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Ask HN: If you could move to any city in the world, which would it be and why?

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I'd pick Seattle. Washington has a lot of nature reserves, a great tech community, a solid music history, and Pike Place market. I love orcas too.

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Well, I don't like cities much at all. I prefer to live on a street with more chickens and goats than people. I literally have to wait for the chickens to cross the road

If I HAD to live in a city I would live in a small coastal city like Portland, Maine. Right on the water. Fresh lobster. Walkable. Relatively safe. Enough jobs that employment for a technical person isn't an issue, even if it isn't in software.

Only reason I don't is that family is close by (helps when having children) and that moving is such a pain.

Melbourne, Australia. Current and multiple-time winner of the worlds most liveable city.

I second this! I'm actually moving my family from Boston to Melbourne this November. I'm originally from there. I've lived in Cambridge (in England), Washington DC and currently Boston and nothing compares to living in Melbourne. A big downside however is the cost of living.

True, cost of living is high in Australia - especially so in Sydney and Melbourne. Generally speaking though, salaries scale to accommodate this.

If I was limited to staying in North America - Vancouver, BC. Proximity to natural resources, great music, gateway to Asia, short trip to Whistler.

Europe - if I didn't have to worry about work, Paris. The culture, the food, the history. If I was being employed (tech) - Munich or Stockholm - a bit of the above, green, access to nature, good public transport, though less multicultural (though Stockholm is said to have a vibrant immigrant population, Munich is a big village).

Cracow - beautiful and incredibly vibrant old town, plus it's only an hour from my folks.

I also like Seattle. The tech scene, lots of good coffee shops, nice people, nature nearby, music, great food, interesting neighborhoods. I like cold rainy weather, but don't like a lot of snow, so Seattle is ideal for my weather preferences.

Why do you like cold rainy weather? Just curious.

Not the OP, but I, too, love cold rainy weather. I love to snuggle up in my home with a wool blanket, a roaring fire, a mug of hot cocoa, and my lover. I love to listen to the rain-drops go pitter-patter and plunk all over the roof of my house. I love to roll down my windows and feel the cool mist rush past my car. I love to have a rich, variated flotilla of sweaters to swaddle myself in every day of the week. I love to walk amongst the evergreen trees in a drizzle, finding shelter beneath their boughs, breathing in the wholesome smell of newly-washed forest. I love to wade waist-deep in the pounding surf, scream at the storm, and chase after frightened tourists in sea-kayaks. I love to befriend the killer whales by cackling convincingly at them, and, convinced, they carry me on their backs to tour their icy sea-realms.

It's difficult to come up with rational reasons why. I like bundling up in a warm jacket in cold weather; and hearing and seeing the rain fall. I don't like it too cold (below freezing) and I don't like downpours (a light drizzle is ideal). Maybe I should have said I like moderately cold and moderately rainy weather.

I like that kind of weather too for day-to-day life. I like to feel cozy, I get more work done. Also California and Mexico are a short flight away, also Hawaii. :)

Edinburgh. I was once and I fell in love with the city. It is not as big as the big capitals, the people is really nice, has a great culture heritage, is the UNESCO City of Literature and more more more.

Phoenix -- I love the sun and the heat... and you have both year round! And you're enough to the mountains to take a snowboarding trip.

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