Nice, thanks for the shoutout! It's funny that this list begins with Cape Town-- a friend sent me a link to one of those, I don't know, "quizzes" or surveys or whatever, where you pick a bunch of stuff and it determines what city would be a good fit, based on your answers and I got Cape Town. Although, the thing had questions about hashtags and Beyonce, which I know nothing about and so my answers might not have been as clearly chosen as they could have been (as if this thing were at all scientifically accurate in the first place).

I have noticed that recently, a bunch of things will crop up in my daily life, which seem to point at one city or another to relocate to (though I haven't yet). A few years ago, it was Portland, OR and now a bunch of my friends live there. Last year it was Chicago, where a number of other people in my life have relocated. Maybe this year it's Cape Town?

I'm pleasantly surprised quite a few of the entries on this list, for example, the Frankfurt I remember (though I never knew it well) was notable for having a Pizza Hut in the railway station and I never thought I would see Indianapolis in a travel article from the New York Times.

I'm also glad to see that the Mekong river tours are getting more exposure. A friend of mine had designs on competing in that market and I think if managed well, it might develop into a lucrative industry.

On another note, the NY Times online experience is getting pretty slick these days . . .