Cities of the world

London is great, if a little nihilistic. San Francisco has unbelievable natural beauty. Philadelphia surprised me with how much I liked it.

Dublin is like a very big, friendly pub with some cool statues and manuscripts in it. Cardiff is like a somewhat smaller pub with more drunks. The Germanic cities I've been in (Amsterdam, Strausbourg, Zurich, Luzerne, Berne) are stunningly orderly, clean, and aesthetically pleasing.

I could go on, but the fact remains: I lucked out. I live in the best urban neighborhood on the planet. Well, best for me anyway. Every time I take a stroll in it I try to remind myself how nice the place is.

(And the place I live is in one of the pictures Wikipedia uses: I'm not saying which one.)

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  1. Best? You live in Florence?

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    1. Firenze e' bellisima, ma... troppo poco verde! The center is 100% stone.

      Besides, it needs some decent art.

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  2. "And the place I live is in one of the pictures Wikipedia uses: I'm not saying which one."

    I know you're claiming sanctuary, but one of these days St. Mary's Star of the Sea is going to make you move out.

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    1. Shhh, but I actually DO live in the other church they showed!

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