I love Sydney because it’s a wonderful mash-up of some of my other favorite cities: LA, London and Vancouver, including the good and the not-so-good. Here’s a handy comparison chart. Feel free to add your own similarities and differences!
| Sydney | Los Angeles | London | Vancouver | |
| Seriously multicultural | X | X | X | X |
| Olympic host city | X | X | X | X |
| Mind-bending cuisine scene | X | X | X | X |
| Nation’s media capital | X | X | X | |
| World-famous landmark |
X (Opera House) |
X(Hollywood Sign) | X (Houses of Parliament) | |
| Intimate suburbs filled with row homes | X | X | ||
| Looked down on by rival city | X(Melbourne) | X(San Francisco) | X(Paris) | |
| Doesn’t know/care that it’s looked down on by rival city | X | X | X | |
| Enviable weather | X | X | ||
| Gorgeous harbor | X | X | ||
| Skyscrapers around gorgeous harbor | X | X | ||
| Beautiful bods | X | X | ||
| Outdoor lifestyle | X | X | X | |
| Surfers! | X | X | ||
| Posh people | X | X | X | |
| Knows how to throw attitude | X | X | X | |
| Commuter take ferries | X | X | ||
| Friendly people | X | X | ||
| Pub culture | X | X | ||
| Picture of Queen Elizabeth on the currency | X | X | X | |
| Built on home of aboriginal peoples | X | X | X | |
| Hub of Fox media empire | X | X | X |