Top cities in North America

Travel and Lesiure Magazane's top 10 cities: Do you agree?WORLD'S BEST Cities: United States And Canada Readers name Sydney and Bali the world's top city and island once again this year—for the eighth and fourth time, respectively. Several destinations have their best World's Best performance ever, including Prague; Chiang Mai, Thailand; Hobart, Tasmania; and Easter Island, Chile. And kudos to our sole first-time winner: Harbour Island, in the Bahamas. http://www.travelandleisure.com/worl...cat=citiesusca Click on the site for more details on each city. First set of numbers is rank in 2005, Second set is last years rank. Final set is overall score. Top 10 U.S. and Canada Rank Last Year Name 2005 Score 1 1 New York 84.82 2 2 San Francisco 84.25 3 5 Santa Fe 82.09 4 7 Chicago 81.95 5 6 Vancouver 81.62 6 4 Charleston, South Carolina 81.59 7 3 Quebec City 81.54 8 10 Montreal 80.44 9 9 Victoria, British Columbia 80.34 10 8 New Orleans 79.96>

Which city for each season?

Okay if someone told you that you had to live in a differnt U.S. city for each season and it could be any that you desire. And you cannot change over the years either. They would have to be premanent. Explain why you chose each one. Here's mine: Winter- Miami Nothing beats havin a nice warm winter and being able to go to the beach for Christmas. Plus Miami isn't that hot either in winter like it is in the summer. Spring- New York This city is fabulous all year round, and I could not think of another city for spring, I thought of maybe San Francisco or Seattle but I dunno if it rains a lot their in the Spring, and I dont really want rain. Summer- Chicago This is Chicago at its best. The city is the liveliest at this point and this city is just so wonderful. Also there are so many great festivals in the summer. Fall- San Francisco Beautiful city, and the temperature is just right. Yes if someone made make this choice I would be the happiest person on earth.>

How nuch does IQ play a role in picking a president?

Take a look at what I came across, last night. http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm Go to this web site.>

Best inland skyline?

What US city, in your opinion, has the best skyline where the skyscrapers are not directly situated next to a major body of water/river?>

Are we Americans our worst own enemies?

I love this country so much but sometimes I just hate to see where it is going. I feel that this country is having problems, but I blame it on American greed. This country is so greedy. Money is the most important thing. Funny how when I go to Ecuador they are broke poor, but have closer ties to their families, and they don't need money to be happy.In Ecuador people deal without money and they support each other.I think money puts us in a deep hole. Does anyone else feel like this? Am I just overexaggerating?>

Manhattan Aesthetics & NJ, Bkyn, Qns high rises

This question is simply about aesthetics, nothing else.... Manhattan's grand clusters of high rises have are unique in their setting...an island viewed across broad rivers, no city on the planet can give the impression that you are entering a special place as does Manhattan, the towering Oz across the water. In the US, San Francisco may come in second in that sense of "place apart", but SF mixes low rise pastel and white structures strung across its hills as well as its skyline to achieve that sense of draw. Not so for Manhattan: it is the man made that dominates. Therefore the question is: WHAT EFFECT WOULD MASSIVE HIGH RISE CONSTRUCTION ON THE OPPOSITE SHORES OF THE HUDSON AND EAST RIVERS HAVE ON HOW WE SEE (AND APPRECIATE) MANHATTAN AND ITS SKYLINE? To elaborate: what if the type of extensive high rise development one see ins Jersey City and, to a lesser extent, in downtown Brooklyn were to excelerate and spread along the Jersey, Brooklyn, and Queens riverfronts, large scale and huge. What if both the East River and the Hudson River became canyons, Chicago River like but much wider. Certainly the canyon effect would be dramatic (safe for what effect it had on views of the Palisades), but WOULD IT SERIOUSLY COMPROMISE OUR SENSE OF MANHATTAN AS DESTINATION, THE MIGHTY ISLAND DOMINATING ITS SETTING OF RELATIVELY LOW SCALE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS FROM ITS SHORES? Can Manhattan's skyline retain the "magic", its allure, in face of similiar structures across the shore?>

What are some of your city's peer cities in other areas of the nation?

Which cities would be very similar to your own in certain respects in other areas of the country? Since I'm in the Charlotte metro, I would say that Indianapolis and Columbus from the Midwest would be comparable. Not too sure about the Northeast and West though.>