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Brazil: Blumenau
It's ironic since anywhere up north and most major UK cities have more knife attacks per capita than London does, and its not nearly as unsafe as everyone makes it out to be. I live in quite a rough neighbourhood in London and there's not really much knife crime here or elsewhere. And on top of that, it's highly unlikely that you get attacked if you aren't in a gang or involved in shady stuff.
wtf is hobart? never heard of that random place before. surely its not part of that mysterious island below victoria right?
who cars anyway gold coast clears all.
melbourne has the shittest weather and is too cold
sydney is good, but i have bias towards gold coast
brisbane good but have fun swimming in manmade beach lil bros
gold coast is perfect weather, not expensive, so much to do and BRISBANE ONLY AN HOUR NORTH so W
Lived in 4 countries so I'll go for all of them - personal opinions:
If I had to rank the places I've lived:
Amsterdam, NL. Quality of life is really good, the cost of living is quite high but salaries are nicer than in London so you end up with more savings. City is stunning too. Transport inside the city and getting around with bicycle is convenient af. The Dutch themselves are quite shallow I find but there's a huge expat community, which is cool.
Ghent, Belgium. Lovely vibe, people are super friendly. Everything doable on foot or by tram. Might be a little biased cause I spent the start of my adult life there as a student so I made loads of friends there and had loads of fun experiences.
NYC, USA. City just always has something going on. Cost of living is sky high but back then I had my apartment paid for by my company which is usually the biggest expense so that didn't really hit me. Downsides are travel inside the city and how isolating the city can feel. Millions of people but hard to make friends. Dating life was incredibly easy on the other side, so that was a plus
London, UK. While it's a top tier place to visit, it's not too nice to live in. Living circumstances are fucking terrible, you pay shitloads for something that looks like (and smells like) a shoebox. Loads of homelessness. And cause the city is so fucking large, you could be travelling for a full hour to meet friends. The upside is that food and coffee etc are absolutely incredible in London, miss that the most.
All 4 are actually quite nice though Amsterdam, NYC and London you need to be making a decent chunk of money to get the most out of it.