#19. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver is well known as an urban centre surrounded by nature. Major film production studios in Vancouver and Burnaby have turned Metro Vancouver into one of the largest film production centres in North America, earning it the film industry nickname, Hollywood North.
For more than a decade, business magazine assessments have ranked Vancouver as one of the most "livable cities" worldwide, and the Economist Intelligence Unit acknowledged it as the first city to rank among the top-ten of the world's most livable cities for five consecutive years. Vancouver has hosted many international conferences and events, including the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Expo 86, and the World Police and Fire Games in 1989 and 2009. The 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics were held in Vancouver.
Are you here for Vancouver? What's the best of that city? Would you live there? Discuss & comment
Vancouver IS North America's best city. It's ranked year after year as one of most liveable in the world. It's also incredibly beauitful, your right next door to nature. You'll find ALOT of wildlife wandering around. The year and half I lived there was marvelous.
Very Peaceful, Very Beautiful. You wake up and you see those big ass mountains the background. just a beautiful city. Kind of expensive, but who cares.
I will never understand the foreign fascination with Vancouver. If not for my degree being worthless practically everywhere else, I'd have left years ago. The only thing I like is the abundance of Chinese restaurants.
I will never understand the foreign fascination with Vancouver. If not for my degree being worthless practically everywhere else, I'd have left years ago. The only thing I like is the abundance of Chinese restaurants.
What is not to like about it, besides the never-ending rain and it being overly expensive.
I guess the job market is also kind of terrible at the moment too, but it is still one of Canada's best cities.
#18. Seattle, Washington, USA
Recently, Seattle has become a hub for "green" industry and a model for sustainable development.
Seattle has a noteworthy musical history. The jazz scene developed the early careers of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson and others. Seattle is also the birthplace of rock legend Jimi Hendrix and the rock music style known as "grunge", which was made famous by local groups Melvins, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam. In more recent years, Seattle has been known for indie rock and indie dance music.
Are you here for Seattle? What's the best of that city? Would you live there? Discuss & comment
just a beautiful city. Kind of expensive, but who cares.
love both but couldn't really live in a place like that
It's a city like any other with everything a major city has, it's just surrounded by a lot of natural beauty.
