Top Ten Party Cities

While we are talking of prostitutes; over here is a list of the tops ten party cities in the world:

  1. Pattaya
  2. Tijuana
  3. Amsterdam
  4. Las Vegas
  5. Rio
  6. Moscow
  7. New Orleans
  8. Manama
  9. Macau
  10. Berlin
    ===Speaking for myself===
  11. Pattaya Just once
  12. Tijuana Oddly never. I like Mexico but never go so far north
  13. Amsterdam Oh yeah
  14. Las Vegas I am a regular
  15. Rio Yep
  16. Moscow Nope
  17. New Orleans Yeah, I was disappointed. Very touristy
  18. Manama I am a semi-regular
  19. Macau Nope
  20. Berlin Yep

That gives me 7 of ten. Can anyone beat that?

Pardon me folks, I am not asking if (or admitting to) hiring prostitutes in these cities. I am asking if you have partied in these cities.

  1. Pattaya - bit of a dump in my opinion
  2. Amsterdam - can be fun, but has a seedy side
  3. Las Vegas - only go when friends insist.
    Strangely, only been to those three. I guess I’m not much of a party animal. I was in San Diego several times earlier this year, and didn’t have the inclination to get down to Tijuana. Closest I got to Rio was Buenos Aires. Moscow has just never been on my travel plans. Somehow have mostly missed New Orleans, although I’ve been to Louisiana a number of times, and never got over to Berlin despite living in Germany for several years. Was supposed to head over to the Love Parade one summer but came down with a virus that weekend. No idea where Manama even is.

Manama is the only city in Bahrain. It is our version of Las Vegas.

Do doo de doo doo…
Yep, sounds like a fun town. :smiley:

I sing that every time I drive into town. Some find me eccentric.

Pattaya is probably a good choice for #1. I find it a dump, too, and I just plain don’t like the place, but if I was intent on a big booze-up, with OR without hookers, that’s an awfully accommodating place.

When did Manama become fun? It was boring as hell in 1988.

Although, to be fair, as a six year old casinos weren’t my bag.

Well, add that to the list of places I’ve almost been to. When I used to travel to Dhammam I almost got there, but decided that for one night I didn’t really want the drive and cross the border. Guess I maybe should have given it a shot.

What did Obi-Wan say about the Spaceport? Den of inequity? That’s Bahrain.

“You’ll not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”

The only city on that list I’ve been to is New Orleans. Fun, but quite frankly the bars and strip clubs in Montreal are better. New Orleans does have better music and a btter climate though.

Manama eh? Never expected to see that in a top 10 list of party cities. Colour me educated.
A man, a m… er… eh, no “a man a plan a canal Panama” on here. Manama!

:slight_smile:

1. Pattaya Nope, perve that I am, I’ve never been there although I’ve probably spent 3 weeks in Thailand.
2. Tijuana Yup
3. Amsterdam Yes, one of my favorite towns in the whole world
4. Las Vegas Bunches of times
5. Rio Unfortunately, no.
6. Moscow No
7. New Orleans Yes, another favorite
8. Manama Never even head of it until today.
9. Macau No
10. Berlin Yes, a world class great city, too!

5/10, gotta get my ass in gear.

I sing that whenever Menomomee, MI or Menomonie, WI is mentioned. Don’t know how they rate as party cities though.

Rio should be No. 1 for the sole reason that it has the 1-2-3 Club (at least it did in '86-'87).
And Palma is suspiciously absent from the list.

I top out at six.

I’m definitely falling behind; I’ve only been to Amsterdam, Macau and Berlin. But since I’m moving to Doha, I’m sure I’ll make Manama. And we’ve been planning on seeing more of Southeast Asia, too.

ShibbOleth, I’d say you made the right call in not going to Tijuana. I haven’t been there since before I turned 21, and the clubs and bars I went to, that seemed to be the target demographic - not old enough to drink in the states, but OK in Mexico.

In other words, you’re too old, man. :smiley:

Only been to four of the OP’s 10. And when I was in Berlin, it was still divided and not yet a party town. :frowning:

I have to say, though, as far as Mexican border towns go, I’ve had better times in Juarez than in Tijuana.

I’m not sure if Tijuana is the place to go anymore. The other day there was a drug gang shootout where 13 people died. The government shipped in 3000 soldiers to try to police the place.

Lately there has been a load of carjackings from banditos masquerading as policemen with authentic looking vehicles. Even veteran Baja 1000 drivers are getting robbed. Of course, the police are so corrupt it could very well be actual Federales doing the robbing.

It’s a bummer 'cause Baja California is one of my favorite places.