9.) Berlin

Berlin is hotter now than ever, and with a vibrant city comes great public transportation.

ThreeLitre:

Lived there for a few months and suffered one delay the whole time because some scaffolding fell across some street car tracks. And it was always - always - on time. And clean. And quiet. And EVERYWHERE. I mean, like, there was either a streetcar, subway, regional rail or bus on every corner in the city basically. Plus, I was there 10 years ago, and they already had the little boards telling how long the wait was at every station in the city for the lines that went through that station. It was flawless.

Walking was almost pointless unless you wanted to window shop or take in the sights, and driving was pretty pointless, too unless you were literally going all the way across the city or out of town. And even then, the number of express regional rail train lines across and out of the city was so enormous that you could be at the Polish border from downtown Berlin in like 45 minutes. It was insane. It still boggles my mind how basically perfect it was.

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