I've got Charles Dickens beat. Mine is a Tale of Three Cities.
London. Here's where I was born, raised, educated. While I haven't lived there for a long time, I still consider it one of the most interesting cities in the world. In fact, now that I don't live there, it's become even more fascinating (absence makes the heart grow fonder, I suppose). London was where I got my first copywriting gig, where I got married for the first time, & where I discovered late-night bars & comedy venues.
Guadalajara. Ten days after I graduated university, I headed to Mexico's second city. Brimming with the idealism of youth, I pictured myself as some latter-day Hemingway. I worked as a journalist for the most part, though dipped my toes into feature writing, English teaching & even did a stint as a translator/interpreter. It's probably my favorite place in the world. It's mostly likely where I'll retire, assuming I make it that far.
Chicago. Another second city & the place I currently call home. It was here I got married for the second (& hopefully last time), it was here that my four (count 'em) daughters were born, & it was here that I became immersed in the vibrant world of advertising. When not writing ads or emails or blogs or whatever my lovely clients demand, I spend a lot of time wandering the city, a lot of time reading crime fiction & probably far too much time listening to music way too loudly for a man of my age.
BONUS CITY! Tokyo. That's Gretchen, my beautiful wife along with an off-duty samurai whose name I won't butcher here & me last year in Tokyo. The whole place, an experience even a wordsmith might struggle to put into words. You should go. Or don't, I'm a writer not a travel agent.