Ranking the European Cities I Visited On My Trip

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These ratings are given and rankings combine a few factors and are completely subjective to the experience that I had and did. Thus I labelled at the end cities I want to revisit for enjoyment and cities I want to give a second chance. This combines things such as, historical components, ease of transportation, nightlife, food, shopping, people, etc. If you want reasoning as to why I ranked them feel free to ask a question

1. Florence, Italy 9.3/10
2. Amsterdam, Netherlands 9.1/10
3. Rome, Italy 8.6/10
4. London, England 8.5/10
5. Venice, Italy 8/10
6. Paris, France 7.3/10
7. Munich, Germany 6.1/10

Cities I Would Like To Visit Again:
Florence
Rome
London
Venice

Cities I Would Want To Give a Second Chance:
Munich
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Also I will say this out of all the cities I been too in my life (just Greece), Crete Greece still remains top of my list as a whole
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Is it true that Paris has changed since the 80s and is no longer predominantly white and thus now has high crime as a result of being less white?
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Still predominately white IMO. A lot more races than the 80s. I felt safe in almost every city I went too. London was probably the only place that I was on alert and even Munich tbh just because of the area we were in, but there has been that notion going around and I didn't notice it as much compared to London and Munich
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And London wasn't because of the area, it was cuz we were out late some nights and we had to make sure no one got pick pocketted or some bullshit
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I am glad you had fun. 
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Looks like a good trip. How long were gone? Do you speak Italian, Dutch, French or German and if so, did some fluency affect your grading? I've been to those countries with the exception of Netherlands. And I speak French fluently, and favor that country [obviously, given my avatar, and it is my ancestry]. Although I find Paris delightful, and would rate it higher, I've not been there for 20 years, and I know it has changed. My preference is  Provence, southeastern region.
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Was gone for just shy of 3 weeks (20 days).

I spoke none besides a bit of Italian (because Spanish and Italian are very common / share similiar pronounciations). Really did not affect my grading besides France but I found that they did not give Americans the time of day. Even my friend who took French and was speaking it got treated rudely (nothing too crazy)). That didn't really overall bring France's core. It's more of a Paris thing that anything. I want to travel to the Southern coast there because I've heard good things. I still enjoyed Paris but once you see the big sites I just didn't feel the need to do it again. Maybe I will go back without the added pressure of seeing everything. We did do a day in Versailles so that impacted the amount I saw in Paris itself.

For Dutch and German, they really did not care and spoke English quite well. Still had great experiences with both. Italians honestly shocked me because that's where I used my language the most and they honestly didn't care. 

So honestly knowing the language didn't affect the scores as much as it did for Greece. Knowing Greek in Greece enhanced the trip way more

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Thanks. That jives with my thoughts about current Paris. Yes, the are rude to Americans, but that changes in Provence. They are much more laidback people, and very friendly. At least, that was the case 20 yearns years ago. My fluency is such that when I was there, they knew I was not French, but assumed I was from elsewhere in Europe. I avoided speaking English, and that helped a lot, and they were, then, much more friendly to me, even  in Paris. You didn't have Greece on your list. I took Greek in college over 3 semesters, but never achieved fluency, though I love the language and can read a little of it, but have no sense of speaking it. I appreciate the antiquity of Greece. So, you're fluent in Greek. Good for you.
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Italy is friendly if you present white.

I admit Italy is a great nafion and is very Catholic but try going there one day with a blatantly non-white friend. The Fascist undercurrent still flows. Just a reality.

People that think like Wylted are a norm in Italy in some areas and actually Rome is one of those areas.