Oakland, North America
Oakland: The Town, Lake Merritt & Bay Area Soul
It's "The Town", Not "Oakland, SF's Sidekick": Locals say "the Town" and bristle when you call it a suburb of San Francisco - it has its own skyline, port, a…
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Phu Quoc, Southeast Asia
Phu Quoc: Fish Sauce, Pepper and Island Time
A City That Is Also an Island: Phu Quoc is Vietnam's biggest island and, since the July 2025 provincial merger that folded Kien Giang into An Giang, an admin…
Liverpool, Western Europe
Liverpool: Scouse Wit, Waterfront Soul & Beatles Beyond the Cavern
'Scouse, Not English': Plenty of Liverpudlians put their city identity before their national one - a famous slogan says it outright. The accent is not Northe…
Nashville, North America
Nashville: Music City, Hot Chicken & Honky-Tonk Heart
Honky Tonks Start at 10 AM: The bars on Lower Broadway (the "Honky Tonk Highway") have live bands from mid-morning until about 3 AM, with no cover charge. Lo…
Cebu, Southeast Asia
Cebu: Queen City of the South, Lechon Soul & Island Gateway
Bisaya, Not Tagalog: Cebu speaks Cebuano (Bisaya), not Tagalog. Locals understand Tagalog and English but light up when you try "Salamat" instead of "Salamat…
Tainan, East Asia
Tainan: Ancient Capital, Temple Lanes & Taiwan's Sweet Street Food Soul
Everything Is Sweet: Tainan cooks with sugar the way other cities use salt. Savory dishes, from fish soup to rice sausage to the dipping sauce for beef, come…