Favourite cities

I quickly decided that i preferred Shanghai to Beijing. This got me wondering why you prefer one city in a country to another. Sometimes it can be obvious, sometimes due to a particular experience or memory you have from one rather than the other, sometimes down to who shows you around. I guess generally i go for more relaxed over bustling cities, for older places rather than newer but there are always exceptions. So for example i prefer......

Shanghai over Beijing

Paris over Nice (no surprises there)

Chang Mai over Bangkok

Hanoi over Ho Chi Minh

Melbourne over Sydney (that's a real close one, just edged by memories of some arrogant Aussies in a casino in Sydney after the third lions test in 2001)

Christchurch over Auckland

Chicago over New York

Madrid over Barcelona

Edinburgh over Glasgow

Berlin over Bonn (although my memories of Bonn are very dated)