Mountain Exposure: News and Views From the Backcountry: The Best Ski Towns in the World

Check out this article written by my friend Aaron Teasdale for National Geographic Adventure magazine:

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Barcelona, Spain (beautiful architecture, beaches; too touristy)
Boston, MA (liberal, beautiful downtown core; cold, old-fashioned, weird)
Cape Town, South Africa (beautifully situated, beautiful girls, great surf, great beaches; but too far and too dangerous)
Denver, CO (progressive, well-organized, proximity to outdoors and skiing, walkable, nice, historic downtown; no water)
Melbourne, Australia (good surf, best city in Australia; but it's Australia: homogeneous, zero typography, and that horrible accent)
Portland, OR (progressive, well-planned, proximity to outdoors, good food, good beer, and good coffee; too many CA transplants, too much rain, and just too fucking weird)
San Francisco, CA (proximity to nature, beautiful harbor, culture; unattractive architecture, unrelenting sprawl, too many techies, indigents, and traffic lights)
Tallin, Estonia (well preserved medieval core, vibrant arts scene, the most beautiful women in the world; remote, cold, too much Russian influence)
Vancouver, BC (incredibly scenic, proximity to nature, skiing; lacks historical context, too much glass, concrete, and rain)
Washington, DC (culture, arts, architecture; humid, violent, too many lawyers, too much traffic, best and worst airports in U.S.)

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