Name your five favorite cities

[gatekeeper]

Its 1:15 AM and snowing in NY. I have to stay awake for at least one more hour, expecting this phone call from County that is 13 hrs ahead of me. Trying to kill some time, thaught I'd open this thread. Name your five favorite cities. Here's my list;

1. Dhaka--Because memories die hard.
2. New York City--My home.
3. San Fransisco--Because of friends.
4. Washington DC-My second home.
5. Chittagong--Because of this girl I know.............

[captain_thinking_tank]

Amsterdam

[Orpheus]

one of Dhaka/Chittagong should be on your list... Because if you list have one, you have the other.. there is hardly any difference.... dhaka might be a bit more crowded... and well lit.

So where in NYC and where in DC do you and did you live? From your story, chances are good I probably seen you walking around somehwere

[Orpheus]

by the way you know what I think? I think you listed all the cities you ever visited.. LOL

Let see if you can come up with top ten! and NO you can't put 5 division of BD.

[thebest]

Chittagong: My home town and of sweetest memories
Karlskrona: A small town in Sweden; Nature at its best
Amsterdam: For all the fun stuff
The rest all the same.

[gatekeeper]

Originally Posted by Orpheus
one of Dhaka/Chittagong should be on your list... Because if you list have one, you have the other.. there is hardly any difference.... dhaka might be a bit more crowded... and well lit.

When was the last time you visited Dhaka and Chittagong within a few days?

[gatekeeper]

Originally Posted by Orpheus
by the way you know what I think? I think you listed all the cities you ever visited.. LOL

Think again, sherlock.

[gatekeeper]

Originally Posted by Orpheus
So where in NYC and where in DC do you and did you live? From your story, chances are good I probably seen you walking around somehwere

A few places in NYC, 1990-1992 in San Fran. Never lived in DC but used to visit every other weekend and one Monday a month during 1993 to 2002, usually stayed with friends in Adams Morgan. Did some lobbying work.

[Alien]

1) Vancouver
2) Berlin
3) Paris
4) Auckland
5) Mogadishu

[sufism]

1. Sylhet- my home
2. Dubai- i guess no explaination required
3. Cairo- awesome place
4. Delhi- for all the historical places
5. Male- for the 1 of the most beautiful beaches

[ialbd]

My favourite city is/was/will be Dhaka so I wont bother putting my 5 fav cities. Instead these are the cities I enjoyed visiting the most:

1. Kualalampur
2. Toronto
3. Cairo
4. London
5. Kolkata

[Kabir]

1. Dhaka (just like gatekeeper said, coz memories die hard )
2. Niagara-on-the-lake (you gotta see this place...although not a city, just a small town)
3. Mississauga (the cleanest city I've ever seen)
4. Chittagong (my second home...)
5. Cairo (never been there...but it's my dream to go there at least once in my life...Inshallah)

[Tigers_eye]

Kaliakor (memories), Tangail
Souix City, Iowa (memories)
Conway, AR (memories)
Buffalo, NY (Scenary)
Rochester, MN (The cleaniest city I have ever visited, skating on a frozen lake)
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Tempe, AZ
Dallas, TX
Milwaukee, WI
Seattle, WA
Dubai, UAE

Worst Cities:
London, England
New York, NY
California, LA
Miami, FL
Washington

Dhaka, Bangkok, Tokyo, Tai Pe, Chicago, Kualalampur, Toronto seemed to be too crowded, Trafic jams are nightmare if one is driving, bad experiences.

Love to visit Mecca-Madina, Sydney, Cairo someday.

[akabir77]

Chittagong (I am from Dhaka though...)
Bonn
Paris
Chicago
Amstradum and San Antanio (Tie)

Worst
NY (nongra city of the world)
Khulna
Oklahoma

[Hatebreed]

1. Dhaka
2. London
3. Edinburgh
4. Rome
5. Bangkok

[Yameen]

MAKKA
london
eastkilbride (glasgow)- home
new york city
dhaka, syhlet, cox bazaar..BANGLADESH LOLZ AL ON THE SAME BOAT HEHE

[Fazal]

Name your five favorite place (not in order)

Behesth/Heaven
Earth
Moon
Past Hawa Bhaban
Past Shudha Bhaban

Name your five least favorite place (not in order)
Norok/Hell
Sun
Kolkata
Present Hawa Bhaban
Present Shudha Bhaban

[Carte Blanche]

Vancouver
Seattle
Ankara
Chittagong
Moscow

Worst:

London, UK
Toronto
Noakhali

[PoorFan]

Originally Posted by Fazal
Name your five favorite place (not in order)

Behesth/Heaven
Earth
Moon
Past Hawa Bhaban
Past Shudha Bhaban

Name your five least favorite place (not in order)
Norok/Hell
Sun
Kolkata
Present Hawa Bhaban
Present Shudha Bhaban

Great Fazal, never miss a chance.

[sunny747]

Athens,Greece ---i was there for 5 years and stunned to see it's museum. Favulous place. Fantastic ppl and weather.

Bangkok,THailand -- Currently staying here. Great city, cheap yet prosperous. City of angel and humble ppl, ANd most of all, Thai ppl has a high regard for Bangladeshi's.

[Aritro]

Originally Posted by sunny747
Athens,Greece ---i was there for 5 years and stunned to see it's museum. Favulous place. Fantastic ppl and weather.

Are the Greeks not amongst the most racist people in the world?

[Carte Blanche]

Originally Posted by Aritro
Are the Greeks not amongst the most racist people in the world?

That's an interesting question. I'd like to hear the answer myself. I see that you are from Australia. I hear there's a prominent Greek immigrant sect there (like we have in Toronto). May be you could tell us some about that.

I have a Chinese/Quebecois friend who went backpacking in Europe couple of years ago. Out of all countries he visited, he found the Greeks to be the unfriendliest bunch. Appparently he had to cop a lot of racial abuse in many places (mostly outside the major urban centres). Of course, this is not to stereotype the Greeks as racists; it's just that I have heard the racist allegations against the Greeks from a number of sources.

[gatekeeper]

My experience is a little different. I've been to Athens once but it was a short business trip and didn't really get to interact heavily with the locals. But I live in New York and went to school with a lot of Greeks. Like most Europeans they do have an air of superiority about them, that 'holier than thou' attitude and that's irritating. On the other hand, they are fiercly proud of their heritage, to the point where they make a lot of false claims. This can be good AND bad. As far as their attitude towards others, and this is obviously not true for all, I think it doesn't necessarily have to do with race but which particular culture one represents, which also racism but with a different twist.

It also has to do with the NY (or American) scene. They call this the 'melting pot' but I feel that hugely incomparable ingredient are thrown into this mix and what makes it work is that those elements have always fiercely retained their identity. So, its not really a melting pot but a nice little stew where you can taste all the ingredients, some more prominent than the others. And in order to preserve one's indentity one may come off as racist. They are as racist or as friendly as anyone.

[Sorry]

I don’t know what criteria (cosmopolitan/beautiful nature/ entertainment facility/friendliness?) you guys are following but my observation is based on holiday visit and the quality of entertainment I had.
Top 5:

• aiya napa, Cyprus
• Ibiza, Spain
• Rhodes island, Greece
• Malta
• Barbados

Worse 1:
1.Amsterdam, Holland (got kicked out by a security in red light area by mistakenly entering into a building, I was only 18, looked probably under age)

[Fazal]

Originally Posted by gatekeeper
It also has to do with the NY (or American) scene. They call this the 'melting pot' but I feel that hugely incomparable ingredient are thrown into this mix and what makes it work is that those elements have always fiercely retained their identity. So, its not really a melting pot but a nice little stew where you can taste all the ingredients, some more prominent than the others. And in order to preserve one's indentity one may come off as racist. They are as racist or as friendly as anyone.

Interesting observation about new york and melting pot. I thought it also depends what you are melting and at what temperature and how long i.e. 'chicken' or 'beef'--- at 300degree or 450 degree --- for one hour or for 24 hours. For example whether its 'bura goru' (40+ years old new immigrant) or 'Bachur' (teen age new immigrant) that makes a big difference. 'Bachur' melts quickly than 'Bura Goru'. It also depends which part of the 'meat' we are talking: 'ran-than' (or from Moffoshol), 'buker gosto' (or from Dhaka), 'koliga' (or from gram gon-jo) naki wings (or from shylet) ... they all take different time to melt in the soup.