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Which city is the most rounded

  • New York City, USA

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  • Chicago, USA

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  • London, UK

    Votes: 24 27.9%
  • Paris, France

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  • Shanghai, China

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Most Rounded City

6K views 32 replies 24 participants last post by  mikep 
#1 · (Edited)
Which city do you think is the most rounded in the world. What I mean by rounded is that there is a mix of Old and New, combines density and sprawl, fast life as opposed to slow paced, a city with diverse ethnicities and backgrounds, and a dense CBD with headquarters sprawled everywhere. Which city combines these and makes this city special?

My pick: Chicago

Chicago has a really dense downtown, where there is so much to do. Chicago also has its fair share of sprawl, which I believes makes Chicago a great place because if you don't want to live in a dense, livable downtown, you can move to the suburbs.
 
#27 ·
Out of probable cities that I've been to:

NY, Chicago, (Montreal), (Toronto), London, (Boston), and Los Angeles...I'd most definitely pick Montreal. It is a a city that offers the "best of both worlds" (modern North America and historic Europe). It is French and English and then some. It has big-city amenities in a smaller-sized city. It has a dense CBD and a sprawling metro...
 
#28 ·
Chicago or San Francisco started growing some 100 years ago, I wouldn't call that "mixture of old and new", maybe it's for the Americans, but it's a bit of a short-termed history...

- London is for sure a very good example: dense center with mixture of old and new, suburban sprawl with all the new towns and the green belt.
- Paris is also a good example in Europe or Berlin
- Bangkok would be my Asian choice
 
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