HeroClix is a miniatures game that uses familiar Marvel and DC superheroes that can be organized into war bands rather than armies to fight each other. I am not an expert in the area of miniatures but do have some experience with Dungeons and Dragons miniatures. One aspect of HeroClix that I like over Dungeons and Dragons miniatures, is the ability to adjust the difficulty level of play very easily.
HeroClix is suitable for children as young as ten, although the recommended age is 14. I say this because HeroClix uniquely has a dial that vastly simplifies game play and greatly lessens the amount of arithmetic associated with miniatures. Younger players can play just using the dial! This dial option does exist for other mini games. However, I suspect even children will soon want to use the superpowers that are printed on a card. The use of superpowers on the card makes the game much more challenging. Finally, figures have team abilities which add one more layer of complexity but many adult players skip this part of the game since the team abilities may not have a big impact on the outcome of the game but experts do use the team ability to get that little extra edge.
You can buy HeroClix figures online but what is the fun in that? There is only one brick and mortar store in Thailand that sells HeroClix supplies and that is Battlefield Bangkok. The store has great vibe and I felt right at home. I do want to mention that Battlefield Bangkok has many other games besides HeroClix.
The best way to learn HeroClix is to play and there are regulars, such as Thanarat Thunmikapong above, at Battlefield Bangkok that helped me organize a war band with his own figurines and taught me the game as I played. Thanarat really, really knows HeroClix! I am a rank beginner but I can already see there are some subtleties to the game. Thanarat used Spider-Man’s powers and especially spider-sense with great effect. If you read this article and decide to visit Battlefield Bangkok then make sure to mention that the Orange Werefox sent you!
The very important 2014 HeroClix Powers and Abilities Card has been translated from English into Thai by Nakorn Srisomwongs and his document is available for download at my Scribd account thanks to his generosity.
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Adstragold Microbrewery – Singapore City, Singapore
Archipelago Brewery – Singapore City, Singapore
Asia Brewery – Makati, Philippines
Big Man Beer – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Boxing Cat Brewery – Shanghai, China
Brewerkz – Singapore City, Singapore
Craft Brews – Three locations in Malaysia
Craftworks Taphouse and Bistro – Seoul, South Korea
DenBeer – Several locations in Japan
Drei Kronen 1308 Brauhaus – Beijing, China
Great Leap Brewing – Beijing, China
Hoa Vien Brauhaus – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Inuyama Loreley Beer – Inuyama, Japan
Jolly Brewery + Restaurant – Taipei, Taiwan
Khos Torkh – Mörön, Mongolia
Lan Anh – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Lan Chin – Hanoi, Vietnam
Land Beer Circus – Nagoya, Japan
Le Ble D’or – Sanchung, Taiwan
Le Ble D’or – Taipei, Taiwan
LeVel33 Microbrewery – Singapore City, Singapore
Lion Beer Brauhaus – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
London Pub Towser – Nagoya, Japan
Louisiane Brewhouse – Nha Trang, Vietnam
Man Han Lou Restaurant – Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Munich Germany Beer Restaurant – Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Nguyen Du Brauhof – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
North Taiwan Brewery – Wugu, Taiwan
Okhotsk Beer 北京欧可啤酒 – Beijing, China
Paulaner – This company has microbreweries throughout Asia.
Pivo Prada – Manila, Philippines
Platinum Microbrewery – Seoul, South Korea
Red Dot Brewhouse – Singapore City, Singapore
Saddle Cantina– Beijing, China
Shanghai Brewery – Shanghai, China
Slow Boat Brewery – Several locations in China
SMS Pub – Batam, Indonesia
Taiwan Micro Brewing Company – Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Tawandang Microbrewery – Bangkok, Thailand
Tawandang Microbrewery – Singapore City, Singapore
The Londoner Brew Pub – Bangkok, Thailand
The Pump Room – Singapore City, Singapore
The Tap Room: Kingdom Brewery – Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Will Beer – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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The Werefox Kingdom had decided that Hugo should introduce a young female werefox to the various magical allies of the werefoxes. The young girl could only achieve stage one of werefoxness. Hugo decided to be in stage two of werefoxness. In stage three the young werefox would have difficulty understanding his fox speech and in stage one the magical beings would not understand him. First stop was the Akashic Recorders. The Akashic Record was a record of everything that had ever happened but needed recorders to film the record. Next door was the Reality Puller.
The Reality Puller pulled reality out of the great ocean of possible realities. Pulling a reality out of unreality is hard work and the young werefox helped him pull the latest reality out.
The Capacious Crab was happy to see the werefoxes but was angry that humans were still eating his crab children. Hugo felt guilty since actually he enjoyed eating crabs as well.
The Happy Dragon suggested the werefoxes have some lunch with him before going off to meet other magical beings.
Sir Horse gave the young werefox some advice about moving about during combat.
The Sublime Geisha gave Hugo some lessons on how to handle a fan.
The Sumo Brothers continued their eternal match while the werefoxes helped the one they liked best.
The Maneki Neko wished the young werefox good luck.
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I have some answers. First of all American comic books are defined as comic books from the United States of America. This means not anime, manga or whatever! If you can’t find Japanese comic books in Asia then you have more serious problems than where to find American comic books. Asia on the whole prefers Japanese comic books to American comic books by a factor of ten at least. British stuff, especially 2000 AD stuff is found in the same places as American comic books which is why I initially titled this post where you can find Western comic books but I mean Western as in culture not as in cowboys and the latter meaning was misleading.
First of all there is a Japanese chain called Kinokuniya that is all over Asia. The chain sucks when it comes to Western comic books in Japan but is pretty good about having Western comic books in their stores outside of Japan.
Below is a list of Kinokuniya stores in Asia:
Singapore
Ngee Ann City, Orchard
Bugis Junction, Bugis
Liang Court, Chinatown
Indonesia
Sogo Plaza Senayan, Jakarta
Debenhams Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta
Sogo Pondok Indah Mall, Jakarta
Seibu Grand Indonesia, Jakarta
Malaysia
Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur
Thailand
CentralWorld, Bangkok
Siam Paragon, Bangkok – The best source of Western comic books outside of the Philippines!
Emporium, Bangkok
Australia
I mention the store but of course Australia is basically a Western country that happens to be in Asia and Western comic books are everywhere.
Sydney The Galeries Victoria, New South Wales
Taiwan
Dayeh Takashimaya, Taipei
Breeze Center, Taipei
Kuang San Sogo, Taichung
Talee Isetan, Kaoshiung
United Arab Emirates
Dubai, Dubai Mall
Page One is a Singaporean chain of bookstores that is also all over Asia and also has a pretty good selection of Western comic books.
Page One locations are listed below:
Singapore
Vivocity
Malaysia
Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur
Hong Kong
Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong (with cafe)
Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui
Times Square, Causeway Bay (formerly known as Page One Twins)
Taiwan
SOGO Fuxing, Taipei
Taipei 101, Taipei
The best country in Asia for Western comic books, besides Australia, is the Philippines. All the major chains have a section devoted to Western comic books and there are out and out dedicated comic book stores in most of the big malls in Manila.
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The following study is an attempt to objectively explore the truism:
“Nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there”
The operational version of this truism would be that tourist cities and livable cities are different cities. The truism has been named the Visit/Live Theory for the purposes of this study. Two lists that rank cities were compared. The first list ranks cities according the number of tourists that arrived in a city.
The list and a description of the list can be found at:
http://www.euromonitor.com/Top_150_City_Destinations_London_Leads_the_Way
The second list ranks cities according to livability. Mercer Human Resources looked at 39 quality of life issues including political stability, currency-exchange regulations, political and media censorship, school quality, housing and the environment.
The Mercer list and a description of the list can be found at:
http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/livable_cities_worldwide/
Table 1 shows all the cities on both lists in alphabetical order. In addition, the difference in rank was calculated for each city when this was possible. If a city was on only one top 100 list then the difference in rank could not be calculated. The tourist destination study looked at 150 cities, but for the purposes of comparison, only the top 100 tourist destinations were used in this study. Many cities were only on one list and not on the other list. The number of cities on both lists was counted. The number of cities only on one list was also counted. If the number of cities on both lists was greater than the number of cities not on both lists then this would suggest the truism is not true.
| Top 100 Cities: Tourist Destination vs. Livability Rank
Table 1: Alphabetical List of All Cities |
|
Cities |
Country |
Tourist Rank |
Livability Rank |
Rank Difference |
| 1 |
Abu Dhabi |
UAE |
52 |
88 |
36 |
| 2 |
Adelaide |
Australia |
NR |
30 |
N/A |
| 3 |
Agra |
India |
99 |
NR |
N/A |
| 4 |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
18 |
13 |
5 |
| 5 |
Antwerp |
Netherlands |
90 |
NR |
99 |
| 6 |
Athens |
Greece |
NR |
78 |
N/A |
| 7 |
Atlanta |
USA |
NR |
66 |
N/A |
| 8 |
Auckland |
New Zealand |
NR |
5 |
N/A |
| 9 |
Bahrain |
Bahrain |
12 |
NR |
18 |
| 10 |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
2 |
NR |
90 |
| 11 |
Barcelona |
Spain |
10 |
41 |
12 |
| 12 |
Beijing |
China |
22 |
NR |
N/A |
| 13 |
Benidorm |
Spain |
33 |
NR |
N/A |
| 14 |
Berlin |
Germany |
34 |
16 |
18 |
| 15 |
Bern |
Germany |
NR |
9 |
N/A |
| 16 |
Birmingham |
United Kingdom |
81 |
55 |
26 |
| 17 |
Boston |
USA |
68 |
36 |
32 |
| 18 |
Bratislava |
Slovakia |
NR |
99 |
N/A |
| 19 |
Brisbane |
Australia |
NR |
32 |
N/A |
| 20 |
Bruges |
Belgium |
89 |
NR |
N/A |
| 21 |
Brussels |
Belgium |
NR |
14 |
N/A |
| 22 |
Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
NR |
79 |
N/A |
| 23 |
Budapest |
Hungary |
36 |
74 |
38 |
| 24 |
Cairo |
Egypt |
45 |
NR |
N/A |
| 25 |
Calgary |
Canada |
NR |
24 |
N/A |
| 26 |
Cancun |
Mexico |
26 |
NR |
N/A |
| 27 |
Cape Town |
South Africa |
57 |
85 |
28 |
| 28 |
Chennai |
India |
97 |
NR |
N/A |
| 29 |
Chicago |
USA |
64 |
44 |
20 |
| 30 |
Chongquing |
China |
100 |
NR |
N/A |
| 31 |
Cleveland |
USA |
NR |
59 |
N/A |
| 32 |
Copenhagen |
Sweden |
54 |
11 |
43 |
| 33 |
Dalian |
China |
87 |
NR |
N/A |
| 34 |
Detroit |
USA |
NR |
64 |
N/A |
| 35 |
Dubai |
UAE |
7 |
80 |
73 |
| 36 |
Dublin |
Ireland |
11 |
27 |
16 |
| 37 |
Dusseldorf |
Germany |
NR |
5 |
N/A |
| 38 |
Edinburgh |
United Kingdom |
56 |
NR |
N/A |
| 39 |
Florence |
Italy |
46 |
NR |
N/A |
| 40 |
Frankfurt |
Germany |
NR |
7 |
N/A |
| 41 |
Geneva |
Switzerland |
98 |
2 |
96 |
| 42 |
Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
82 |
55 |
27 |
| 43 |
Granada |
Spain |
95 |
NR |
N/A |
| 44 |
Guangzhou |
China |
32 |
NR |
N/A |
| 45 |
Guilin |
China |
65 |
NR |
N/A |
| 46 |
Hamburg |
Germany |
83 |
24 |
59 |
| 47 |
Hangzhou |
China |
49 |
NR |
N/A |
| 48 |
Helsinki |
Finland |
77 |
30 |
47 |
| 49 |
Hong Kong |
China |
5 |
70 |
65 |
| 50 |
Honolulu |
USA |
NR |
27 |
N/A |
| 51 |
Houston |
USA |
NR |
68 |
N/A |
| 52 |
Istanbul |
Turkey |
16 |
NR |
N/A |
| 53 |
Johannesburg |
South Africa |
NR |
90 |
N/A |
| 54 |
Katsuyama |
Japan |
NR |
73 |
N/A |
| 55 |
Kobe |
Japan |
NR |
40 |
N/A |
| 56 |
Krakow |
Poland |
69 |
NR |
N/A |
| 57 |
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
15 |
75 |
60 |
| 58 |
Kunming |
China |
94 |
NR |
N/A |
| 59 |
La Havana |
Cuba |
70 |
NR |
N/A |
| 60 |
Las Vegas |
USA |
48 |
NR |
N/A |
| 61 |
Leipzig |
Germany |
NR |
67 |
N/A |
| 62 |
Lexington |
USA |
NR |
51 |
N/A |
| 63 |
Limassol |
Cyprus |
NR |
NR |
N/A |
| 64 |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
47 |
47 |
0 |
| 65 |
Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
91 |
NR |
N/A |
| 66 |
Ljubljana |
Slovenia |
NR |
80 |
N/A |
| 67 |
London |
United Kingdom |
1 |
39 |
38 |
| 68 |
Los Angeles |
USA |
31 |
55 |
24 |
| 69 |
Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
NR |
18 |
N/A |
| 70 |
Lyon |
France |
84 |
36 |
48 |
| 71 |
Macau |
China |
27 |
NR |
N/A |
| 72 |
Madrid |
Spain |
17 |
42 |
25 |
| 73 |
Manchester |
United Kingdom |
73 |
NR |
N/A |
| 74 |
Marrakesh |
Morocco |
50 |
NR |
N/A |
| 75 |
Mecca |
Saudi Arabia |
19 |
NR |
N/A |
| 76 |
Melbourne |
Australia |
72 |
17 |
55 |
| 77 |
Mexico City |
Mexico |
30 |
NR |
N/A |
| 78 |
Miami |
USA |
39 |
62 |
23 |
| 79 |
Milan |
Italy |
42 |
49 |
7 |
| 80 |
Minneapolis |
USA |
NR |
60 |
N/A |
| 81 |
Monterrey |
Mexico |
NR |
94 |
N/A |
| 82 |
Montevideo |
Uruguay |
NR |
76 |
N/A |
| 83 |
Montreal |
Canada |
85 |
22 |
63 |
| 84 |
Moscow |
Russia |
21 |
NR |
N/A |
| 85 |
Mumbai |
India |
86 |
NR |
N/A |
| 86 |
Munich |
Germany |
40 |
8 |
32 |
| 87 |
Nagoya |
Japan |
NR |
54 |
N/A |
| 88 |
Nanjing |
China |
76 |
NR |
N/A |
| 89 |
New Delhi |
India |
92 |
NR |
N/A |
| 90 |
New York City |
USA |
6 |
48 |
42 |
| 91 |
Nice |
France |
61 |
NR |
N/A |
| 92 |
Nurnberg |
Germany |
NR |
23 |
N/A |
| 93 |
Oahu/Honolulu |
USA |
44 |
27 |
17 |
| 94 |
Omuta |
Japan |
NR |
69 |
N/A |
| 95 |
Orlando |
USA |
38 |
NR |
N/A |
| 96 |
Osaka |
Japan |
NR |
42 |
N/A |
| 97 |
Oslo |
Norway |
NR |
26 |
N/A |
| 98 |
Ottawa |
Canada |
NR |
18 |
N/A |
| 99 |
Panama City |
Panama |
NR |
92 |
N/A |
| 100 |
Papeete |
French Polynesia |
NR |
97 |
N/A |
| 101 |
Paris |
France |
3 |
33 |
30 |
| 102 |
Perth |
Australia |
NR |
21 |
N/A |
| 103 |
Pittsburg |
USA |
NR |
52 |
N/A |
| 104 |
Portland |
USA |
NR |
46 |
N/A |
| 105 |
Port Elizabeth |
South Africa |
NR |
97 |
N/A |
| 106 |
Port Louis |
Mauritius |
NR |
77 |
N/A |
| 107 |
Prague |
Czech Republic |
20 |
72 |
52 |
| 108 |
Qingdao |
China |
79 |
NR |
N/A |
| 109 |
Riga |
Latvia |
NR |
92 |
N/A |
| 110 |
Rio De Janeiro |
Brazil |
35 |
NR |
N/A |
| 111 |
Rome |
Italy |
8 |
61 |
53 |
| 113 |
St. Louis |
USA |
NR |
64 |
N/A |
| 114 |
San Juan |
Puerto Rico |
NR |
71 |
N/A |
| 115 |
Salvador de Bahia |
Brazil |
71 |
NR |
N/A |
| 116 |
Salzburg |
Austria |
74 |
NR |
N/A |
| 117 |
San Diego |
USA |
88 |
NR |
N/A |
| 118 |
San Francisco |
USA |
37 |
29 |
8 |
| 119 |
Santiago |
Chile |
NR |
83 |
N/A |
| 120 |
São Paulo |
Brazil |
62 |
NR |
N/A |
| 121 |
Seattle |
USA |
NR |
49 |
N/A |
| 122 |
Seoul |
South Korea |
9 |
87 |
78 |
| 123 |
Seville |
Spain |
60 |
NR |
N/A |
| 124 |
Shanghai |
China |
13 |
100 |
87 |
| 125 |
Shenzen |
China |
41 |
NR |
N/A |
| 126 |
Singapore |
Singapore |
4 |
34 |
N/A |
| 127 |
St. Petersburg |
Russia |
25 |
NR |
N/A |
| 128 |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
66 |
20 |
46 |
| 129 |
Suzhou |
China |
59 |
NR |
N/A |
| 130 |
Sydney |
Australia |
43 |
9 |
34 |
| 131 |
Taipei |
China |
24 |
81 |
57 |
| 132 |
Tallinn |
Estonia |
67 |
89 |
22 |
| 133 |
Tianjin |
China |
75 |
NR |
N/A |
| 134 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
51 |
35 |
16 |
| 135 |
Toronto |
Canada |
14 |
15 |
1 |
| 136 |
Tsukuba |
Japan |
NR |
55 |
N/A |
| 137 |
Tunis |
Italy |
NR |
95 |
N/A |
| 138 |
Valencia |
Spain |
93 |
NR |
N/A |
| 139 |
Vancouver |
Canada |
NR |
3 |
N/A |
| 140 |
Varadero |
Cuba |
53 |
NR |
N/A |
| 141 |
Venice |
Italy |
28 |
NR |
N/A |
| 142 |
Victoria |
Seychelles |
NR |
95 |
N/A |
| 143 |
Vienna |
Austria |
23 |
3 |
20 |
| 144 |
Vilnius |
Lithuania |
NR |
82 |
N/A |
| 145 |
Warsaw |
Poland |
29 |
85 |
56 |
| 146 |
Washington DC |
USA |
63 |
44 |
19 |
| 147 |
Wellington |
New Zealand |
NR |
12 |
N/A |
| 148 |
Winston Salem |
USA |
NR |
52 |
N/A |
| 149 |
Wuxi |
China |
96 |
NR |
N/A |
| 150 |
Xi’an |
China |
78 |
NR |
N/A |
| 151 |
Xiamen |
China |
80 |
NR |
N/A |
| 152 |
Yokkaichi |
Japan |
NR |
63 |
N/A |
| 153 |
Yokohama |
Japan |
NR |
38 |
N/A |
| 154 |
Zhuhai |
China |
58 |
NR |
N/A |
| 155 |
Zurich |
Switzerland |
55 |
1 |
54 |
NR, no rank, no top 100 rank in this category
N/A, not applicable since the city was on only one of the lists
Table 2 below shows cities that were on both lists ordered from the least difference between ranks to the greatest difference between ranks.
| Top 100 Cities: Tourist Destination vs. Livability Rank
Table 2: Comparison of Ranks |
|
Cities |
Country |
Tourist Rank |
Livability Rank |
Rank Difference |
| 1 |
Lisbon |
Portugal |
47 |
47 |
0 |
| 2 |
Toronto |
Canada |
14 |
15 |
1 |
| 3 |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
18 |
13 |
5 |
| 4 |
Milan |
Italy |
42 |
49 |
7 |
| 5 |
San Francisco |
USA |
37 |
29 |
8 |
| 6 |
Dublin |
Ireland |
11 |
27 |
16 |
| 7 |
Tokyo |
Japan |
51 |
35 |
16 |
| 8 |
Oahu/Honolulu |
USA |
44 |
27 |
17 |
| 9 |
Berlin |
Germany |
34 |
16 |
18 |
| 10 |
Washington DC |
USA |
63 |
44 |
19 |
| 11 |
Chicago |
USA |
64 |
44 |
20 |
| 12 |
Vienna |
Austria |
23 |
3 |
20 |
| 13 |
Tallinn |
Estonia |
67 |
89 |
22 |
| 14 |
Miami |
USA |
39 |
62 |
23 |
| 15 |
Los Angeles |
USA |
31 |
55 |
24 |
| 16 |
Birmingham |
United Kingdom |
81 |
55 |
26 |
| 17 |
Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
82 |
55 |
27 |
| 18 |
Cape Town |
South Africa |
57 |
85 |
28 |
| 19 |
Paris |
France |
3 |
33 |
30 |
| 20 |
Boston |
USA |
68 |
36 |
32 |
| 21 |
Munich |
Germany |
40 |
8 |
32 |
| 22 |
Sydney |
Australia |
43 |
9 |
34 |
| 23 |
Abu Dhabi |
UAE |
52 |
88 |
36 |
| 24 |
Budapest |
Hungary |
36 |
74 |
38 |
| 25 |
London |
United Kingdom |
1 |
39 |
38 |
| 26 |
New York City |
USA |
6 |
48 |
42 |
| 27 |
Copenhagen |
Sweden |
54 |
11 |
43 |
| 28 |
Stockholm |
Sweden |
66 |
20 |
46 |
| 29 |
Helsinki |
Finland |
77 |
30 |
47 |
| 30 |
Lyon |
France |
84 |
36 |
48 |
| 31 |
Prague |
Czech Republic |
20 |
72 |
52 |
| 32 |
Rome |
Italy |
8 |
61 |
53 |
| 33 |
Melbourne |
Australia |
72 |
17 |
55 |
| 34 |
Warsaw |
Poland |
29 |
85 |
56 |
| 35 |
Taipei |
China |
24 |
81 |
57 |
| 36 |
Hamburg |
Germany |
83 |
24 |
59 |
| 37 |
Kuala Lumpur |
Malaysia |
15 |
75 |
60 |
| 38 |
Montreal |
Canada |
85 |
22 |
63 |
| 39 |
Hong Kong |
China |
5 |
70 |
65 |
| 40 |
Dubai |
UAE |
7 |
80 |
73 |
| 41 |
Seoul |
South Korea |
9 |
87 |
78 |
| 42 |
Shanghai |
China |
13 |
100 |
87 |
| 43 |
Geneva |
Switzerland |
98 |
2 |
96 |
Conclusion
There were a total of 155 cities on either list. 112 cities were only on one list. Only 43 cities were on both lists. Cities that are only on one list outnumber cities on both lists 2.6:1. Even for cities on both lists, the mean difference between ranks was 37.6 and quite high. These findings suggest that cities that are visited are not the same cities that are more livable. The truism that some cities are nice places to visit and different cities are nice places to live in is correct. Table 2 showed which cities had the least difference between ranks and the greatest difference between ranks.
The city with the least difference in rank was Lisbon. Lisbon had a rank of 47 on both lists. Toronto had the second least difference in rank and has the honor of having a relatively high visitor rank (14) and livability rank (15). Amsterdam showed a similar pattern to Toronto with a visitor rank of 18 and a livability rank of 13.
Geneva had the greatest difference in rank. Geneva is a great place to live (2) but doesn’t get very many tourists (98) relative to other cities. Shanghai had the second greatest difference in rank but in the opposite direction as Geneva. Shanghai is a city that many tourists visit (13) but only ranks 100 in terms of livability. A practical implication for expats is to be wary of deciding to live in cities you like to visit without taking the Visit/Live Theory into account.
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