For me, Zug, my family’s home in Switzerland, is amazing in the summer.

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    I may be biased but its NYC and specifically Upper Manhattan, I also like Northern Queens and the Bronx (fuck Staten Island) but Upper Manhattan is just my favorite part of this beautiful city. Second place would have to be Chicago and other than that I haven’t really gone to many places I would consider great (I also haven’t gone to many places).

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    Not very well traveled yet but at the moment… either Prague/Praha in Czechia or Ljubljana in Slovenia probably

    Both are pleasant places with beautiful architecture, all kinds of natural scenery as someone who has only lived in flat cities (mountains AND rivers in my city??). Bonus point that Prague has dirt-cheap beer that even comes in alcohol-free variety, Ljulbljana has a ridiculous amount of hiking trails and is within day-trip distance to some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe

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      Ljubljana is great, I spent about a week there for vacation some years ago. Beautiful and compact historic city, with bars and cafes right at the river. I loved visiting the castle for sunset and biking through the city and it’s hilly surroundings. I have to go there sometime again.

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    I haven’t really seen enough of the world to have a favorite city or region myself.

    But greetings from Cham, I’m on that map of Zug. It’s rare to see our canton mentioned on the internet.

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    What’s the best thing about living in Switzerland?

    I don’t know.

    Nor do I, but the flags a big plus.

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    Strangely enough, a city I found absolutely and unexpectedly delightful was Himeji, on Honshu in Japan.

  • NYC, specifically Brooklyn.

    Idk if favorite-favorite, but favorite nostalgic, absolutely.

    Best childhood memories were make while living there.

    Just trying to figure out the NYC metro is like solving puzzles… I was kinda good at my sense of directions, or at least that what everyone says about me.

    But other than that, probably Hong Kong…

    Only been there once as a tourist, not much memories of it. But it’s a very internationalized/westernized city and most importantly, it’s a Cantonese-speaking stronghold, Cantonese is one of my native languages and I’ve always felt a stong emotional connection to it, both the fun times and the same language that I got verbally abused in by family members but it’s simultsneously the language my mother, intermittently, expresses love in… so I kinda have a love-hate attachment to the language…

    Hong Kong the last bastion of the Cantonese language… and most Hong Kongers are pro-democracy… so I kinda just feel attached to that place, I just hope Hong Kong remains Hong Kong and not become a “Xianggang” or whatever (mainland-ization and mandarin dominance)

    For me: Hong Kong and Cantonese are the symbols of resistance against CCP, which is why they’re trying so hard to get rid of Cantonese.

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    I love my city chicago because of the transit and lake and nature options. Toronto is the only place I ever wanted to move because its like my city but in canada.

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      I never really considered that Toronto is like mirror-image Chicago. But I see what you mean!

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        oh yeah. transit, the lakefront, airport, natural areas. every time I look at a map it kinda blows me away.

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    Do you have cuckoo clocks there? If yes then I’ll pick whatever you have.

    If not while I can appreciate the mountains the northern Scandinavian forests is where I feel at home.

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    I’m really fond of the Netherlands because it neatly distributes towns, water and farmland. Admittedly I don’t think it has the most effective system of wilderness, but I appreciate it for the many things it achieves.

    I’m fond of all the cold places in the world - Alaska, Canada, Finland and Russia, for instance. That said I now love warm weather much more than cold weather, but I like the appearance of snowy places.

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    I’m a fan of a small isle off the southern coast of Norway, Møkkalasset, mostly cause it means “Load of Dung”.

    The name is a drift from an older phrase meaning “Very Frothy Sea”, which is less glorious but still a fine example of the extremely unimaginative naming style of Norwegian places.