Amsterdam
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- neandersthal0
I agree with neue75_bold. If you can, then go. I lived there for 6 years, and like any city it's got it's ups and downs. It gets small after a while, shit closes early, and the bureaucracy can be infuriating, but those aren't good enough reasons to not go. Everything being accessible by bicycle is dope. Getting on a shitty boat and driving around aimlessly on the canals is one of life's true pleasures. Queensday, Museumnacht and eating dirty bitterballen are also things you'd never experience anywhere else.
If music is your 24/7 thing, then yes, it's not London, but I saw some great acts come through there as well.A downside in my case, was that working in an expat environment could compound the issue of the city feeling small. I hung out and worked with the same people in an arguably small(ish) city. So it naturally felt after a while somewhat repetitive. But not meeting locals outside of work isn't exactly the city's fault. And if it does happen then London is 45 minutes away, or you can on the train to Paris to mix it up a bit.
Also, don't let the whole 'Amsterdam is changing because the Red-Light is closing' thing sway you. Yes, shit is closing down (for reasons not only linked to a more conservative government) but when you live in the Dam the only time you go to RL is when friends from overseas come visit so you take them there.
When you live there you're favorite bar in Amsterdam is not going to be one in Redlight populated by a bunch of tourists that have just fingerbanged the same girl.