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This NYC neighborhood was just voted one of the most interesting places in the U.S.
Touring company Explore Worldwide just released the results of a new study looking at U.S. locations that are tagged the most in Wikipedia articles and then analyzing them against an “interest weighting score,” basically trying to answer the question: what are some of the most interesting destinations across the US?
Certainly not to our surprise, New York was ranked the most interesting city in the country but, perhaps a bit more fascinating is the fact that Gramercy Park has topped the city-specific list, with nearly 2,700 Wikipedia articles tagging it.
After all, not even all born and bred New Yorkers have access to the fenced-in, private park in the area.
One of the most expensive residential areas in all of New York, Gramercy Park was recently the site of an affordable housing lottery that left plenty of people wishing to live in the neighborhood, and for good reasons: apart from the hustle and bustle of commercial midtown but close enough to all major subway lines, Gramercy Park is home to a ton of exciting restaurants, shopping destinations, cultural pursuits and more. Who wouldn't want to live here?
The survey, which you can read through in full right here, also ranked the most interesting cities on a global level and, ladies and gentlemen, our very own New York landed on the top of that list as well. What a way to start our week.
Just in case you were contemplating a move, here is the global top ten list of most interesting towns as generated by the study:
1. New York, United States
2. London, United Kingdom
3. Tokyo, Japan
4. Washington, DC, United States
5. Toronto, Canada
6. Dhaka, Bangladesh
7. Hong Kong
8. Taipei, Taiwan
9. Singapore, Singapore
10. Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
注释：
hustle and bustle: n
表示"熙熙攘攘，忙碌"，如：She soon get used to the hustle and bustle of city life. 她不久就习惯城市生活的喧闹繁忙。
contemplate: v
表示"沉思；打算"，means " think deeply and thoughtfully; "，如：He stood contemplating the painting.他站着审视那幅图画。
中文简要说明：
新冠疫情过后，世界各地旅游市场复苏，观光再度成为热门话题。澳洲探险旅游业者日前发布一项「趣味去处」排行榜，根据网络搜寻程度分析之后得出「趣味加权得分」排名，全球榜首是外号「大苹果」的美国纽约，亚军是英国伦敦，日本东京位居第3，台北名列第8。
英国知名城市指南《Time Out》纽约版报导，发布这项排名结果的是总部位于澳洲的探险旅游业者「探索世界」（Explore Worldwide）。该公司数据分析专家搜寻并分析维基百科（Wikipedia）120万篇带有「主要地点」（primary location）标签的条目文章，包括历史、文化等描述，找出最具趣味之地，从全球最北端的居住地到夏威夷披萨发源地，大大小小各式信息都在搜寻分析之列。
据「探索世界」得出的排名结果，纽约以5431分高居榜首，伦敦5329分紧追在后，两者差距不大。排名第3的东京1526分，第4名美国华府1495分，加拿大多伦多以1372分排名第5。第6至第10名依序为达喀尔（孟加拉国首都，1348分）、香港（1332分）、台北（1294分）、新加坡（1196分）、朗叶比（Longyearbyen，1183分）
朗叶比（Longyearbyen）是「长年城」（The Longyear City）的挪威语音译，位于北极圈的挪威属地斯瓦巴和扬马延岛（Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands），这是地球最北端的人居地点，居民1000多人，1906年以来一直是采矿小镇，二次世界大战期间几乎遭到德国海军摧毁。除了矿业，这里也吸引了研究人员与游客到访，平均紫外线指数在全球人居地点最低，由于位处偏远，有些法律也很特别，例如禁止养猫。
「探索世界」特别提及，纽约市有个街区的趣味加权得分远高于世界上许多大型城市，近2700篇维基百科文章标注格拉梅西公园（Gramercy Park）为「主要地点」，可谓纽约摘冠功臣之一。格拉梅西公园是纽约市高级住宅区代名词，位于曼哈顿东村（East Village）以北，即使土生土长的纽约人也不能随意进入这座以栅栏围起的公园，每年仅于平安夜开放1小时，其余时间仅供周边住户居民使用，成了许多游客「愿望列表」重要项目。
格拉梅西公园住宅区以古色古香褐色高楼建物、绿荫街道、私人公园、富有居民出名，不少名流曾在此居住或现居于此，例如英京剧作家王尔德（Oscar Wilde）、美国女星茱莉亚罗勃兹（Julia Roberts），这里也是美国第26任总统老罗斯福（Theodore Roosevelt）的出生地。
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