. . . or Not
For those of you KEEPING SCORE AT HOME, I’ve been to ALL of the most livable ones and several, MANY TIMES. My TWO FAVORITES? Amsterdam and Zurich.
May Day, 1992, in Amsterdam ranks as one of the best one-day experiences I’ve had — coming as it did in the middle of a three-week European business trip.
As for Zurich, my many visits there — including to Swiss Re’s HQ which a colleague of mine dubbed THE KREMLIN — left me with an ENDURING SENSE of what CIVIC ORDER can look like. So much so that when it came time to decide on a site for overseas PRECIOUS METAL STORAGE, Zurich won out in a rout.
As for the least livable, the only one I’ve been to is Harare where, after accidentally knocking a guy off his bike — he’d pedaled up onto the WOODEN SIDEWALK — I was surrounded by an ANGRY MOB and had all I could do to talk them down and make my way to the SHERATON at the edge of town. I’d gone there solely on business, so, yes, DO AVOID ZIMBABWE.
Tudor Place 