paid 20€ for a liter of krone bourgeois.Didn't bother me I just wanted to drink a stein quickly But aye, on my trip this year really noticed the poor quality \ relative high price of the std beersAlmost as bad as DenmarkPoor compared to nearby Belgium. The food tho made up for it, but nae the waiters Aside from that, brilliant place Link to comment
tightbreeks Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Embra is a great city. The fringe is a great thing, loads of tourists stoatin about lapping up the overwhelming joy of it all. The council seem hell bent on destroying it, even unesco have said you better wise up or you'll lose your heritage status. You may have seen the plans for the new St. James centre, but the copper ribbon they're building to put on the top looks like a jobi. It even has the end crimped. As Bill the butcher said, something along the lines of God taking a big shit and out comes Ireland. Well it looks like the council have achieved this dream, almost plumb centre in the capital. Link to comment
Crashnyploshnit Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Re Montreal. In MoneySense's yearly rankings of Canada's best places to live, the finance website placed Montreal near the very bottom of the list. Out of the 417 Canadian cities, both small and large, included in the 2017 list, Montreal ranked an abysmal 356th. Link to comment
heimin Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Fuck knows, you can say somewheres your favourite city but do you really know the city well after a 2 week holiday doing touristy shit? Good pubs, good food and a non bammy night life is a good start. Link to comment
BWG Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Take Aberdeen and do the opposite of that and I'd say you'd have a pretty good city. 1 1 Link to comment
Dynamo Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Aberdeen's biggest problem is the mentality. Miserable cunts. 3 Link to comment
looksgoodinred Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Re Montreal. In MoneySense's yearly rankings of Canada's best places to live, the finance website placed Montreal near the very bottom of the list. Out of the 417 Canadian cities, both small and large, included in the 2017 list, Montreal ranked an abysmal 356th. I think you'd have to take that report with a very large dash of salt. And it also comes down to how you'd evaluate liveable. It ranks Montreal 356, but has removed a number of portions of Montreal that would have bumped it up significantly in the rankings that are, to anyone who has spent significant time or lived there, part of what they call Montreal: Mont Royal, Westmount, Sainte-Marie, Saint-Lambert, Brossard, and several more. Would ranking Montreal with all its parts back in bump it up to top 10? Possibly not. But it would certainly rank higher. And then you get to determining what's liveable. And I have a really difficult time believing, no matter the scale used, that Sept-Isles (#294) could be considered more liveable than (the somewhat reduced) Montreal in any respect (one of my nephews lives there). It's the most northern Quebec town you can get to by a paved road still, I believe. Not a lot of people live there, so presumably crime rates are lower than Montreal. And if you really, really like the outdoors, don't want visitors, and have no intentions of really travelling anywhere, i guess it's more liveable. Are there regular events, museums and galleries, walkable areas? Mmm... nope. That said, there's fabulous outdoor hiking, biking, skiing and water activities within a very very short distance of Montreal. Plus all the rest in Montreal. That same survey also ranked Winnipeg as 45th best place to live. If you've been to Winnipeg, you'll know it's not the weather, the architecture, things to do, or the low crime rate that puts it there. So I'd not put much stock in that particular survey. Link to comment
Don Fonte Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I think you'd have to take that report with a very large dash of salt. And it also comes down to how you'd evaluate liveable. It ranks Montreal 356, but has removed a number of portions of Montreal that would have bumped it up significantly in the rankings that are, to anyone who has spent significant time or lived there, part of what they call Montreal: Mont Royal, Westmount, Sainte-Marie, Saint-Lambert, Brossard, and several more. Would ranking Montreal with all its parts back in bump it up to top 10? Possibly not. But it would certainly rank higher. And then you get to determining what's liveable. And I have a really difficult time believing, no matter the scale used, that Sept-Isles (#294) could be considered more liveable than (the somewhat reduced) Montreal in any respect (one of my nephews lives there). It's the most northern Quebec town you can get to by a paved road still, I believe. Not a lot of people live there, so presumably crime rates are lower than Montreal. And if you really, really like the outdoors, don't want visitors, and have no intentions of really travelling anywhere, i guess it's more liveable. Are there regular events, museums and galleries, walkable areas? Mmm... nope. That said, there's fabulous outdoor hiking, biking, skiing and water activities within a very very short distance of Montreal. Plus all the rest in Montreal. That same survey also ranked Winnipeg as 45th best place to live. If you've been to Winnipeg, you'll know it's not the weather, the architecture, things to do, or the low crime rate that puts it there. So I'd not put much stock in that particular survey. What's in Winnipeg? Link to comment
Sooper-hanz Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Bollards everywhere and stringent van hire by-laws. Link to comment
Crashnyploshnit Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I think you'd have to take that report with a very large dash of salt. And it also comes down to how you'd evaluate liveable. It ranks Montreal 356, but has removed a number of portions of Montreal that would have bumped it up significantly in the rankings that are, to anyone who has spent significant time or lived there, part of what they call Montreal: Mont Royal, Westmount, Sainte-Marie, Saint-Lambert, Brossard, and several more. Would ranking Montreal with all its parts back in bump it up to top 10? Possibly not. But it would certainly rank higher. And then you get to determining what's liveable. And I have a really difficult time believing, no matter the scale used, that Sept-Isles (#294) could be considered more liveable than (the somewhat reduced) Montreal in any respect (one of my nephews lives there). It's the most northern Quebec town you can get to by a paved road still, I believe. Not a lot of people live there, so presumably crime rates are lower than Montreal. And if you really, really like the outdoors, don't want visitors, and have no intentions of really travelling anywhere, i guess it's more liveable. Are there regular events, museums and galleries, walkable areas? Mmm... nope. That said, there's fabulous outdoor hiking, biking, skiing and water activities within a very very short distance of Montreal. Plus all the rest in Montreal. That same survey also ranked Winnipeg as 45th best place to live. If you've been to Winnipeg, you'll know it's not the weather, the architecture, things to do, or the low crime rate that puts it there. So I'd not put much stock in that particular survey. I have to say I don't think Montreal deserves to be rated so lowly either, I think there are some pretty dire examples worse than Montreal. I was in Winnipeg last weekend and it doesn't seem too bad a place but I haven't spent long there to give much of an opinion. Thunder Bay on the other hand is just depressing. Link to comment
Chewie37 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Aberdeen isn't shite, it's just not a big City, Also it's not Dundee or Glasgow...WIN Edinburgh is great, the Festival is exactly what you make it, amazing fun and great party atmosphere and culture, or a pain in the arse while you try to work/live your normal life Paris is full of cunts.....I still like it though, maybe I fit in 1 Link to comment
The Buzzard Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Aberdeen isn't shite, it's just not a big City, Also it's not Dundee or Glasgow...WIN Edinburgh is great, the Festival is exactly what you make it, amazing fun and great party atmosphere and culture, or a pain in the arse while you try to work/live your normal life Paris is full of cunts.....I still like it though, maybe I fit inSpent. Friday and Saturday night through at the festival. Don't think I have ever seen it so busy. It's an expensive outing though, not looking forward to checking the bank balance with still nearly a fortnight till pay day! Link to comment
The Buzzard Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Going to Edinburgh on Thursday for a pish up Great city - especially when the festival is on.Going to any shows or just a drinking session? Link to comment
King Street Loon Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Spent. Friday and Saturday night through at the festival. Don't think I have ever seen it so busy. It's an expensive outing though, not looking forward to checking the bank balance with still nearly a fortnight till pay day!I'm not long back from Edinburgh. Had a great time at the festival.£9.50 for a pint and a Gin and mixer.Fucking skint. Link to comment
King Street Loon Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Going to any shows or just a drinking session?We went to see Choir of Men in the Assembly Rooms. Was pretty good to be honest.Also went to the 22.30 showing of the Tattoo. Was quite the spectacle. Link to comment
Arabian Knight Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 If yer in Edinburgh watch oot for meh brither, he's been spoatted sittin up at Hunter square bevvyin. Jist ootside the tron. Cunts been there aw week. He looks like the cunt in the 'more than' adverts Link to comment
The Buzzard Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 We went to see Choir of Men in the Assembly Rooms. Was pretty good to be honest.Also went to the 22.30 showing of the Tattoo. Was quite the spectacle.We went to see Blueswater presenting a history of the blues up at surgeons hall. Was a good hour of live music. Was at the tattoo a week or so ago for the late showing. Stunning. Thought the French band doing Daft Punk was a nice surprise. Link to comment
The Buzzard Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 I'm not long back from Edinburgh. Had a great time at the festival.£9.50 for a pint and a Gin and mixer.Fucking skint.Aye, robbing bastards. Went for a quick munch on Friday night in george street and one of the vans wanted 9 quid for a fish supper. Link to comment
The Buzzard Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Went to see a "comedian" last year - was pish Just a booze and drugs binge for me this year, thank you very much. Might go see the Village Seagulls show, though.TVS appears to have flown off for good. You sound like your in for a good one stoating around town on Thursday then - enjoy! Link to comment
Chewie37 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 First Festival I've missed in 11 years, bloody wife wanting to get married in August Link to comment
King Street Loon Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 We went to see Blueswater presenting a history of the blues up at surgeons hall. Was a good hour of live music. Was at the tattoo a week or so ago for the late showing. Stunning. Thought the French band doing Daft Punk was a nice surprise.Aye. I did not see the Daft Punk bit coming at all. Link to comment
The Buzzard Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Aye. I did not see the Daft Punk bit coming at all.Did you say it was last night you were there? Decent night for it. Link to comment
King Street Loon Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Did you say it was last night you were there? Decent night for it.Yeah, last night.Was a nice evening, but got pretty cold. Link to comment
Sooper-hanz Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Saw the Damned United and Jerry Sadowitz earlier at t'Fringe. Both excellent . Link to comment
King Street Loon Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Saw the Damned United and Jerry Sadowitz earlier at t'Fringe. Both excellent .I saw Jerry Sadowitz in Aberdeen one year.Glad I wasn't sitting in the front row.Would have been soaked if I had been. Say it Jerry, don't spray it. Link to comment
shut up meg Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I saw Jerry Sadowitz in Aberdeen one year.Glad I wasn't sitting in the front row.Would have been soaked if I had been. Say it Jerry, don't spray it. He's back in Aberdeen this October at the Tivoli.Booked the stalls as the boys a bit mental. Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 I think what makes a great city, to me anyway, is a combination of the history, the culture and the general "feel" of the place. Excellent summary. If a place has layers and layers of history - like Rome, or Trier - you can really feel that stature. Budapest is another cracking place deep in history. Originally celtic, then roman, its been ransacked by mongols (the asiatic warrior tribe, not sevco fans), conquered by muslims, fought over by the Nazis and Soviets and was the epicentre of two hungarian revolutions. Just wow. Link to comment
Clydeside_Sheep Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Aberdeen's biggest problem is the mentality. Miserable cunts. And how Link to comment
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