Which European city would you live in?

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Wow!  What a wealth of wonderful choices!  Makes you think how crappy most US cities are.

Especially when you consider that those cities were Roman camps, Viking hovels, or horrors, seats of medieval Roman Catholic dioceses and monastaries.

Anyhow, if you asked me this question 10 years ago, I would have shouted VIENNA, home of Beethoven...but now, I have zero inclination to step foot off American soil.

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Anyhow, if you asked me this question 10 years ago, I would have shouted VIENNA, home of Beethoven...but now, I have zero inclination to step foot off American soil.

Why so xenophobic, Storebought? 

Hmm. Firstly, I dispute strongly that I'm a xenophobe. Da ich die deutsche Sprache seit neuen Jahren gelernt habe, kann ich sie ziemlich wohl sprechen. As an American who would have no possibility of ever traveling to Germany for legitimate business reasons, I wouldn't consider that the mark of a xenophobe.

Back on topic: I don't have the inclination to spend 3K for as ephemeral an experience as traveling to a foreign nation for 3-4 days. If I wanted to learn about the artifacts of a foreign culture, I'd read an Encylopedia Britannica article on the subject. If I wanted to become familiar with another language, a good grammer book will suffice. And if  I wanted to spend time among groups of strangers who viscerally hate me and everything I stand for, the Atlas Forum satisfies my desire in every regard.