There's plenty of worse place than Newcastle in the UK: Hull Halifax Huddersfield In fact most places in West Yorkshire Most places in the Midlands Liverpool Burnley Blackburn Preston Rhyl Prestatyn Better places in UK: York Manchester Ilkley Harrogate Keswick Edinburgh London My favourite places outside UK (all better than Newcastle): Europe Milan Rome Florence Istanbul Paris Madrid Oslo Asia/Australia Melbourne Sydney Sapporo Americas New York Boston San Diego Miami San Antonio Washington San Francisco Bogota Lima Cusco Buenos Aires Rio