Lets compare the living comfort of different cities.

[andrej_NDC]

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

let me start with Bratislava:
1.) 9:00PM
2.) 9:00PM
3.) plenty, but most sell only food and similar stuff
4.) 3 big that I know about
5.) about 1:00AM
6.) about 11:00PM

[Niki]

Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

let me start with Bratislava:
1.) 9:00PM
2.) 9:00PM
3.) plenty, but most sell only food and similar stuff
4.) 3 big that I know about
5.) about 1:00AM
6.) about 11:00PM

liar 99% of your banks are closing at 5 PM

[andrej_NDC]

Originally Posted by Niki

liar 99% of your banks are closing at 5 PM

not mine and I know 3 other ones open until 9:00PM

[DamageX]

Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

not mine and I know 3 other ones open until 9:00PM

Do they actually do any transactions past 5pm to begin with? I know of banks that have longer opening hours on certain days, to meet the demand from people with late office hours, but the transaction orders received then aren't actually carried out until the next office day.

[Due]

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

In Stakroge
1.) 18:00
2.) There is none
3.) Whaaat? Luxury, the ONE store in our city close 18:00
4.) Whaaat? Luxury, the ONE store in our city close 18:00
5.) A cinema?? Most of our neighbors got a garden tractor if that is what you are reffering to
6.) I got a 1st floor in my house, so I "stair walk" at least 2 times per day, enough for me. Also I DRIVE my son to day nursery, it is 600 meters from where I live, do you honestly think I would know anything about fitness centers

[andrej_NDC]

Originally Posted by DamageX

Do they actually do any transactions past 5pm to begin with? I know of banks that have longer opening hours on certain days, to meet the demand from people with late office hours, but the transaction orders received then aren't actually carried out until the next office day.

Some transactions from the evening(don't know the exact time) are carried over to next day, for example wires to different banks.

[andrej_NDC]

Originally Posted by Due

In Stakroge
1.) 18:00
2.) There is none
3.) Whaaat? Luxury, the ONE store in our city close 18:00
4.) Whaaat? Luxury, the ONE store in our city close 18:00
5.) A cinema?? Most of our neighbors got a garden tractor if that is what you are reffering to
6.) I got a 1st floor in my house, so I "stair walk" at least 2 times per day, enough for me. Also I DRIVE my son to day nursery, it is 600 meters from where I live, do you honestly think I would know anything about fitness centers

Now I see why do you prefer money by paypal(under your nick).

[psili]

Don't mean to be a dick, but what do the opening / closing hours of businesses have to do with "living comfort" ?

I bet some of the shittiest, gang / drug / death infested cities in America have comparable business hours to what you mentioned, plus a shitload of all-night liquor stores. But there's no way in hell I'd call those places comfortable to live.

[Due]

Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

Now I see why do you prefer money by paypal(under your nick).

That was actually blocked 2 years ago or something like that, didnt bother to send it the papers they requested as I had mayby $10 maximum in it... Hmm cant remember why I have it there, I figured it was because of low post count or so

[andrej_NDC]

Originally Posted by psili

Don't mean to be a dick, but what do the opening / closing hours of businesses have to do with "living comfort" ?

I bet some of the shittiest, gang / drug / death infested cities in America have comparable business hours to what you mentioned, plus a shitload of all-night liquor stores. But there's no way in hell I'd call those places comfortable to live.

because if you dont sit in the front of computer the whole day, things that you can do outside are important

No clue about gang / drug / death infested cities, so lets compare cities with none of those problems.

[psili]

Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

because if you dont sit in the front of computer the whole day, things that you can do outside are important

No clue about gang / drug / death infested cities, so lets compare cities with none of those problems.

K. then.

1.) When are the shops closing in your city? = Some around 6pm, others around 10 pm.
2.) When are the banks closing in your city? = Dude. I live in the US, thus the phrase "Do you have banker's hours?". 9 - 5.
3.) How many shops are open 24/7? = Just a couple, like 7/11.
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7? = None.
5.) When are the multicinemas closing? = 1am, 2am - depends on the movie and it's "new" status.
6.) When are the fitness centers closing? = our city doesn't have a 24-hour fitness center, but there's at least one a city away.

[v4 media]

.) When are the shops closing in your city? 9.30 -10
2.) When are the banks closing in your city? I do everything over the web or use atms. never go into the banks
3.) How many shops are open 24/7? 7-11 type stores 2 or 3 within 5 minute drive
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7? none
5.) When are the multicinemas closing? 3am
6.) When are the fitness centers closing? around 12

[andrej_NDC]

Originally Posted by psili

6.) When are the fitness centers closing? = our city doesn't have a 24-hour fitness center, but there's at least one a city away.

this is what I miss...not that I would go and work-out after the midnight, but those centers mostly have also sauna, solarium, messages and other stuff

[Trax]

i dont quite agree with your living comfort criterias
i dont give a rats ass about bank opening hours

[Rhesus]

Damn, is that what you determine the comfort of your city with?

[Rhesus]

I'd say
- Real estate prices
- Climate
- Atmosphere, consisting of cultural life, frienliness of inhabitants, % of corporate managers walking around, ethnicities present and the extent to which they live together harmoniously, crime,...
- You name it!

[Quotealex]

1.) When are the shops closing in your city: 9PM on thursdays and fridays, 5PM on sundays and 6PM for the other days.

2.) When are the banks closing in your city: 4 to 6PM

3.) How many shops are open 24/7: just a few groceries and restaurants

4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7: None to my knowledge

5.) When are the multicinemas closing: Around midnight on some nights

[Fetish]

Where is Bratislava?

[Kristian]

Hey Andrej.

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?

6 / 7 pm shops, 10 fast food, 24 hours for the pubs.

2.) When are the banks closing in your city?

About 6pm

3.) How many shops are open 24/7?

Just the pubs.

4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?

No big shopping malls.

5.) When are the multicinemas closing?

About midnight I think.

6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

Fucked if I know. lol

As you know I moved to ends of the earth, North Wales. After answering your survey I'm having second thoughts!

[psili]

Originally Posted by Rhesus

I'd say
- Real estate prices
- Climate
- Atmosphere, consisting of cultural life, friendliness of inhabitants, % of corporate managers walking around, ethnicities present and the extent to which they live together harmoniously, crime,...
- You name it!

I kind of agree.

I live in a not-so-big-town in Colorado. North of Denver. My house is kitty-corner from a church in a residential neighborhood, walking distance from a golf course, houses occupied by retired people and budding families whose kids come by to ask if I want to pay them a couple of bucks to pick up the dog shit on my lawn.

-1. Twelve years of Catholic school pretty much killed my interest in religion.
-2. I can't stand the kids coming by and ringing the doorbell for work, because I have to manually check to make sure they did the job they were supposed to do that I could have in a few minutes.
-3. My drive to work is 45 minutes, to Boulder; full of Boulderites.

+1. I live next to a church. Two nights ago, they had a gathering of kids and their parents with fire trucks, ambulance and funny car that revved its engine and spit fire in the parking lot. Watched it from my window and was happy the community church had a place for kids to play.
+2. Even though the kids suck at doing their job, I like seeing brothers and sisters of various families trying to gain an edge at being small-time entrepreneurs.
+3. My drive to work is filled with beautiful scenery of the Rocky Mountains to the right and the spectacular sunrises of Colorado to the left.

It's a zero-sum game I live. So I'd say it's okay. Too many other factors that play into happiness of life, but based on where I live and what's around me, I think I'm doing ok.

[SilentKnight]

Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

Our humble town of Welland:
1.) 5PM weekdays, 9pm Fri. & Sat.
2.) Same as stores
3.) Only 7-Eleven & a few 24hr gas stations
4.) None
5.) about 1:00AM
6.) No clue, don't use fitness centers

No to the newsletter. No to special promo offers and advertising. No to sponsoring orphans that Brad and Angelina haven't already adopted.

[Yngwie]

Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

let me start with Bratislava:
1.) 9:00PM
2.) 9:00PM
3.) plenty, but most sell only food and similar stuff
4.) 3 big that I know about
5.) about 1:00AM
6.) about 11:00PM

In Sudbury, Ontario (Canada)
1. 9.00pm
2. Most close at 5pm. Some stay open till maybe 7pm
3. Only a few convenience stores are open 24/7
4. None
5. 12am or 1am.. not 100% sure
6. Don't know, don't care

[polish_aristocrat]

what about 24/7 food delivery ( and not only pizza ) ?

i would like to have such an option in my city

[Niki]

Originally Posted by Due

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

In Stakroge
1.) 18:00
2.) There is none
3.) Whaaat? Luxury, the ONE store in our city close 18:00
4.) Whaaat? Luxury, the ONE store in our city close 18:00
5.) A cinema?? Most of our neighbors got a garden tractor if that is what you are reffering to
6.) I got a 1st floor in my house, so I "stair walk" at least 2 times per day, enough for me. Also I DRIVE my son to day nursery, it is 600 meters from where I live, do you honestly think I would know anything about fitness centers

no wonder you're so lazy ;)

[phogirl69]

Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

let me start with Bratislava:
1.) 9:00PM
2.) 9:00PM
3.) plenty, but most sell only food and similar stuff
4.) 3 big that I know about
5.) about 1:00AM
6.) about 11:00PM

Orange County (I'm not gonna say what city I'm in)

1) 9:00 pm I think. When you say "shops" first thing I think off are clothing shops in the mall and those close at 9 in the evening, I don't pay attention to any other shops much
2) 6 pm but it doesnt matter cause I use the atm, I never go inside the bank
3) Umm I don't know, Denny's and Norms are open 24 hrs,there might be other things open but I don't know about it
4) I don't go to the movies a lot so I dont know
6) I don't know, I don't like to exercise in public like in a gym, only at home

OC sucks, I want to live in LA. OC is too suburban and boring, I can't stand it here.

[Pornwolf]

Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

New York City:

1. Between 9pm and 10pm
2. 8pm - Commerce bank open Sat and Sun too.
3. I never tried to shop after 9 so I dunno.
4. None - Do you know how many armed robberies there wold be? LOL
5. 2-3am on weekends 1am during the week.
6. Several are 24/7 (I'm sure there's lotsa unreported ass robberies in those)

[Loch]

According to Forbes it would be Vancouver
and after having moved here i aggree 100%

[GatorB]

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
5PM

2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3PM

3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
2 convenient stores and wal-mart

4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
Nearest mall is 65 miles away and closes at 9PM and not very big.

5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
Nearest movie theater is 20 miles away( it's a 6 plex )

6.) When are the fitness centers closing.
We have one. I believe is closes at 5 or 6PM

[justsexxx]

At my place


1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

1. Normal shops at 6pm. Supermarkets 9pm ma-satuerday, sunday closed
2. they close at 5pm mp-fr sat-1pm sun-closed
3. Nothing here
4. none
5. there are none in my city, 15 mins away there is one, closing around 1am
6. 11pm

Andre

[Theo]

1.) When are the shops closing in your city?
2.) When are the banks closing in your city?
3.) How many shops are open 24/7?
4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7?
5.) When are the multicinemas closing?
6.) When are the fitness centers closing?

let me start with Bratislava:
1.) 9:00PM
2.) 2:00PM
3.) several, a lot are bars, restaurants, clubs
4.) 2 i think, i never paid attention
5.) about 3:00AM ( i think)
6.) about 10:00PM but there are 24h/day ones for insomniacs

[andrej_NDC]

Originally Posted by Pornwolf

New York City:

1. Between 9pm and 10pm
2. 8pm - Commerce bank open Sat and Sun too.
3. I never tried to shop after 9 so I dunno.
4. None - Do you know how many armed robberies there wold be? LOL
5. 2-3am on weekends 1am during the week.
6. Several are 24/7 (I'm sure there's lotsa unreported ass robberies in those)

shit, I thought NY is the city that never sleeps

[andrej_NDC]

Originally Posted by Pornwolf

open Sat and Sun too.

I thought thats normal for all shops/banks.

[czarina]

1.) When are the shops closing in your city? 9- 10
2.) When are the banks closing in your city? 5pm
3.) How many shops are open 24/7? Zero unlees I count the gasstation stores

4.) How many big shopping malls are open 24/7? Zero. we dont have any.
5.) When are the multicinemas closing? 2am at the latest
6.) When are the fitness centers closing? about 9pm.

[Antonio]

over here most of the banks close at 15:30, I think there's only one shopping centre in which the banks stay open until 5 PM

you can not buy alcohol on Sunday, although I've seen bottle stores open on Sun in the past couple of months, so I guess may be the the law had been changed

you can hear about one million languages spoken here, everybody speaks English at least to a certain degree

black and white people don't really mix - most of the night life places are either 'white' or 'black', although that changes slowly

public transport is almost non-existent, if you don't have a car you're fucked, of course there are busses but they come like once an hour and don't cover most of the city

(poor) black people move around using 'black taxis' which are actually minibusses that can take about 15 passengers

[reynold]

1. 9 or 10 in the evening
2. 3 PM
3. only 7/11
4. none
5. 10 PM, 11 the latest
6. this I'm quite not sure