I am what you consider well travelled. I actually honeymooned in Toronto and Montreal for my first marriage in 1989. I always liked Toronto as a cities go. I thought it was as clean and fashionable. LA, is city surounded by smaller cities. Traffic can be a nightmare almost any time of day, petty crime can be a problem. My daughter lives in Long Beach. It's a much more fun place to visit than LA. Monaco is on my bucket list, but I don't stick my nose up when I get around successful people and I want to see a Formula 1 race there before I get to old to travel. Now San Francisco is way over rated and I use to live in SF Bay area. I also think Dallas is way over rated.