Time Out: The 38 coolest "neighbourhoods" in the world

[iheartthed]

For 2024

1. Notre-Dame-du-Mont, Marseille, France
2. Mers Sultan, Casablanca, Morocco
3. Pererenan, Bali, Indonesia
4. Seongsu-dong, Seoul, South Korea
5. Kerns, Portland (Oregon), USA
6. Stokes Croft and St Paul’s, Bristol, UK
7. Chippendale, Sydney, Australia
8. Príncipe Real, Lisbon, Portugal
9. Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10. Windsor, Melbourne, Australia
11. Zabłocie, Kraków, Poland
12. Little River, Miami, USA
13. Saint-Henri, Montreal, Canada
14. Punavuori, Helsinki, Finland
15. Gakugeidaigaku, Tokyo, Japan
16. Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
17. Flatbush, Brooklyn (New York City), USA
18. Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
19. East City, Cape Town, South Africa
20. Belleville, Paris, France
21. Northbridge, Perth, Australia
22. Strathbungo, Glasgow, Scotland
23. Chacarita, Buenos Aires, Argentina
24. Layton, London, UK
25. Inchicore, Dublin, Ireland
26. East Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
27. Ekkamai, Bangkok, Thailand
28. San Rafael, Mexico City, Mexico
29. Mount Pleasant, Washington DC, USA
30. Bonfim, Porto, Portugal
31. Palace District, Budapest, Hungary
32. Brewerytown, Philadelphia, USA
33. Kowloon City, Hong Kong, China
34. Logan Square, Chicago, USA
35. Norwood, Adelaide, Australia
36. Osu, Accra, Ghana
37. Orchard, Singapore
38. Union Square, Somerville (Boston), USA

source: https://www.timeout.com/travel/coole...s-in-the-world

Most of what was mentioned to do in the write-up of Flatbush, Brooklyn, is in either Prospect-Lefferts Garden or Crown Heights. They should've just named one of those places as the cool 'hood.

[mhays]

Biggest misnomer this side of GAWC. This should be labeled "30 random cool neighborhoods," except that wouldn't have people arguing about it and generating clicks.

[pdxtex]

Strathbungo. That name wins.

[summersm343]

Brewerytown for Philadelphia? Wtf lol

Great, up and coming neighborhood for sure, but coolest in Philadelphia? That would probably go to Fishtown at the moment.

[Steely Dan]

^ re-read mhays' post above.

these annual "coolest neighborhood" lists from timeout are much better understood as "here are a bunch of neighborhoods from cities around the world that people on our staff have recently been to and really enjoyed"

but if they actually named it that, nobody would click.


ya gotta manufacture some controversy if you want eyeballs!

[JManc]

Well fuck this list because my neighborhood wasn't included and we just got a Hooter's.

[3rd&Brown]

Weird list.

The only one I've been to recently that I concur with is Principe Real in Lisbon.

But Mt Pleasant in DC? Brewerytown in Philly?

They're nice, improving neighborhoods with a lot of new development.

But coolest? That's a stretch.