(Reply mainly at MMM)
Lived in Kobe for a year and a half and loved it. Job brought me to the Dark Side of Tokyo, which is where I am now. I like it more than I thought I would, but deep down I miss Kobe. Miss 神戸弁 (which I still lapse into) and 南京町, Sannomiya, Motomachi... Never much cared for Osaka at all, and deer-infested Nara is...well, it's deer-infested. And touristy. At least it's better than the hell that is Kyoto.
