City Flavor/Neighborhood Theme- People's Choice Prize
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1. Strolling Beneath the Shade of the French Concession in Shanghai
Tucked smartly amidst skyscrapers and the frenzied streets of Shanghai lies a calm haven known as the Fa Zhu Jie, the French Concession. Here, distinctive French Plane trees line colorful cobblestoned sidewalks, providing heavenly…
上海市, CN
87 votes
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2. Discovering a neighborhood restaurant in the Mission
Craving a neighborhood restaurant? A place to pull a seat up at the bar with no need to order a drink as your cocktail of choice is already being made, and no need for…
Mission District, US
72 votes
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3. Spending Time with Your Inner Intellectual in Frisco, Co
Unique stores in this bite-sized mountain town might be as common as its' snowfalls, but a store that provides hand-picked written gems along with a soul-warming cup o’ tea? Now that’s something to talk…
Frisco, US
51 votes
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4. Wandering Among Whimsical Towers in Los Angeles, California
In the middle of one of South Los Angeles’s most infamous neighborhoods, space-age spires rise almost 100 feet above the stucco bungalows and chain-link fences that line the streets. Built by an Italian immigrant…
Los Angeles, US
40 votes
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5. Drinking it In in Portland,Oregon
If you want to have an architectural frenzy with your coffee visit the Laurelhurst neighborhood and park. You will see vintage homes abound built over 144 acres of old farmland. There are plentiful Bungalows…
Portland, US
37 votes
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6. Acquiring a Taste For Russian Herring in Brighton Beach, New York
Bring your friends to Volna, get a table on the boardwalk, and let go of the perceived importance of service, hospitality, and getting your food just so. Order a round of bitter Baltika #9…
Brooklyn, US
29 votes
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7. Feeling Right at Home in a Great Coffee Shop in Austin, TX
Please don’t tell the owner of Chuck’s Deli (whose name, coincidentally enough, is Chuck), but whenever I go into his establishment, I like to pretend he is my very cool older brother, one who…
Austin, US
28 votes
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8. Soaking Up Life's Simple Pleasures at Sasha's in St. Louis, Missouri
You don’t plan in advance to go to Sasha’s. You are lured to its peaceful patio by a surprisingly beautiful sunny day or find yourself heading there with friends to continue a riveting dinner…
Clayton, US
25 votes
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9. Unravelling an Uptown Manhattan Hide-out in New York
Most people who come to New York found themselves in hasty downtown chasing touristic attractions while missing out on the hidden spots of the upper Manhattan. Morningside Heights, located between Upper West and Harlem…
New York, US
23 votes
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10. Making Noise Underground in Cambridge, Massachusetts
At its best, public art completes a neighborhood. If you live or work in Cambridge’s Kendall Square, your daily commute is enhanced by the Kendall Band, three musical sculptures created by artist and inventor…
Cambridge, US
19 votes
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11. Paying $2 to Eat Ceviche Curbside in Venice, CA
Ask any real Venice Beach denizen, and he or she has likely never set foot on Muscle Beach. But a certain taco truck on Rose Ave.? Oh, yes, they know what the truck you're…
Santa Monica, US
19 votes
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12. Rummaging Around Nooks and Crannies in Azbakiya Book Market, Cairo
Take the Metro to Ataba—a sprawling neighbourhood of chaotic markets, where you can even buy the proverbial kitchen sink—and you first emerge into Azbakiya Book Market. Rows of whitewashed wooden shacks with battered mashrabia…
EG
15 votes
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13. Tantalizing Delights For Your Mind (and Stomach) in Brooklyn, NY
Just up the road – Cortelyou Road, to be exact – in my beloved Brooklyn, is the coolest hot spot in the nabe, Vox Pop. An Internet café extraordinaire, the VP offers an enticing…
Brooklyn, US
11 votes
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14. Dreaming of a warm day worthy of an amazing cone in Denver, Colorado
It’s really unfortunate that ice cream is not some miraculous cure for cancer. As most lovers of the creamy confection will tell you, it is surely a cure for most anything. Lohi, one of…
Denver, US
10 votes
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15. Running Away to Join the Circus in San Francisco
Amble into a hulking brick building, tucked into a residential district near Golden Gate Park, and—voila! Clowns tumble, tweaking red noses…tight-rope walkers teeter atop high-strung mounts…jugglers hurl a blur of white pins, far into…
San Francisco, US
10 votes
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