The city of Florianopolis in Brazil tops the charts of the friendliest cities of the world, with Hobart, Thimpu, Queenstown following in that order.
According to Stuff.co.nz, Conde Nast Traveler has declared the list of friendliest and unfriendliest cities in the world based on the Readers' Choice survey.
Florianopolis scored 95.8 out of 100, while Hobart scored impressively to bag the second place.
On the flip side, Newark scored just 13.4 out of 100 topping the charts of unfriendliest cities.
Meanwhile, Islamabad took the number two spot in the list of unfriendliest cities with a score of 17.9.
The World's Top 10 Friendliest Cities are: Florianopolis, Brazil; Hobart, Tasmania; Thimpu, Bhutan; Queenstown, New Zealand; Charleston, South Carolina; Paro, Bhutan; Margaret River, Australia; Mandalay, Burma; Kilkenny, Ireland / Ubud, Bali, Indonesia; Chian Mai, Thailand.
The Top 10 World's Unfriendliest Cities are: Newark, New Jersey; Islamabad, Pakistan; Oakland, California; Luanda, Angola; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Lome, Togo; New Haven, Connecticut; Detroit, Michigan; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Tangier, Morocco.
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