someone who swears by Dublin.
dana
On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:24:53 -0600, dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought Montreal was a really great city. Of course, I fled with the
> first snow ;) But I'd strongly suggest learnng to speak French, as I
> would for Paris. The bureaucrats are impossible enough in both places
> when you *know* what they are on about and really, you'd have to
> include this as a factor in quality of life.
>
> There is an English-speaking community in Montreal but.. there's a lot
> of historical baggage there. There are allegedly a lot of Americans in
> Paris but I always studiously avoided them when I was there so I cant
> really say how many.
>
> Amsterdam - most people do speak English if you really need them to.
>
> Dana
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:08:38 -0400
> Subject: Re: suburbs vs city
> To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> At 14:38 9/27/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> >Austin is nice. Expensive though. Priced it a couple of years ago
> >before I moved to Albuquerque and a one-bedroom near the University
> >could easily run a thousand a month.
> >
> >Interesting discussion is possible here about the nature of a city. I
> >went some depth into this in my mis-spent youth; having flashbacks
> >here to an Open University class.
> >
> >But.
> >
> >I was using a definition something along the lines of contains
> >sidewalks, is possible to walk to a grocery store, has public
> >transportation and does not require owning a car. Also, is market
> >center for a hinterland.
> >
> >If you want a cultural center :) I am not sure that anywhere in Ohio
> >would qualify :) much less Michigan's upper peninsula. I think both
> >Portland and Austin might qualify. Not sure why you consider Austin
> >not a city unless you just don't consider country music culture :)
> >
> >Toronto has extensive sprawl but inner-city areas such as Cabbagetown
> >would probably meet your specifications. I was a child when I was in
> >Vancouver so I won't comment, but I think you can consider it
> >analogous to SF. I remember London very fondly, as well. I'd suggest
> >that you also consider Amsterdam and possibly Paris and Montreal, the
> >latter only if you are willing to learn to speak French.
>
> I would consider Amsterdam and included Paris on my list. I would prefer
> not to live in Montreal but I'm a corporate slave and would dutiful move
> where I'm told to go.________________________________
>
>
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