Not a favourite but I like Marseille, then I like cities with an edge, Naples is another and I liked New York before it was cleaned up back in the late eighties, though the modern New York is a better place for visiting with my family.Can’t agree with Marseille. Of the dozens of city breaks I’ve been on it’s by far the biggest shithole.
Went to New Orleans when i was 21 (30 odd years ago) and loved it.That’s either a good laugh or you have serious issues and need to get out more! ;-)
you and @Bill Walker .And his 2nd choice!
Hence, I think (hope) it was a joke!
Was fucking roasting when i was there. Welcomed by the locals with open arms, hardly paid for a drink and it has, arguably, the biggest pub in the world..Brilliant place. Pisses all over the cold, dark, boring Chicago for example…
I’m guessing you got mugged (or mugged off) there once, given your obvious disdain
...and then get murdered.Did Tijuana about 20 years ago and was amazed at the lawless edginess of the place. Where else can you buy an ounce of weed, ride a horse down the main street and sell your wife within ten minutes of getting off the bus?
Loved Boston.It’s got to be New York, even though it’s not even my favourite in the States (prefer Boston, Chicago and San Fran).
No worries mate I get where you're coming from.you and @Bill Walker .
As you alluded to Bill, this is a list of MY favourite cities and not the 'best in the world' as the thread title asks.
I've been to a lot of the so called best cities and found a lot of them to be souless, miserable places with nice things to look at. I like life and people, backstreets, hidden places where you can get a feel for the soul of a place.
Venice, which seems to be popular on the thread is my idea of hell. I've got a perfectly good canal on my doorstep and it's not full of god-bothering, camera waving tourists who can't see past the end of their selfie sticks.