The list is from a consulting company with cities as clients. I wonder how their client list compares to their published list? I would also be curious to see what metrics they use. My guess is they aren’t looking at the best cities for the poors.
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I’ve hit 47, again not counting airport or train stopovers.
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only 36 for me, not going to Asia until 2027
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My count depends… Lima, Peru or Lima, OH? 
Agree. Baltimore and Orlando surprised me a bit, as did Houston and Dallas. I’ve never been to Manchester, but wasn’t expecting that one either.
LA seems really high to me. Swap LA and either SF or Chicago for US cities IMO.
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A general description of their methodology can be found a couple of links in. A chunk of the rating is based on “lovability” which apparently includes check-ins, etc. on social media.
Basically, it looks like the standard clickbait survey of “grab a bunch of numbers and turn them into a ranking.” It’s not a horrible way to make a list, but if your tastes, etc. don’t align…
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Vancouver seems low to me
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33
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I think 62, including airport stopovers but not sure about some of them. Guessing San Jose is California, where I have been.
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27 for me. First thing I thought was, Lyon HAS to be higher on the list than Baltimore.
Based on the criteria listed in the “Methodology Link” in your linked article, Chicago is going to rank quite a bit lower in the “Livability” and “Prosperity” categories relative to a lot of other larger cities.
55 for me. Sorry.
Surprised how high on the list many of these cities are.
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me too. I haven’t been to Vancouver but from what little I know perhaps it should even outrank Toronto.
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This is probably why Vancouver isn’t higher on the list . . .
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I’m in the airport, near a vending machine that sells Pokémon cards, sports cards, and I’m not sure what else but it all looks related. It’s surprisingly popular, three purchases in a half hour. Interesting.
Is it a gacha machine that gives random things or an actual vending machine? Gacha machines are essentially gambling and have been around in Japan for a while but seem to be making it to North America more.
It’s a vending machine, you punch in something like D12 and pay and it dispenses it.
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Given the way that AI is being used to create or edit images today, does this mean that Generation Beta will have no appreciation for the term, “photoshopped”?
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I seem to be collecting the tail end of a couple of candles that I burn in my office. Turns out if you melt the remaining wax, you can coat dryer lint or cotton balls, and make firestarters for camping.
Or, as my wife puts it a bit less subtly, maybe I don’t need to be quite so thrifty. So why haven’t I thrown the candles out then. It’s starting to push ‘odd’.
if you like the container the candle is in, you can melt the old one and clean the glass and refill it w new wax and wick