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Originally Posted by HarryT
Manchester (close to where I live) hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2002 (after losing the bid for the 2000 Olympics to Sydney) and being a "part" of the whole thing was just a wonderful experience. The entire city just felt like a "party" for two weeks; the streets were full of people from all over the world; the atmosphere was just fabulous. Not to mention that it left the city with a great infrastructure for sporting events - a nice new stadius, a swimming centre, a cycling velodrome, and lots more. I don't think anyone regrets hosting the games.
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meh. we get that every summer already. and i remember when we had the world cup for football here about 10 (?) years ago, it was madness. of course, since we won, it was also really impressive to see the generalised euphoria and elation that took over apparently the entire population ; i don't care about football but it gave me some idea of what it must have been like at the liberation of the city at the end of the war (i mean that completely seriously).
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Originally Posted by Nate the great
If I lived near a city that was going to host the Olympics, I would move.
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i'm with you.
actually if we had gotten them, i was tempted to rent out my flat to tourists for a small fortune and use the money to go somewhere else for the duration. but i'm glad i didn't have to, because you never know what they would do to the place in your absence, and i'm not sure i'd trust strangers with my (few but important) valuables (i mean like my pc).